E. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND CURRENT PORTION OF OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and current portion of other long-term liabilities consist of the following:



	December 28,		September 28,
	2019		2019
Property, payroll and other taxes payable	$	14,065,380	$	20,273,626
Salaries, wages and bonuses payable		25,877,938		31,861,220
Self-insurance liabilities		13,549,503		13,146,292
Interest payable		2,940,653		13,342,260
Other		8,418,184		5,025,885
	$	64,851,658	$	83,649,283

Self-insurance liabilities are established for general liability claims, workers’ compensation and employee group medical and dental benefits based on claims filed and estimates of claims incurred but not reported. Effective October 1, 2019, the Company is insured for covered costs in excess of $1.0 million per occurrence for workers’ compensation and for general liability and $450,000 per covered person for medical care benefits for a policy year. The Company’s self-insurance reserves totaled $32.0 million and $31.0 million at December 28, 2019 and September 28, 2019, respectively. Of this amount, $13.5 million is accounted for as a current liability and $18.5 million as a long-term liability, which is inclusive of $3.7 million of expected self-insurance recoveries from excess cost insurance or other sources that are recorded as a receivable at December 28, 2019. At September 28, 2019, $13.1 million is accounted for as a current liability and $17.9 million as a long-term liability, which is inclusive of $3.6 million of expected self-insurance recoveries from excess cost insurance or other sources that are recorded as a receivable. Employee insurance expense, including workers’ compensation and medical care benefits, net of employee contributions, totaled $10.6 million and $10.2 million for the three-month periods ended December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, respectively.

The Company’s fuel operations contain underground tanks for the storage of gasoline and diesel fuel. The Company reviewed FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 410 (“FASB ASC 410”) and determined we have a legal obligation to remove tanks at a point in the future and accordingly determined we have met the requirements of an asset retirement obligation. The Company followed the FASB ASC 410 model for determining the asset retirement cost and asset retirement obligation. The amounts recorded are immaterial for each fuel center as well as in the aggregate at December 28, 2019 and September 28, 2019.