Note 10 - Debt and Commitments	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
Commitments Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 10 - 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. There also have been subsequent borrowings of $51.5 million to purchase additional marketable securities bringing the margin loan balance up to $81 million as of March 31, 2023. 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 March 31, 2023 was 5.25%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature. In November 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 has a fixed interest rate of 3.33%. 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 $1.35 million as of March 31, 2023. Each monthly installment payment is about $16,600. In October 2022, the Company again amended this real estate loan contract as the bank transferred its index to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, which replaces the London Interbank Offered Rate. The term of the loan, including the interest rate and the balance, was not affected by the amendment. In April 2022, the Company sold approximately 17,564 square feet of the land along the front of its Logan building to the City of Logan for approximately $381,000 in connection with the City of Logan’s street widening project. 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 January 2024. Effective January 1, 2023, the Company began sponsoring a 401(k) retirement plan and a 409(A) non-qualified deferred compensation plan for its employees. As of March 31, 2023, there were deferred compensation liabilities of approximately $67,000 which were held under a trust account for the 409(A) plan.

Note 10 - Debt and Commitments

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Note 10 - 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. There also have been subsequent borrowings of $51.5 million to purchase additional marketable securities bringing the margin loan balance up to $81 million as of March 31, 2023. 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 March 31, 2023 was 5.25%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature.

In November 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 has a fixed interest rate of 3.33%. 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 $1.35 million as of March 31, 2023. Each monthly installment payment is about $16,600. In October 2022, the Company again amended this real estate loan contract as the bank transferred its index to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, which replaces the London Interbank Offered Rate. The term of the loan, including the interest rate and the balance, was not affected by the amendment.

In April 2022, the Company sold approximately 17,564 square feet of the land along the front of its Logan building to the City of Logan for approximately $381,000 in connection with the City of Logan’s street widening project.

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 January 2024.

Effective January 1, 2023, the Company began sponsoring a 401(k) retirement plan and a 409(A) non-qualified deferred compensation plan for its employees. As of March 31, 2023, there were deferred compensation liabilities of approximately $67,000 which were held under a trust account for the 409(A) plan.