Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

The components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:



	As of		As of
(in thousands)	September 30, 2017		September 30, 2016
Compensation	$	3,904	$	3,628
Warranty	684		871
Professional fees	653		761
Customer deposits	20		38
Income and other taxes	2,920		944
Severance and restructuring accruals	628		642
Other	1,016		800
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	9,825	$	7,684

Compensation: Compensation is primarily comprised of accrued employee salaries, taxes and benefits.

Income and other taxes: For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded approximately $0.2 million of income tax expense from continuing operations and $0 of income tax benefit within income from discontinued operations. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, the Company recorded $14,000 of income tax expense from continuing operations income and $24,000 of income tax benefit within income from discontinued operations. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded $2.2 million of income tax benefit from continuing operations losses and $26.5 million of income tax expense within income from discontinued operations. The income tax expense within discontinued operations includes estimated alternative minimum tax and other adjustments prescribed by ASC 740 in allocating expected annual income tax expense (benefit) between continuing operations and discontinued operations.

Severance and restructuring accruals: In connection with the abandonment of our Newark, California facility following the closing of the sale of the Digital Products Business, we accrued for the remaining lease costs through the lease termination in May 2016. In December 2015, we entered into an agreement to terminate this lease and related obligations, including AROs, as of February 2016 for a payment of $0.2 million. As a result of the agreement, we recorded a gain of $0.3 million on the lease termination. The resulting gain was recorded in the discontinued operations of the Digital Products Business for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. See Note 4 - Discontinued Operations.

On June 7, 2016, the Company's former Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) notified the Company that he would resign as the Company's CFO, effective as of June 20, 2016 (the “Separation Date”). The Company and the former CFO entered into a separation agreement and general release, dated June 7, 2016 (the “Separation Agreement”), which includes mutual releases by the former CFO and the Company of all claims related to his employment and service relationship with, and termination of employment and service from, the Company. The Separation Agreement provides for, among other things, the continuation of his base salary for 64 weeks, benefits for 16 months, outplacement services for a period of not more than 1 year and with a value not in excess of $15,000 and immediate vesting of all his outstanding non-vested equity awards, other than his most recent equity award. These payments are not contingent upon any future service by the former CFO. The Company recorded a charge of approximately $0.4 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 related to this Separation Agreement.

In an effort to better align our current and future business operations, in May 2016 the Company announced a reduction in its workforce by approximately 30 individuals and recorded a charge for severance for the affected employees in the amount of $0.3 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. In November 2016, the Company announced an additional reduction in the workforce of approximately 5 individuals and recorded a charge of $0.2 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 related to the outsourcing of our satellite communications assembly operations. In September 2017, the Company announced it would be closing its Ivyland, Pennsylvania location during fiscal year 2018 and reducing its workforce by approximately 11 individuals and recorded a charge for severance for the affected employees in the amount of $0.3 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.

In March 2017, the Company announced an additional workforce reduction of approximately 14 individuals and recorded a charge of $0.1 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 related to the outsourcing of our wafer fabrication lab. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an additional charge of $0.4 million for six additional individuals related to the March 2017 workforce reduction. Also, in March 2017, in connection with our opening of a new manufacturing facility in China to reduce costs and improve efficiency later in fiscal year 2017, we accrued for a workforce reduction of approximately 265 individuals and recorded a charge of $0.5 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an additional charge of $0.4 million for the workforce reduction of 72 additional individuals related to the opening of our new manufacturing facility in China.

Our severance and restructuring-related accruals specifically relate to the separation agreements and reductions in force discussed above and non-cancelable obligations associated with an abandoned leased facility. Expense related to severance and restructuring accruals is included in selling, general, and administrative expense on our statements of operations and comprehensive income. The following table summarizes the changes in the severance accrual account:



(in thousands)	Severance-related accruals			Restructuring- related accruals			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2015	$	1,110		$	338		$	1,448
Expense - charged to accrual	728			—			728
Payments and accrual adjustments	(1,196		)	(338		)	(1,534		)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	642		$	—		$	642
Expense - charged to accrual	1,994			—			1,994
Payments and accrual adjustments	(2,008		)	—			(2,008		)
Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	628		$	—		$	628

Warranty: The following table summarizes the changes in our product warranty accrual accounts:



Product Warranty Accruals	For the Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2017			2016			2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	871		$	1,664		$	2,816
Provision for product warranty - expense	573			376			838
Adjustments and utilization of warranty accrual	(760		)	(1,169		)	(1,990		)
Balance at end of period	$	684		$	871		$	1,664