Note 8 - Debt and Commitments	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
Commitments Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 8 - Debt and Commitments During fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed from its investment margin account the aggregate purchase price of $29.5 million for two acquisitions, in each case pledging its marketable securities as collateral. During this quarter, the Company borrowed an additional $1 million from this investment margin account bringing the total up to $30.5 million as of June 30, 2020. (This additional $1 million was subsequently repaid in July 2020.) The interest rate for these investment margin account borrowings fluctuates based on the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points with interest only payable monthly. The interest rate as of June 30, 2020 was 0.75%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature. In 2015, the Company purchased a 30,700 square foot office building constructed in 1998 on about 3.6 acres in Logan, Utah that had been previously leased by Journal Technologies. The Company paid $1.24 million and financed the balance with a real estate bank loan of $2.26 million which bears a fixed interest rate of 4.66% and is repayable in equal monthly installments of about $17,600 through 2030. This loan is secured by the Logan facility and can be paid off at any time without prepayment penalty. This real estate loan had a balance of approximately $1.74 million as of June 30, 2020. The Company also owns its facilities in Los Angeles and leases space for its other offices under operating leases which expire at various dates through fiscal 2022.

Note 8 - Debt and Commitments

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Note 8 - Debt and Commitments

During fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed from its investment margin account the aggregate purchase price of $29.5 million for two acquisitions, in each case pledging its marketable securities as collateral. During this quarter, the Company borrowed an additional $1 million from this investment margin account bringing the total up to $30.5 million as of June 30, 2020. (This additional $1 million was subsequently repaid in July 2020.) The interest rate for these investment margin account borrowings fluctuates based on the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points with interest only payable monthly. The interest rate as of June 30, 2020 was 0.75%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature.

In 2015, the Company purchased a 30,700 square foot office building constructed in 1998 on about 3.6 acres in Logan, Utah that had been previously leased by Journal Technologies. The Company paid $1.24 million and financed the balance with a real estate bank loan of $2.26 million which bears a fixed interest rate of 4.66% and is repayable in equal monthly installments of about $17,600 through 2030. This loan is secured by the Logan facility and can be paid off at any time without prepayment penalty. This real estate loan had a balance of approximately $1.74 million as of June 30, 2020.

The Company also owns its facilities in Los Angeles and leases space for its other offices under operating leases which expire at various dates through fiscal 2022.