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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 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 |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 47,584 |  |  | $ | 61,548 |
Income tax expense |  |  | 6,014 |  |  |  | 8,175 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 12.6 | % |  |  | 13.3 | %

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