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Note 9 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9 - Income Taxes


For the three months ended December 31, 2013, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $10,000 on a pre-tax loss of $650,000.   The tax benefit was the net result from applying the effective tax rate anticipated for the current year to the loss from continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, pursuant to the guidelines established for accounting for income taxes in interim periods.  On a pretax profit of $1,264,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded a tax provision of $430,000, which was lower than the amount computed using the statutory rate primarily because of the available dividends received deduction and the domestic production activity deduction.  Consequently, the Company’s effective tax rate was 2% and 34% for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  The Company files federal income tax returns in the United States and with various state jurisdictions and is no longer subject to examinations for years before 2010 with regard to federal income taxes.