Forgiving loan is the intentional and voluntary process by which loan offered has been forgiven or in process to be forgiven.

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The specification of interest ranging for notes receivable which is comprised of unsecured non interest and interest bearing loans.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5074-111524

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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FORGIVABLE LOANS RECEIVABLE - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Forgiveness of loans balance	$ 500,000	$ 474,000
Loans Receivable
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	$ 0		$ 0
Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.00%