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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Other Current Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
Other current liabilities are summarized as follows (in millions):
 
 
September 30,
 
2014
 
2013
Compensation and benefits
$
146

 
$
141

Income taxes
8

 
8

Taxes other than income taxes
50

 
47

Accrued interest
15

 
16

Product warranties
27

 
20

Restructuring (see Note 5)
9

 
9

Asbestos-related liabilities (see Note 22)
17

 
18

Indemnity obligations (see Note 22)
11

 
12

Other
68

 
68

Other current liabilities
$
351

 
$
339


The company records estimated product warranty costs at the time of shipment of products to customers. Warranty reserves are primarily based on factors that include past claims experience, sales history, product manufacturing and engineering changes and industry developments. Liabilities for product recall campaigns are recorded at the time the company’s obligation is probable and can be reasonably estimated. Policy repair actions to maintain customer relationship are recorded as other liabilities at the time an obligation is probable and can be reasonably estimated. Product warranties, including recall campaigns, not expected to be paid within one year are recorded as a non-current liability.
 
A summary of the changes in product warranties is as follows (in millions):
 
 
September 30,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Total product warranties – beginning of year
$
57

 
$
44

 
$
48

Accruals for product warranties (1)
22

 
31

 
22

Payments
(22
)
 
(20
)
 
(18
)
Change in estimates and other
(6
)
 
2

 
(8
)
Total product warranties – end of year
51

 
57

 
44

Less: non-current product warranties (see Note 14)
(24
)
 
(37
)
 
(28
)
Product warranties – current
$
27

 
$
20

 
$
16



(1) Includes an accrual of $12 million for a specific warranty contingency related to a non-safety, product performance issue recognized during fiscal year 2013. Of the $12 million, $8 million was reversed in fiscal year 2014 as the company moved from a full recall campaign to a fix-as-find approach (see Note 22).