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)	December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017
Compensation	$	2,537	$	3,904
Warranty	713		684
Professional fees	395		653
Customer deposits	16		20
Income and other taxes	4,309		2,920
Severance and restructuring accruals	488		628
Other	748		1,016
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	9,206	$	9,825

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

Income and other taxes: For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded approximately $0.3 million of income tax benefit from continuing operations and $0 of income tax benefit within income from discontinued operations. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $120,000 of income tax expense from continuing operations income and $0 of income tax expense within income from discontinued operations. The income tax benefit (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. Income and other taxes also includes foreign income and value added taxes.

Severance and restructuring accruals: In an effort to better align our current and future business operations, in November 2016, the Company announced a reduction in the workforce of approximately 5 individuals and recorded a charge of $0.2 million in the three months ended December 31, 2016 related to the outsourcing of our satellite communications assembly operations.

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.

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.

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
Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	628
Expense - charged to accrual	41
Payments and accrual adjustments	(181		)
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	488

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



Product Warranty Accruals	For the three months ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2017			2016
Balance at beginning of period	$	684		$	871
Provision for product warranty - expense	58			88
Adjustments and utilization of warranty accrual	(29		)	(168		)
Balance at end of period	$	713		$	791