17. LINE OF CREDIT	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Line Of Credit
LINE OF CREDIT	NOTE 17 LINE OF CREDIT The Company, specifically IPS, has a $1,300,000 revolving line of credit with TD Bank which renews at the discretion of the lender on April 30, 2019. The line of credit was amended and modified on September 28, 2018 to extend the line of credit limit from $1,000,000 to $1,300,000 and was also undersigned by Forward Industries, Inc. as the guarantor and is secured by all of IPS’ assets. The interest rate on the line of credit is 0.75% above The Wall Street Journal prime rate. The effective interest rate at September 30, 2019 was 5.75%. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $0 available under the line of credit. The Company is subject to certain debt-service ratio requirements which are measured annually. As of September 30, 2019 the Company was in violation of the required debt-service ratio covenants. The Company was granted a waiver of the violation from the lender. However, there is a potential risk that the lender may demand payment in full upon default.

The entire disclosure for debt and capital lease obligations can be reported. Information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants. Also includes descriptions and amounts of capital leasing arrangements that consist of direct financing, sales type and leveraged leases. Disclosure may include the effect on the balance sheet and the income statement resulting from a change in lease classification for leases that at inception would have been classified differently had guidance been in effect at the inception of the original lease.

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