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Capitalized Interest | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Interest Costs Incurred [Abstract] |
Capitalized Interest | CAPITALIZED INTEREST The following table summarizes the Company’s interest costs incurred, capitalized and expensed during the years ended September 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
| Year Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (In millions)
Capitalized interest, beginning of year | $ | 191.2 |  |  | $ | 208.0 |  |  | $ | 198.5 |
Interest incurred (1) | 129.3 |  |  | 152.3 |  |  | 169.2 |
Interest charged to cost of sales | (152.6 | ) |  | (169.1 | ) |  | (159.7 | )
Capitalized interest, end of year | $ | 167.9 |  |  | $ | 191.2 |  |  | $ | 208.0 |
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(1) | Interest incurred includes interest on the Company's mortgage repurchase facility of $8.5 million, $8.4 million and $7.4 million in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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