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Receivables, Loans, Notes Receivable, and Others (Notes) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Receivables [Abstract] |
Accounts and Nontrade Receivable | Accounts Receivable, Net Receivables consist of amounts billed and currently due from customers and unbilled costs and accrued profits related to revenues on long-term contracts that have been recognized for accounting purposes but not yet billed to customers. The Company extends credit to customers in the normal course of business and maintains an allowance for expected credit losses resulting from the inability or unwillingness of customers to make required payments. The allowance for expected credit losses is based on historical experience, existing economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and any specific customer collection issues the Company has identified. The Company evaluates the reasonableness of the allowance for credit losses on a quarterly basis. The Company enters into various factoring agreements to sell certain accounts receivable to third-party financial institutions. For the majority of these agreements, for ease of administration, the Company collects customer payments related to the factored receivables on behalf of the financial institutions but otherwise maintains no continuing involvement with respect to the factored receivables. Sales of accounts receivable are reflected as a reduction of accounts receivable in the consolidated statements of financial position and the proceeds are included in cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company sold $234 million and $368 million of accounts receivable under these factoring agreements during the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, respectively. The cost of factoring such receivables was not material. As of March 31, 2022, $234 million of previously sold receivables were still outstanding. No receivables were factored during the six months ended March 31, 2021. Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in millions):
|  | March 31, 2022 |  | September 30, 2021 |  |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 5,768 |  |  | $ | 5,723 |  |  |
Less: Allowance for expected credit losses |  | (79) |  |  | (110) |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 5,689 |  |  | $ | 5,613 |  |  |
The changes in the allowance for expected credit losses related to accounts receivable were as follows (in millions):
| Six Months Ended March 31, |  |  |  |
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 110 |  |  | $ | 173 |  |  |  |  |
Provision (benefit) for expected credit losses | (7) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Write-offs charged against the allowance for expected credit losses | (20) |  |  | (32) |  |  |  |  |
Other | (4) |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at end of period | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  |  |  |

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