Supplementary Balance Sheet Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017



	2017		2016
Property, payroll, and other taxes payable	$	21,261,924	$	18,883,819
Salaries, wages, and bonuses payable		28,369,250		28,159,164
Self-insurance liabilities:
Employee group insurance		4,893,855		5,807,558
Workers’ compensation insurance		5,387,235		5,929,533
General liability insurance		3,045,020		2,345,956
Interest		13,175,382		12,406,614
Other		6,319,191		2,782,962
Total accrued expenses and current portion of other long-term liabilities	$	82,451,857	$	76,315,606



	2017		2016
Advance payments on purchases contracts	$	3,185,034	$	1,624,792
Deferred lease expense		1,913,811		1,884,501
Nonqualified investment plan liability		13,303,318		10,692,707
Self-insurance liabilities:
Workers’ compensation insurance		17,147,541		18,101,931
General liability insurance		4,663,347		3,700,263
Other		1,867,015		1,655,285
Other long-term liabilities		42,080,066		37,659,479
Less current portion		967,518		883,892
Total other long-term liabilities	$	41,112,548	$	36,775,587