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Accounts and Notes Receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Receivables [Abstract] |
Current Trade Accounts Receivable | The Company’s current trade accounts receivable consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 17,841 |  |  | $ | 15,209 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (2,449 | ) |  |  | (2,516 | )
|  | $ | 15,392 |  |  | $ | 12,693 |
Notes Receivable | Notes receivable are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 |  |  | SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Notes receivable |  | $ | 3,850 |  |  | $ | 3,520 |
Allowance for doubtful notes |  |  | (500 | ) |  |  | — |
|  |  | 3,350 |  |  |  | 3,520 |
Less current portion |  |  | 1,533 |  |  |  | 2,004 |
Non-current notes receivable |  | $ | 1,817 |  |  | $ | 1,516 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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