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Revenue Recognition
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
REVENUE RECOGNITION REVENUE RECOGNITION
Disaggregated Revenue

The following table presents the Company's revenues disaggregated by segment and by products and systems versus services revenue (in millions):
Year Ended September 30,
20232022
Products & SystemsServicesTotalProducts & SystemsServicesTotal
Building Solutions North America$6,368 $3,962 $10,330 $5,708 $3,659 $9,367 
Building Solutions EMEA/LA2,275 1,821 4,096 2,188 1,657 3,845 
Building Solutions Asia Pacific1,987 759 2,746 2,005 709 2,714 
Global Products9,621 — 9,621 9,373 — 9,373 
Total$20,251 $6,542 $26,793 $19,274 $6,025 $25,299 

The following table presents further disaggregation of Global Products revenues by product type (in millions):
Year Ended September 30,
20232022
HVAC$6,820 $6,756 
Fire & Security2,446 2,367 
Industrial Refrigeration355 250 
Total$9,621 $9,373 

Contract Balances

Contract assets represent the Company’s right to consideration for performance obligations that have been satisfied but not billed and consist of unbilled receivables and costs in excess of billings. Contract liabilities are customer payments received before performance obligations are satisfied. Contract balances are classified as assets or liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period. 

The following table presents the location and amount of contract balances in the Company's consolidated statements of financial position (in millions):
September 30,
Location of contract balances20232022
Contract assets - currentAccounts receivable - net$2,370 $2,067 
Contract assets - noncurrentOther noncurrent assets12 79 
Contract liabilities - currentDeferred revenue1,996 1,804 
Contract liabilities - noncurrentOther noncurrent liabilities297 282 

The Company recognized revenue that was included in the beginning of period contract liability balance of approximately $1.6 billion and $1.5 billion for the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a distinct good, service, or bundle of goods and services promised in a contract. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. When contracts with customers require significant and complex integration, contain goods or services which are highly interdependent or interrelated, or are goods or services which significantly modify or customize other promises in the contracts and, therefore, are not distinct, then the entire contract is accounted for as a single performance obligation. For any contracts with multiple performance obligations, the contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the estimated relative standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract. For product sales, each product sold to a customer typically represents a distinct performance obligation.
Performance obligations are satisfied as of a point in time or over time. The timing of satisfying the performance obligation is typically indicated by the terms of the contract. As of September 30, 2023, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $19.6 billion, of which approximately 65% is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next two years. The remaining performance obligations expected to be recognized in revenue beyond two years primarily relate to large, multi-purpose contracts to construct hospitals, schools and other governmental buildings, which include services to be performed over the building's lifetime, with average initial contract terms of 25 to 35 years. Future contract modifications could affect both the timing and the amount of the remaining performance obligations. The Company excludes the value of remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less.

Costs to Obtain or Fulfill a Contract

The Company recognizes the incremental costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer as an asset when the costs are recoverable. These costs consist primarily of sales commissions and bid/proposal costs. Costs to obtain or fulfill a contract are capitalized when incurred and amortized to expense over the period of contract performance.

The following table presents the location and amount of costs to obtain or fulfill a contract recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of financial position (in millions):
September 30,
20232022
Other current assets$156 $139 
Other noncurrent assets224 174 
Total$380 $313 
Amortization of costs to obtain or fulfill a contract were $251 million and $191 million during the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. There were no impairment losses recognized in the year ended September 30, 2023 or 2022.