LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

LEASES

Schedule of leases

Assets	Classification	September 2024		September 2023
Operating	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	25,514,731	$	23,173,287
Liabilities
Current:
Operating	Operating lease liabilities	$	7,036,751	$	6,063,048
Non-current:
Operating	Long-term operating lease liabilities		18,770,001		17,408,758
Total lease liabilities		$	25,806,752	$	23,471,806

Schedule of components of lease costs

	Fiscal Year 2024		Fiscal Year 2023
Operating lease cost	$	8,012,939	$	7,673,309
Short-term lease cost		372,387		500,372
Variable lease cost		602,246		467,164
Net lease cost	$	8,987,572	$	8,640,845

Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities

	Operating Leases
2025	$	8,342,930
2026		6,847,341
2027		5,196,498
2028		3,455,810
2029		1,989,904
2030 and thereafter		4,055,263
Total lease payments		29,887,746
Less: interest		(4,080,994)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	25,806,752

Schedule of weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate

Lease Term	September 2024		September 2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating	5.0		5.2
Discount Rate
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating	5.91	%	4.97	%

Schedule of other information regarding the Company's leases

	Fiscal Year 2024		Fiscal Year 2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows used by operating leases	$	7,997,795	$	7,642,556
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining new ROU assets:
Operating leases	$	8,547,877	$	5,541,096