Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate

The calculation of the effective tax rate is as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended June 30,						Nine months ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	12,234		$	5,180		$	13,700		$	27,416
Income tax provision		5,185			2,233			10,573			10,226
Income from continuing operations	$	7,049		$	2,947		$	3,127		$	17,190
Effective tax rate		42	%		43	%		77	%		37	%

A reconciliation of the significant differences between the statutory U. S. income tax rate and the effective income tax rate, as computed on earnings (loss) before income tax provision for the nine months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, is as follows:

	Nine months ended June 30,
	2015			2014
Statutory rate		35	%		35	%
Canadian valuation allowance		76			—
Research and Development Credit		(34	)		—
State rate		2			2
Domestic production activities deduction		(2	)		(1	)
Other		—			1
Effective rate		77	%		37	%