Software Development Costs, net

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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Software Development Costs, net

6. Software Development Costs, net

Software development costs, net consisted of the following: 

	March 31, 2019			September 30, 2018
Software development costs	$	108,073		$	100,856
Less: accumulated amortization		(68,893	)		(60,858	)
	$	39,180		$	39,998

During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company capitalized $3,700 and $4,337 of software development costs, respectively. Amounts in the above table include $1,061 and $1,335 of internal use software at March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. 

The total amount of software costs amortized was $4,110 and $4,635 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Software costs written down to net realizable value amounted to $0 and $342 for the three ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The weighted average amortization period was 3.1 years and 3.2 years for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The estimated software amortization expense for the years ending December 31 are as follows: 

Year ending December 31,
2019 (nine months)	$	11,002
2020		13,680
2021		8,354
2022		3,964
2023		1,878
Thereafter		302
Total	$	39,180