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Prepayments and Other Receivables | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Prepayments and Other Receivables [Text Block] | 5. Prepayments and Other Receivables
|  |  |  |  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | Note |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2013 |
Prepayments for raw materials and others |  |  |  | $ | 3,466,177 |  | $ | 1,763,403 |
Staff advances for the operating purpose |  |  |  |  | 701,923 |  |  | 1,008,053 |
Prepaid operating expenses |  |  |  |  | 292,049 |  |  | 191,770 |
Advances to unrelated third parties |  | (a) |  |  | 1,169,798 |  |  | 495,540 |
Advance to a related party |  | (b) |  |  | 885,052 |  |  | 894,861 |
Consideration receivable |  | (c) |  |  | 6,483,507 |  |  | 6,555,367 |
Net assets of BAK Canada held by trustee |  | (d) |  |  | 1,043,833 |  |  | 1,348,600 |
Value added tax recoverable |  |  |  |  | 4,295,390 |  |  | 4,397,258 |
Rental receivable from the Research and Development Test Centre |  |  |  |  | 37,239 |  |  | 751,781 |
Others |  |  |  |  | 1,371,790 |  |  | 1,241,882 |
|  |  |  |  | 19,746,758 |  |  | 18,648,515 |
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  |  |  | (1,980,914 | ) |  | (2,010,580 | )
|  |  |  | $ | 17,765,844 |  | $ | 16,637,935 |
(a) | Advances to unrelated third parties were interest-free, unsecured and repayable on demand.
(b) | As of September 30 and December 31, 2013, the Company advanced to Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd (“Tianjin New Energy”), a related party under the common control of Mr. Xiangqian Li (“Mr. Li”), the Company's CEO, an amount of $885,052 and $894,861 respectively which were interest-free, unsecured and repayable on demand.
(c) | On August 27, 2013, the Company completed the equity transfer of Tianjin Meicai to Tianjin Zhantuo International Trading Co., Ltd. (“Tianjin Zhantuo”), an unrelated third party. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the consideration receivable remained at RMB39.7 million, equivalent to $6,483,507 and $6,555,367, respectively. The amount was interest-free, repayable on September 26, 2013 (30 days upon completion) and pledged against advances from Tianjin Zhantuo (Note 10(e)).
(d) | BAK Canada filed for bankruptcy on March 28, 2013. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, its net assets were held under the custody of its trustee.
An analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:
|  | Three months ended |
|  | December 31, 2013 |
Balance at beginning of the period | $ | 1,980,914 |
Provision for the period |  | 7,664 |
Foreign exchange adjustment |  | 22,002 |
Balance at end of the period | $ | 2,010,580 |

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