Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Provision for Income Taxes from Continuing Operations

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations for the years ended September 30 consisted of:

	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	164,302		$	168,226		$	290,071
State and local, including Puerto Rico		9,710			21,441			21,979
Foreign		241,055			210,720			155,808
	$	415,067		$	400,387		$	467,858
Deferred:
Domestic	$	(29,279	)	$	(15,483	)	$	(32,648	)
Foreign		(22,908	)		32,100			16,687
		(52,187	)		16,617			(15,961	)
	$	362,880		$	417,004		$	451,897

Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

The components of Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes for the years ended September 30 consisted of:

	2012		2011		2010
Domestic, including Puerto Rico	$	604,760	$	843,068	$	838,667
Foreign		867,648		774,819		728,074
	$	1,472,408	$	1,617,887	$	1,566,741

Gross Amounts of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits without regard to reduction in tax liabilities or additions to deferred tax assets and liabilities if such unrecognized tax benefits were settled:

	2012			2011			2010
Balance at October 1	$	135,494		$	90,064		$	50,547
Increase due to current year tax positions		36,723			37,792			27,662
Increase due to prior year tax positions		4,114			12,349			25,837
Decreases due to prior year tax positions		(3,423	)		(1,815	)		(11,509	)
Decrease due to settlements and lapse of statute of limitations		(17,465	)		(2,896	)		(2,473	)
Balance at September 30	$	155,443		$	135,494		$	90,064

Deferred Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes at September 30 consisted of:

	2012					2011
	Assets			Liabilities		Assets			Liabilities
Compensation and benefits	$	606,370		$	—	$	590,311		$	—
Property and equipment		—			435,334		—			433,163
Loss and credit carryforwards		181,107			—		85,731			—
Other		339,751			218,559		360,893			218,571
		1,127,228			653,893		1,036,935			651,734
Valuation allowance		(158,676	)		—		(52,347	)		—
	$	968,552		$	653,893	$	984,588		$	651,734

Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Tax Rate to Company's Effective Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate was as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
Federal statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		0.2			1.2			1.0
Effect of foreign and Puerto Rico earnings and foreign tax credits		(8.2	)		(7.5	)		(5.6	)
Effect of Research Credits and Domestic Production Activities,		(1.7	)		(2.7	)		(1.7	)
Other, net		(0.7	)		(0.2	)		0.1
		24.6	%		25.8	%		28.8	%