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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Before Income Taxes | Income from operations before income taxes and equity in net earnings of affiliated companies was as follows:
|  | Years Ended September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (In millions) |
Domestic |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 65 |
Foreign |  |  | 550 |  |  |  | 511 |  |  |  | 386 |
Income from operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies |  | $ | 565 |  |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 451 |
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes | Tax provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following:
|  | Years Ended September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (In millions) |
U.S. federal and state: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Deferred |  |  | 39 |  |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | (156 | )
Total |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (151 | )
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 134 |  |  |  | 123 |
Deferred |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | — |
Total |  |  | 136 |  |  |  | 128 |  |  |  | 123 |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | $ | 196 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | (28 | )
Reconciliation Using U.S. Statutory Rate | The provision (benefit) for income taxes differed from the provision for income taxes as calculated using the U.S. statutory rate as follows:
|  | Years Ended September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (In millions) |
Computed tax expense at the federal statutory rate |  | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 95 |
Foreign impact of taxation at different rates, repatriation, valuation allowance, and other |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 30 |
Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 15 |
Impact of increase (decrease) in valuation allowance on U.S. deferred taxes |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (156 | )
U.S. and state benefits from research and experimentation activities |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (2 | )
Provision (settlement) of unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 2 |
Permanent differences, net |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
State taxes, net of federal effect |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (8 | )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | $ | 196 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | (28 | )
Components of Deferred Income Taxes | Significant components of deferred income taxes were as follows:
|  | September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
|  | (In millions) |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred expenses |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 40 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 47 |
Inventory |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 14 |
Operating lease liability |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 29 |
Other |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 25 |
U.S. federal interest expense carryforward |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | 48 |
Pension and other benefits |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 25 |
Net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") |  |  | 249 |  |  |  | 261 |
Capital loss carryforwards |  |  | 132 |  |  |  | 132 |
Foreign tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | 68 |
R&D credit carryforwards |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 55 |
Other business credit carryforwards |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 21 |
Subtotal |  |  | 761 |  |  |  | 765 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (516 | ) |  |  | (494 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 245 |  |  | $ | 271 |
|  | September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
|  | (In millions) |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | $ | (67 | ) |  | $ | (58 | )
Right of use asset |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | (23 | )
Unremitted earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (104 | ) |  | $ | (97 | )
Expiration Dates of NOLs, Capital Loss and Other Tax Credit Carryforwards Before Valuation Allowances | The following table provides detail surrounding the expiration dates of NOLs, capital loss and other tax credit carryforwards before valuation allowances:
Years Ending September 30 |  | NOLs/Capital Losses |  |  | Credits |
|  | (In millions) |
2026 — 2032 |  | $ | 1,014 |  |  | $ | 76 |
2033 and thereafter |  |  | 308 |  |  |  | 62 |
Indefinite carryforwards |  |  | 915 |  |  |  | 2 |
Total |  | $ | 2,237 |  |  | $ | 140 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
|  | Years Ended September 30 |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (In millions) |
Balance at beginning of the year |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 159 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | — |
Reductions of tax positions of prior years |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (137 | )
Reductions related to settlements |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (2 | )
Reductions from lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Balance at end of the year |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 20 |

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