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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
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 |  |  | Six-Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |  |  | March 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 78,487 |  |  | $ | 107,199 |  |  | $ | 126,071 |  |  | $ | 168,747 |
Income tax expense |  |  | 10,174 |  |  |  | 15,881 |  |  |  | 16,188 |  |  |  | 24,056 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 13.0 | % |  |  | 14.8 | % |  |  | 12.8 | % |  |  | 14.3 | %

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