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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] | Power Solutions |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Discontinued Operations by Disposal Group [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the results of Power Solutions reclassified as discontinued operations for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017 (in millions). As the Power Solutions sale occurred on April 30, 2019, there are only seven months of results included in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.
|  | Year Ended September 30,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Net sales |  | $ | 5,001 |  |  | $ | 8,000 |  |  | $ | 7,337 |
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes |  | 6,039 |  |  | 1,355 |  |  | 1,407 |
Provision for income taxes on discontinued operations |  | (1,441 | ) |  | (321 | ) |  | (383 | )
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax |  | (24 | ) |  | (47 | ) |  | (42 | )
Income from discontinued operations |  | $ | 4,574 |  |  | $ | 987 |  |  | $ | 982 |
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff [Member] | Adient |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Discontinued Operations by Disposal Group [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the results of Adient, reclassified as discontinued operations for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 (in millions). As the Adient spin-off occurred on October 31, 2016, there is only one month of Adient results included in the year ended September 30, 2017.
|  | Year Ended September 30, 2017
Net sales |  | $ | 1,434 |
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes |  | 1 |
Provision for income taxes on discontinued operations |  | (35 | )
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax |  | (9 | )
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | (43 | )
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] | Power Solutions |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Power Solutions assets and liabilities held for sale at September 30, 2018 (in millions):
|  | September 30, 2018 |
Cash |  | $ | 15 |
Accounts receivable - net |  | 1,443 |
Inventories |  | 1,405 |
Other current assets |  | 152 |
Assets held for sale |  | $ | 3,015 |
Property, plant and equipment - net |  | $ | 2,871 |
Goodwill |  | 1,092 |
Other intangible assets - net |  | 161 |
Investments in partially-owned affiliates |  | 453 |
Other noncurrent assets |  | 611 |
Noncurrent assets held for sale |  | $ | 5,188 |
Short-term debt |  | $ | 9 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  | 25 |
Accounts payable |  | 1,237 |
Accrued compensation and benefits |  | 125 |
Other current liabilities |  | 395 |
Liabilities held for sale |  | $ | 1,791 |
Long-term debt |  | 31 |
Pension and postretirement benefits |  | 101 |
Other noncurrent liabilities |  | 75 |
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale |  | $ | 207 |

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