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Income Taxes
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax assets are reflected on the balance sheet when it is determined that it is more likely than not that the asset will be realized. This guidance also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. We will also set up a valuation allowance, reducing the carrying value of deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized, based on estimated future taxable income. Presently, the Company has no deferred tax asset valuation allowances.

At September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the Company had federal net operating losses of approximately $7.4 million and $18.9 million. The Company utilized approximately $11.5 million of federal net operating losses to offset taxes otherwise currently due in 2020. The federal NOLs begin to expire in 2030 and continue to expire through 2033. The Company has no material state net operating losses carryforward.

However, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act modifies the credit for prior-year minimum tax liability of corporations, including to accelerate the recovery of remaining minimum tax credits of a corporation for its 2019 taxable year from its 2021 taxable year and to permit a corporation to elect instead to recover 100 percent of any of its remaining minimum tax credits in its 2018 taxable year. The Company has AMT credits of $366 thousand as of the year ended September 30, 2020, of which 100 percent has been established as an income tax receivable in current assets.

An analysis of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities is as follows:
Year Ended
 September 30,
(amounts in thousands)20202019
Deferred income tax assets:  
Net operating loss carry forwards$1,554 $3,926 
AMT credit carryforward— 183 
Stock based compensation140 140 
Accrued expenses1,698 1,666 
Other items, net258 45 
Total deferred tax asset3,650 5,960 
Deferred tax liability:
Equipment and intangible assets(3,613)(3,615)
Net deferred tax asset$37 $2,345 
The significant components of income tax expense for income taxes from continuing operations are summarized as follows:
Year Ended
 September 30,
(amounts in thousands)20202019
Current expense $598 $379 
Deferred expense 2,308 1,792 
   Total expense $2,906 $2,171 
The following table indicates the significant differences between our income taxes at the federal statutory rate and the Company's effective tax rate for continuing operations:
Year Ended
 September 30,
(amounts in thousands)Ref20202019
Federal statutory rate$2,104 $1,574 
State taxes, net554 407 
Other permanent items160 91 
Deferred tax estimate adjustment88 99 
Total$2,906 $2,171 
We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various state jurisdictions. We are no longer subject to income tax examinations for years before 2015.