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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Change in AOCI by component | The change in AOCI by component, net of tax, for the three month period ended December 31, 2013 were as follows:
|  |  | Post-retirement benefit plans |  |  | Currency translation adjustment |  |  | Derivatives |  |  | Total |
Attributable to Matthews: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, September 30, 2013 |  |  | $ | (30,100 | ) |  | $ | 3,714 |  |  | $ | (554 | ) |  | $ | (26,940 | )
OCI before reclassification |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,546 |  |  |  | 577 |  |  |  | 3,123 |
Amounts reclassified from AOCI |  | (a) |  | 528 |  |  |  |  |  | (b) |  | 656 |  |  |  | 1,184 |
Net current-period OCI |  |  |  | 528 |  |  |  | 2,546 |  |  |  | 1,233 |  |  |  | 4,307 |
Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  | $ | (29,572 | ) |  | $ | 6,260 |  |  | $ | 679 |  |  | $ | (22,633 | )
Attributable to noncontrolling interest: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, September 30, 2013 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 401 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 401 |
OCI before reclassification |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 143 |
Net current-period OCI |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 143 |
Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 544 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 544 |
(a) | Amounts were included in net periodic benefit cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans (see note 8).
(b) | Amounts were included in interest expense in the periods the hedged item affected earnings (see note 5).
Reclassifications out of AOCI | Reclassifications out of AOCI for the three month period ended December 31, 2013 were as follows:
Details about AOCI Components |  | Amount reclassified from AOCI |  |  | Affected line item in the Statement of income
Postretirement benefit plans |  |  |  |  |
Prior service (cost) credit |  |  | 74 |  | (a) |
Actuarial losses |  |  | (942 | ) | (a) |
|  |  | (868 | ) | (b) | Total before tax
|  |  | (340 | ) |  | Tax provision (benefit)
|  | $ | (528 | ) |  | Net of tax
Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  |  | (1,076 | ) |  | Interest expense
|  |  | (1,076 | ) | (b) | Total before tax
|  |  | (420 | ) |  | Tax provision (benefit)
|  |  | (656 | ) |  | Net of tax
(a) | Amounts are included in the computation of pension and other postretirement benefit expense, which is reported in both cost of goods sold and selling and administrative expenses. For additional information, see Note 8.
(b) | For pre-tax items, positive amounts represent income and negative amounts represent expense.

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