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Trade Accounts Receivable and Financing Receivables (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Receivables [Abstract] |
Trade Accounts Receivable, Net | Trade accounts receivable, net are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2020 |  |  | September 30, 2019 |
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 25,669 |  |  | $ | 25,144 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (8,904 | ) |  |  | (951 | )
Total |  | $ | 16,765 |  |  | $ | 24,193 |
Summary of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | The following table summarizes changes in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the six months ended March 31, 2020:
Balance at October 1, 2019 | $ | 951 |
Bad debt expense, net of recoveries |  | 8,151 |
Deductions |  | (198 | )
Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ | 8,904 |
Financing Receivables | Financing receivables are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2020 |  |  | September 30, 2019 |
Promissory notes |  | $ | 432 |  |  | $ | 780 |
Sales-type lease |  |  | 1,272 |  |  |  | 2,692 |
Total financing receivables |  |  | 1,704 |  |  |  | 3,472 |
Unearned income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales-type lease |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (55 | )
Total unearned income |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (55 | )
Total financing receivables, net of unearned income |  |  | 1,686 |  |  |  | 3,417 |
Less current portion |  |  | (1,639 | ) |  |  | (3,233 | )
Non-current financing receivables |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 184 |

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