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Note 3 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | (420,000 | ) |  | $ | 132,000 |
State |  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  | — |
|  |  | (405,000 | ) |  |  | 132,000 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 808,000 |  |  |  | (4,685,000 | )
State |  |  | (218,000 | ) |  |  | (1,707,000 | )
|  |  | 590,000 |  |  |  | (6,392,000 | )
|  | $ | 185,000 |  |  | $ | (6,260,000 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Statutory federal income tax rate |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | %
State franchise taxes (net of federal tax benefit) |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Effect of state rate change on beginning balance of deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (9.4 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Business meals/gifts/other permanent differences |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | (0.1 | )
Goodwill impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | (6.5 | )
Dividends received deduction |  |  | (11.1 | ) |  |  | 1.5 |
Revenue recognized for book but not tax |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | — |
Prior year true-up |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Foreign tax credits |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | 0.1 |
CARES Act benefits |  |  | (4.4 | ) |  |  | — |
Others |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | (0.6 | )
Effective tax rate |  |  | 4.4 | % |  |  | 19.9 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Deferred tax assets attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued liabilities, including supplemental compensation and vacation pay accrual |  | $ | 415,000 |  |  | $ | 178,000 |
Impairment losses on investments |  |  | 1,016,000 |  |  |  | 2,201,000 |
Bad debt reserves not yet deductible |  |  | 55,000 |  |  |  | 41,000 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 3,482,000 |  |  |  | 3,999,000 |
Deferred revenues |  |  | 913,000 |  |  |  | 885,000 |
Goodwill |  |  | 590,000 |  |  |  | 677,000 |
Net operating losses |  |  | 4,768,000 |  |  |  | 5,195,000 |
Credits and other |  |  | 432,000 |  |  |  | 456,000 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 11,671,000 |  |  |  | 13,632,000 |
Deferred tax liabilities attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gains on investments |  |  | (35,870,000 | ) |  |  | (37,241,000 | )
Net deferred income taxes |  | $ | (24,199,000 | ) |  | $ | (23,609,000 | )
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] |
Fiscal Year ended |  | Federal NOL |  |  | California NOL |  |  | Other State NOL |
|  | (in millions) |
September 30, 2036 |  | $ | .8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
September 30, 2037 |  |  | 6.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | .3 |
September 30, 2038 |  |  | 11.1 |  |  |  | 5.4 |  |  |  | 2.0 |
September 30, 2039 |  |  | — |  |  |  | .7 |  |  |  | .3 |
No expiration |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |

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