Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of income before income tax provision

The components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax provision are as follows:

	Years Ended September 30,
	2015			2014		2013
U.S	$	(6,373	)	$	7,984	$	13,671
Non-U.S	348			372		175
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)	$	(6,025	)	$	8,356	$	13,846

Components of income tax provision

Income taxes from continuing operations before income tax provision consist of the following:

	Years Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2013
Current income tax provision:
U.S. federal	$	(2,560	)	$	2,847		$	4,055
U.S. state and local	55			101			489
Non-U.S	338			77			111
Total current tax provision (benefit)	(2,167		)	3,025			4,655
Deferred income tax provision (benefit):
U.S. federal	(277		)	(329		)	(540		)
U.S. state and local	(83		)	57			(27		)
Non-U.S	83			—			—
Total deferred tax provision (benefit)	(277		)	(272		)	(567		)
Income tax provision (benefit)	$	(2,444	)	$	2,753		$	4,088

Income tax provision accompanying consolidated statements of operations

The income tax provision from continuing operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations differs from amounts determined by using the statutory rate as follows:

	Years Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2013
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)	$	(6,025	)	$	8,356		$	13,846
Less-U.S. state and local income tax provision	(13		)	220			489
Income (loss) before U.S. and non-U.S. federal income tax provision	$	(6,012	)	$	8,136		$	13,357
Income tax provision (benefit) at U.S. federal statutory rates	$	(2,104	)	$	2,848		$	4,675
Tax effect of:
Foreign rate differential	334			74			73
Permanent items	438			(218		)	(278		)
Undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries	(992		)	(13		)	(60		)
Prior year tax adjustments	(23		)	41			(181		)
State and local income taxes	(113		)	203			453
Federal tax credits	(92		)	(178		)	(766		)
Change in valuation allowance	147			105			139
Changes in uncertain tax positions	58			(108		)	57
Other	(97		)	(1		)	(24		)
Income tax provision (benefit)	$	(2,444	)	$	2,753		$	4,088

Summary of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30 consist of the following:

	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Net non-U.S. operating loss carryforwards	$	595		$	592
Employee benefits	3,340			2,581
Inventory reserves	865			495
Allowance for doubtful accounts	377			84
Foreign tax credits to undistributed earnings	—			1,940
Intangibles	1,936			2,982
Foreign tax credits	517			492
Other	1,007			87
Total deferred tax assets	8,637			9,253
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(9,022		)	(4,836		)
Unremitted foreign earnings	(65		)	(2,997		)
Prepaid expenses	(432		)	(580		)
Other	(87		)	—
Total deferred tax liabilities	(9,606		)	(8,413		)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	(969		)	840
Valuation allowance	(1,095		)	(823		)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	(2,064	)	$	17

Summary of activity related to uncertain tax positions

A summary of activity related to the Company’s uncertain tax position is as follows:

	2015		2014
Balance at beginning of year	$	56	$	164
Increase due to tax positions taken in current prior year	49		—
Decrease due to tax positions taken in prior years	—		(108		)
Balance at end of year	$	105	$	56