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Capitalized Interest Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract] |
Interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed | The following table summarizes the Company’s interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed during the years ended September 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| Year Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (In millions)
Capitalized interest, beginning of year | $ | 208.0 |  |  | $ | 198.5 |  |  | $ | 137.1 |
Interest incurred (1) | 152.3 |  |  | 169.2 |  |  | 185.8 |
Interest expensed: |  |  |  |  |
Charged to cost of sales | (169.0 | ) |  | (159.4 | ) |  | (123.1 | )
Written off with inventory impairments | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (1.3 | )
Capitalized interest, end of year | $ | 191.2 |  |  | $ | 208.0 |  |  | $ | 198.5 |
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(1) | Interest incurred includes interest incurred on the Company's financial services mortgage repurchase facility of $8.4 million, $7.4 million and $4.5 million in fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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