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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Taxes
The components of income before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
 
Fiscal years ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
United States
$
2,808

 
$
10,173

 
$
7,080

International
8,089

 
6,342

 
3,439

Total income before income taxes
$
10,897

 
$
16,515

 
$
10,519

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Provision
The components of the income tax provision are as follows (in thousands):
 
Fiscal years ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
2,203

 
$
3,880

 
$
3,072

State
400

 
342

 
327

Foreign
3,131

 
2,479

 
1,835

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.
(2,229
)
 
(776
)
 
(3,052
)
Foreign
(223
)
 
(429
)
 
(604
)
Total income tax provision
$
3,282

 
$
5,496

 
$
1,578

Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Asset
The net deferred tax asset consists of the following (in thousands):
 
As of September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
Current deferred tax asset
$
3,389

 
$
2,610

Non-current deferred tax asset
5,010

 
3,771

Current deferred tax liability
(16
)
 
(137
)
Non-current deferred tax liability
(630
)
 
(813
)
Net deferred tax asset
$
7,753

 
$
5,431

 
 
 
 
Uncollectible accounts and other reserves
$
1,669

 
$
1,454

Depreciation and amortization
164

 
183

Inventories
1,263

 
913

Compensation costs
7,034

 
6,106

Tax carryforwards
714

 
771

Valuation allowance
(534
)
 
(354
)
Identifiable intangible assets
(2,557
)
 
(3,642
)
Net deferred tax asset
$
7,753

 
$
5,431

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
 
Fiscal years ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Statutory income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
 
 
 
 
 
State taxes, net of federal benefits
1.1
 %
 
0.9
 %
 
1.1
 %
Utilization of tax credits
(2.2
)%
 
(1.4
)%
 
(0.7
)%
Discrete tax benefits
(14.1
)%
 
(4.4
)%
 
(22.4
)%
Manufacturing deduction
(0.4
)%
 
(3.1
)%
 
(2.9
)%
Tax rate differential on foreign earnings
4.0
 %
 
0.4
 %
 
 %
Adjustment of tax contingency reserves
4.9
 %
 
2.6
 %
 
2.8
 %
Non-deductible stock-based compensation
1.0
 %
 
0.6
 %
 
0.9
 %
Other, net
0.8
 %
 
2.7
 %
 
1.2
 %
Effective income tax rate
30.1
 %
 
33.3
 %
 
15.0
 %
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is (in thousands):
 
Fiscal years ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of fiscal year
$
2,061

 
$
2,265

 
$
4,146

Increases related to:
 
 
 
 
 
Prior year income tax positions
631

 
32

 
36

Current year income tax positions
441

 
392

 
195

Decreases related to:
 
 
 
 
 
Prior year income tax positions
(94
)
 

 

Settlements

 

 
(1,740
)
Expiration of statute of limitations
(319
)
 
(628
)
 
(372
)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of fiscal year
$
2,720

 
$
2,061

 
$
2,265