Note 5 - Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Note

5

- Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets
	June 30, 2017									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		(18,077,000	)		(2,116,000	)		(20,193,000	)		(14,938,000	)		(1,738,000	)		(16,676,000	)
	$	3,873,000		$	409,000		$	4,282,000		$	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

$3,671,000

and

$1,224,000

for the

nine

- and

three

-month periods ended

June 30, 2017,

respectively, as compared with

$3,777,000

and

$1,259,000

in the prior year periods.