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Balance Sheet Details
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Balance Sheet Details  
Balance Sheet Details

Note 5 — Balance Sheet Details

 

Marketable Securities

 

Marketable securities consist of exchange traded funds whose underlying assets consist of highly liquid debt instruments with short- term maturities. Marketable securities are classified and accounted for as available-for-sale.  These investments are recorded at fair value in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the change in fair value is recorded, net of taxes, as a component of other comprehensive income. There have been no significant realized or unrealized gains or losses on these marketable securities to date. Marketable securities have been classified as current assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets based upon the nature of the securities and availability for use in current operations.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

The components of accounts receivable are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

(As Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

 

$

28,277

 

$

17,352

 

Long-term contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

Billed

 

138,095

 

98,983

 

Unbilled

 

291,147

 

282,346

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(483

)

(658

)

Total accounts receivable

 

457,036

 

398,023

 

Less estimated amounts not currently due

 

(17,410

)

(19,021

)

Current accounts receivable

 

$

439,626

 

$

379,002

 

 

The amount classified as not currently due is an estimate of the amount of long-term contract accounts receivable that will not be collected within one year from March 31, 2014 under transportation systems contracts in the U.S. and Australia based upon the payment terms in the contracts. The non-current balance at September 30, 2013 represented non-current amounts due from customers under transportation systems contracts in the same locations.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

(As Restated)

 

Work in process and inventoried costs under long-term contracts

 

$

89,621

 

$

80,918

 

Customer advances

 

(25,998

)

(21,865

)

Raw material and purchased parts

 

680

 

693

 

Net inventories

 

$

64,303

 

$

59,746

 

 

Pursuant to contract provisions, agencies of the U.S. government and certain other customers have title to, or security interest in, inventories related to such contracts as a result of advances, performance-based payments, and progress payments. Contract advances, performance-based payments and progress payments received are recorded as an offset against the related inventory balances for contracts that that are accounted for on a percentage-of-completion basis using units-of-delivery as the basis to measure progress toward completing the contract. This determination is performed on a contract by contract basis. Any amount of payments received in excess of the cumulative amount of accounts receivable and inventoried costs for a contract is classified as customer advances, which is classified as a liability on the balance sheet.

 

At March 31, 2014, work in process and inventoried costs under long-term contracts includes approximately $1.2 million in costs incurred outside the scope of work or in advance of a contract award compared to $5.8 million at September 30, 2013. We believe it is probable that we will recover these costs, plus a profit margin, under contract change orders or awards within the next year.

 

Long-term Capitalized Costs

 

Long-term capitalized contract costs consist of costs incurred on a contract to develop and manufacture a transportation fare system for a customer for which revenue recognition did not begin until the customer began operating the system in the fourth quarter of 2013. These capitalized costs are being amortized into cost of sales based upon the ratio of revenue recorded during the period compared to the revenue expected to be recognized over the term of the contract.