Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of Income Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

(Dollars in Thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Pretax income:
U.S.	$	(3,112)	$	21,323	$	30,160
Foreign		7,592		6,817		6,575
Total pretax income	$	4,480	$	28,140	$	36,735

Schedule Of Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

(Dollars in Thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Current:
U.S. Federal	$	3,594	$	1,857	$	5,512
State and local		477		194		511
Foreign		2,335		2,149		2,370
Current tax provision	$	6,406	$	4,200	$	8,393
Deferred:
U.S. Federal	$	(7,011)	$	3,927	$	2,360
State and local		(378)		388		107
Foreign		(233)		(475)		667
Deferred tax provision	$	(7,622)	$	3,840	$	3,134
Income tax provision	$	(1,216)	$	8,040	$	11,527

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	2013		2012		2011
U.S. Federal statutory rate		35.0%		35.0%		35.0%
State and local taxes net of Federal tax benefit		-3.5%		1.3%		0.9%
Lower rates on Foreign operations		-11.1%		-3.9%		-1.4%
Non-taxed equity earnings		-30.3%		-4.0%		-2.1%
Foreign tax credit impact, net		-5.5%		-1.5%		-0.5%
R&D credit		-6.5%		-0.5%		-1.0%
Domestic production activity deduction		-6.0%		-0.5%		-0.8%
Partnership income		10.2%		1.6%		1.2%
Provision to return adjustments		-14.0%		-0.2%		0.3%
Meals and entertainment		1.8%		0.3%		0.2%
Change in deferred rate		2.0%		0.7%		-0.4%
Unremitted/non-indefinitely reinvested earnings		2.1%		0.0%		-0.1%
Other		-1.4%		0.3%		0.1%
Effective income tax rate		-27.2%		28.6%		31.4%

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

(Dollars in Thousands)	2013		2012
Deferred tax assets:
Pension accrual	$	1,391	$	2,998
Compensation expense		3,360		2,794
Transaction costs		1,133		1,187
Medical insurance claims		402		475
Retirement plans		1,896		2,251
Accruals not currently deductible		156		416
NOLs and attributes		189		81
Other		647		636
	$	9,174	$	10,838
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	$	1,745	$	1,904
Software development		14,401		14,812
Intangible asset amortization		232		7,267
Other		202		79
	$	16,580	$	24,062
Net deferred tax liability	$	(7,406)	$	(13,224)

Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reconciliation

(Dollars in Thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Balance at beginning of year	$	583	$	770	$	714
Tax positions related to current year:
Gross increases		52		23		150
Tax positions related to prior periods:
Gross increases		99		127		167
Gross decreases		-		(182)		(50)
Decreases related to settlements		-		-		-
Decreases related to lapse of statute of limitations		(186)		(155)		(211)
Balance at end of year	$	548	$	583	$	770