Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Current assets:
Cash	$ 248,760	$ 605,380
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.7 million at March 2017 and $0.7 million at September 2016	27,737,863	30,033,104
Inventories, net	45,707,269	48,404,882
Deferred income taxes	1,182,299	1,441,919
Income taxes receivable	282,435	164,959
Prepaid and other current assets	7,829,685	8,608,049
Total current assets	82,988,311	89,258,293
Property and equipment, net	12,373,290	12,607,877
Goodwill	6,349,827	6,349,827
Other intangible assets, net	3,626,812	3,759,311
Other assets	340,936	288,082
Total assets	105,679,176	112,263,390
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	17,255,595	18,164,983
Accrued expenses	6,299,199	6,792,884
Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses	2,653,577	3,580,996
Current maturities of long-term debt	367,982	362,495
Total current liabilities	26,576,353	28,901,358
Credit facility	5,102,578	10,537,226
Deferred income taxes	4,080,631	4,021,569
Long-term debt, less current maturities	2,836,070	3,021,824
Other long-term liabilities	32,123	30,815
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized
Common stock, $.01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 678,938 shares outstanding and issued at March 2017 and 677,057 shares outstanding and issued at September 2016	8,314	8,184
Additional paid-in capital	20,782,045	19,525,554
Retained earnings	59,775,503	58,693,241
Treasury stock at cost	(13,514,441)	(12,476,381)
Total shareholders' equity	67,051,421	65,750,598
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 105,679,176	$ 112,263,390

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.