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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Tax Expense and Effective Tax Rate | The following table sets forth the tax expense and the effective tax rate for Woodward’s earnings before income taxes:
|  | Three-Months Ended |  |  | Nine-Months Ended |
|  | June 30, |  |  | June 30, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 45,016 |  |  | $ | 92,314 |  |  | $ | 213,763 |  |  | $ | 243,997 |
Income tax expense |  |  | 6,551 |  |  |  | 26,207 |  |  |  | 30,607 |  |  |  | 51,191 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 14.6 | % |  |  | 28.4 | % |  |  | 14.3 | % |  |  | 21.0 | %

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