Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Provision For Income Tax [Table Text Block]

The following summarizes the Company’s provision for income taxes on income from continuing operations:

	For the Year Ended August 31, 2012			For the Year Ended August 31, 2011
Current:
Federal	$	62,000		$	281,000
State		363,000			413,000
Foreign		—			—
		425,000			694,000
Deferred:
Federal		1,237,000			729,000
State		29,000			12,000
Foreign		(12,000	)		30,000
		1,254,000			771,000
	$	1,679,000		$	1,465,000

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Income taxes for the years ended August 31, 2012 and 2011 differ from the amounts computed by applying the federal statutory corporate rate of 34% to the pre-tax income from continuing operations. The differences are reconciled as follows:

	For the Year Ended August 31, 2012			For the Year Ended August 31, 2011
Current:
Expected income tax at statutory rate	$	1,393,000		$	1,226,000
Increase (decrease) in taxes due to:
State tax, net of federal benefit		194,000			184,000
Permanent differences		22,000			48,000
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance		(261,000	)		(120,000	)
Other, net		335,000			127,000
Income tax expense	$	1,679,000		$	1,465,000

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

The components of deferred taxes at August 31, 2012 and 2011 are summarized below:

	August 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss	$	1,584,000		$	2,643,000
Capital losses		3,351,000			3,445,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts		89,000			84,000
Accrued expenses		190,000			217,000
Accrued worker’s compensation		1,048,000			1,102,000
Related party interest accrual		—			376,000
Inventory reserve		602,000			483,000
Unrealized losses (gain) on investment		(4,000	)		75,000
Excess of tax over book depreciation		305,000			236,000
Other		263,000			222,000
Total deferred tax assets		7,428,000			8,883,000
Valuation allowance		(3,887,000	)		(4,064,000	)
		3,541,000			4,819,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred gains		(1,140,000	)		(1,134,000	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(1,140,000	)		(1,134,000	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	2,401,000		$	3,685,000