Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Income Taxes

Tax Expense and Effective Tax Rate

	Three-Months Ended				Nine-Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Earnings before income taxes	$	68,687	$	63,408	$	165,982	$	145,730
Income tax expense		15,061		12,361		27,703		28,039
Effective tax rate		21.9%		19.5%		16.7%		19.2%