Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Schedule of Components of Loss from Continuing Operations Before Income Tax Benefit

The components of loss from operations before income tax benefit are as follows:



	Years Ended September 30,
	2017			2016
U.S.	$	(15,574	)	$	(11,506	)
Non-U.S.	2,434			(1,827		)
Loss before income tax provision (benefit)	$	(13,140	)	$	(13,333	)

Schedule of Income Taxes from Continuing Operations Before Income Tax Benefit

Income taxes from operations before income tax provision (benefit) consist of the following:



	Years Ended September 30,
	2017			2016
Current income tax provision (benefit):
U.S. federal	$	(64	)	$	(2,687	)
U.S. state and local	(11		)	(111		)
Non-U.S.	951			94
Total current tax provision (benefit)	876			(2,704		)
Deferred income tax provision (benefit):
U.S. federal	147			1,481
U.S. state and local	5			69
Non-U.S.	41			(844		)
Total deferred tax provision	193			706
Income tax provision (benefit)	$	1,069		$	(1,998	)

Income Tax Benefit from Continuing Operations

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



	Years Ended September 30,
	2017			2016
Loss before income tax benefit	$	(13,140	)	$	(13,333	)

Income tax benefit at U.S. federal statutory rates	$	(4,599	)	$	(4,667	)
Tax effect of:
Foreign rate differential	120			254
State and local income taxes	(6		)	(42		)
Impact of tax law changes	(103		)	(338		)
Federal tax credits	(252		)	(572		)
Valuation allowance	5,720			3,309
Other	189			58
Income tax provision (benefit)	$	1,069		$	(1,998	)

Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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



	2017			2016
Deferred tax assets:
Net U.S. operating loss carryforwards	$	5,188		$	195
Net non-U.S. operating loss carryforwards	596			777
Employee benefits	2,461			3,366
Inventory reserves	1,240			1,032
Allowance for doubtful accounts	135			234
Capitalized research and development expenses	—			870
Intangibles	4,873			4,364
Foreign tax credits	602			575
Other tax credits	994			1,006
Other	1,126			1,106
Total deferred tax assets	17,215			13,525
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(8,854		)	(10,777		)
Unremitted foreign earnings	(65		)	(65		)
Prepaid expenses	(247		)	(566		)
Other tax credits	(1,718		)	(647		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(10,884		)	(12,055		)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	6,331			1,470
Valuation allowance	(9,597		)	(4,399		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(3,266	)	$	(2,929	)

Summary of Activity Related to Uncertain Tax Position

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



	2017		2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	69	$	105
Decrease due to lapse of statute of limitations	—		(36		)
Balance at end of year	$	69	$	69