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Accrued Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Accrued Liabilities Current [Abstract] |
Accrued Liabilities | Note 16. Accrued liabilities
|  | September 30, 2022 |  |  | September 30, 2021 |
Salaries and other member benefits |  | $ | 75,665 |  |  | $ | 54,497 |
Product warranties and related liabilities (1) |  |  | 40,042 |  |  |  | 17,481 |
Interest payable |  |  | 13,481 |  |  |  | 14,822 |
Accrued retirement benefits |  |  | 2,779 |  |  |  | 2,825 |
Net current contract liabilities (Note 3) |  |  | 30,663 |  |  |  | 29,527 |
Current portion of accrued restructuring charges (2) |  |  | 1,083 |  |  |  | 4,495 |
Taxes, other than income |  |  | 21,159 |  |  |  | 19,453 |
Purchase of treasury stock in transit |  |  | — |  |  |  | 12,516 |
Other |  |  | 21,411 |  |  |  | 27,523 |
|  | $ | 206,283 |  |  | $ | 183,139 |
| (1) | In fiscal year 2022, product warranties and related liabilities include estimates related to product liabilities expected to be fully recoverable from insurance.
| (2) | In fiscal year 2021, other liabilities included $513 of accrued restructuring charges.
Product warranties and related liabilities Provisions of Woodward’s sales agreements include product warranties customary to these types of agreements. Accruals are established for specifically identified warranty issues and related liabilities that are probable to result in future costs. Warranty costs are accrued as revenue is recognized on a non-specific basis whenever past experience indicates a normal and predictable pattern exists. Changes in accrued product warranties and related liabilities were as follows:
|  | Year Ended September 30, |
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Beginning of period |  | $ | 17,481 |  |  | $ | 18,972 |  |  | $ | 27,309 |
Additions, net of recoveries |  |  | 29,827 |  |  |  | 1,164 |  |  |  | 8,687 |
Reductions for settlement |  |  | (6,937 | ) |  |  | (2,718 | ) |  |  | (17,422 | )
Foreign currency exchange rate changes |  |  | (329 | ) |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 398 |
End of period |  | $ | 40,042 |  |  | $ | 17,481 |  |  | $ | 18,972 |
Restructuring charges In fiscal year 2022, the Company determined to implement a streamlined Aerospace and Industrial organizational and leadership structure designed to enhance the sales experience for customers, simplify operations, and increase profitability through improved execution. In connection with leadership changes arising from such reorganization, we recorded $1,083 of restructuring charges as nonsegment expenses, the majority of which are expected to be paid within twelve months. In fiscal year 2021, the Company recorded aggregate restructuring charges totaling $5,008 as nonsegment expenses for two separate workforce management actions, one in our hydraulics systems business and one in our engine systems business. In fiscal year 2022, we experienced a challenging operating environment that included the ongoing impact of global supply chain and labor disruptions, along with high inflation, which resulted in changed business conditions as compared to when we initially recorded the restructuring charges in fiscal year 2021. We adapted to the changed business conditions by, among other initiatives, (i) developing and implementing plans to insource select machined components, (ii) redeploying talent and adding indirect resources to our factories to stabilize the production environment, and (iii) determining to retain employees that otherwise would have been impacted by the planned restructuring activities to support a stable workforce and effectively manage through attrition. As such, the remaining unpaid accrued restructuring charges, which amounted to $4,503, were no longer needed and were reversed. In fiscal year 2020, the Company committed to a plan of termination (the “COVID-19 Termination Plan”), as well as other cost savings actions, in response to the ongoing global economic challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s business. The COVID-19 Termination Plan involved the termination and/or furlough of employees and contractors at certain of the Company’s operating facilities, primarily in the United States. As a result of the COVID-19 Termination Plan and other related actions, the Company incurred $23,673 of restructuring charges for employee severance and benefits costs as of September 30, 2020, with the majority of the cash expenditures being paid by September 30, 2020. All of the restructuring charges recorded during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 were (i) recorded as nonsegment expenses and (ii) were paid or reversed, as appropriate, as of September 30, 2021. The summary of activity in accrued restructuring charges during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 is as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | Period Activity |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balances as of September 30, 2021 |  |  | Charges |  |  | Payments |  |  | Foreign currency exchange rate changes |  |  | Non-cash activity |  |  | Balances as of September 30, 2022 |
Workforce management costs associated with: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hydraulics Systems Realignment |  | $ | 3,758 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (505 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,253 | ) |  | $ | — |
Engine Systems Realignment |  |  | 1,250 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,250 | ) |  |  | — |
Aerospace |  |  | — |  |  |  | 139 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 139 |
Industrial |  |  | — |  |  |  | 944 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 944 |
Total |  | $ | 5,008 |  |  | $ | 1,083 |  |  | $ | (505 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (4,503 | ) |  | $ | 1,083 |
|  |  |  |  |  | Period Activity |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balances as of September 30, 2020 |  |  | Charges |  |  | Payments |  |  | Foreign currency exchange rate changes |  |  | Non-cash activity |  |  | Balances as of September 30, 2021 |
Workforce management costs associated with: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hydraulics Systems Realignment |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,758 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,758 |
Engine Systems Realignment |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,250 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,250 |
COVID-19 pandemic |  |  | 3,395 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,409 | ) |  |  | 180 |  |  |  | (1,166 | ) |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 3,395 |  |  | $ | 5,008 |  |  | $ | (2,409 | ) |  | $ | 180 |  |  | $ | (1,166 | ) |  | $ | 5,008 |

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