LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

LEASES

Schedule of leases

Assets	Classification	September 2023		September 2022
Operating	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	23,173,287	$	19,941,009
Liabilities
Current:
Operating	Operating lease liabilities	$	6,063,048	$	6,454,473
Non-current:
Operating	Long-term operating lease liabilities		17,408,758		13,787,721
Total lease liabilities		$	23,471,806	$	20,242,194

Schedule of components of lease costs

	Fiscal Year 2023		Fiscal Year 2022
Operating lease cost	$	7,673,309	$	6,690,239
Short-term lease cost		500,372		238,106
Variable lease cost		467,164		430,033
Net lease cost	$	8,640,845	$	7,358,378

Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities

	Operating Leases
2024	$	7,067,221
2025		5,905,993
2026		4,666,784
2027		3,189,966
2028		2,095,335
2029 and thereafter		3,828,522
Total lease payments		26,753,821
Less: interest		(3,282,015)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	23,471,806

Schedule of weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate

Lease Term	September 2023		September 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating	5.2		4.0
Discount Rate
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating	4.97	%	4.09	%

Schedule of other information regarding the Company's leases

	Fiscal Year 2023		Fiscal Year 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows used by operating leases	$	7,642,556	$	6,704,890
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining new ROU assets:
Operating leases	$	5,541,096	$	5,854,111