Note 5 - Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Note

5

- Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets
	December 31, 2016									September 30, 2016
	Customer Relationships			Developed Technology			Total			Customer Relationships			Developed Technology			Total
Gross intangibles	$	21,950,000		$	2,525,000		$	24,475,000		$	22,104,000		$	2,525,000		$	24,629,000
Accumulated amortization		(15,882,000	)		(1,864,000	)		(17,746,000	)		(14,938,000	)		(1,738,000	)		(16,676,000	)
	$	6,068,000		$	661,000		$	6,729,000		$	7,166,000		$	787,000		$	7,953,000

These gross intangible assets are being amortized over

five

years for financial statement purposes due to the short life cycle of technology that customer relationships depend on, and over

15

years on a straight-line basis for tax purposes. The intangible amortization expenses were

$1,224,000

for the

three

-month period ended

December

31,

2016

as compared with

$1,259,000

in the prior year period.