Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

Income (loss) before the provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following:

	2018			2017
US	$	(67,000	)	$	(626,000	)
Foreign		49,000			(168,000	)
Total	$	(18,000	)	$	(794,000	)

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The provision (benefit) for income taxes in the accompanying consolidated financial statements consists of the following:

	2018			2017
Current
Federal	$	124,000		$	6,000
State		15,000			13,000
Foreign		(32,000	)		(83,000	)
	$	107,000		$	(64,000	)
Deferred
Federal	$	(183,000	)	$	(2,642,000	)
State		(1,508,000	)		-
Foreign		(24,000	)		(35,000	)
		(1,715,000	)		(2,677,000	)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	(1,608,000	)	$	(2,741,000	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company's effective tax rate is as follows:

	2018			2017
Tax due at statutory rate		24.28	%		34.00	%
State tax provision, net of federal		-9.29	%		-3.49	%
Valuation allowance		**			-78.87	%
Valuation allowance release		**			380.61	%
Foreign tax credits		**			29.34	%
Permanently non-deductible expenses		**			0.00	%
Federal rate change under TCJA		**			0.00	%
Research credit study		**			0.00	%
Foreign rate differential and other		**			-16.54	%
Total		8703.64	%		345.05	%

** These values are not meaningful. Please see the subsequent paragraphs of this note for more detailed explanation.

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) consisted of the following at September 30, 2018:

	Domestic			Foreign			Worldwide
Credits	$	3,530,000		$	-		$	3,530,000
NOLs		3,235,000			25,000			3,260,000
Stock compensation		203,000			-			203,000
Accruals		209,000			-			209,000
Other		109,000			-			109,000
Gross deferred tax assets		7,286,000			25,000			7,311,000
Valuation allowance		(1,777,000	)		-			(1,777,000	)
Deferred tax assets, net		5,509,000			25,000			5,534,000
Depreciation		(1,168,000	)		(164,000	)		(1,332,000	)
Intangibles		(7,000	)		(66,000	)		(73,000	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(1,175,000	)		(230,000	)		(1,405,000	)
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	4,334,000		$	(205,000	)	$	4,129,000

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) consisted of the following at September 30, 2017:

	Domestic			Foreign			Worldwide
Credits	$	1,456,000		$	-		$	1,456,000
NOLs		3,750,000			26,000			3,776,000
Stock compensation		205,000			-			205,000
Accruals		352,000			-			352,000
Intangibles		5,000			-			5,000
Other		140,000			-			140,000
Gross deferred tax assets		5,908,000			26,000			5,934,000
Valuation allowance		(2,342,000	)		-			(2,342,000	)
Deferred tax assets, net		3,566,000			26,000			3,592,000
Depreciation		(902,000	)		(181,000	)		(1,083,000	)
Intangibles		(22,000	)		(79,000	)		(101,000	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(924,000	)		(260,000	)		(1,184,000	)
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	2,642,000		$	(234,000	)	$	2,408,000