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Revenue Recognition
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
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,
20242023
Products & SystemsServicesTotalProducts & SystemsServicesTotal
Building Solutions North America$7,099 $4,249 $11,348 $6,368 $3,962 $10,330 
Building Solutions EMEA/LA2,314 1,982 4,296 2,275 1,821 4,096 
Building Solutions Asia Pacific1,483 754 2,237 1,987 759 2,746 
Global Products5,071 — 5,071 5,159 — 5,159 
Total$15,967 $6,985 $22,952 $15,789 $6,542 $22,331 

The following table presents further disaggregation of Global Products revenues by product type (in millions):
Year Ended September 30,
20242023
HVAC$2,280 $2,358 
Fire & Security2,370 2,446 
Industrial Refrigeration421 355 
Total$5,071 $5,159 

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 balances20242023
Contract assets - currentAccounts receivable - net$1,931 $2,339 
Contract assets - noncurrentOther noncurrent assets11 12 
Contract liabilities - currentDeferred revenue2,160 1,923 
Contract liabilities - noncurrentOther noncurrent liabilities252 225 

The Company recognized revenue that was included in the beginning of period contract liability balance of approximately $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion for the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, 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, 2024, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $21.1 billion, of which approximately 64% 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 service contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less and contracts that are cancellable without substantial penalty.

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,
20242023
Other current assets$265 $156 
Other noncurrent assets291 224 
Total$556 $380 
Amortization of costs to obtain or fulfill a contract was $312 million and $251 million during the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. There were no impairment losses recognized in the year ended September 30, 2024 or 2023.