Operating expenses

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Operating Expense [Abstract]

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NOTE 11 – Operating Expenses

Operating expenses for the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, consisted of the following:

	2017		2016
Administrative salaries	$	559,000	$	512,873
Advertising and promotion		59,890		46,998
Auto and truck expense		122,501		119,826
Bad debts		1,857		-
Contract services		65,537		192,340
Corporation expense		68,720		54,199
Custodial supplies		25,289		29,805
Direct labor		1,771,028		1,751,553
Employee travel and training		34,810		31,675
Equipment lease		4,809		5,419
Insurance		589,551		666,850
Miscellaneous		88,456		57,237
Office supplies and expense		77,986		47,973
Payroll tax expense		203,047		182,563
Payroll service		41,243		39,794
Pension plan match		57,083		56,717
Professional services		103,582		93,855
Property taxes		215,809		210,273
Recreational supplies		4,069		14,570
Rent - storage lots		43,928		43,066
Repairs and maintenance		219,478		215,360
Retail operating supplies		6,124		3,030
Security		15,143		17,514
Service charges		154,877		138,628
Taxes and licenses		8,609		12,544
Telephone		37,024		50,792
Uniforms		26,056		28,580
Utilities		682,387		624,043
Total Operating Expenses	$	5,287,893	$	5,248,077