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Trade Accounts and Other Non-Trade Receivables
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 2. Trade Accounts and Other Non-Trade Receivables
 
Trade receivables consist of:
 
 
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Trade receivables from sales to customers
 
 
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Allowances, consisting of sales and bad debt
 
Other non trade receivables consist of:
 
 
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Receivables pertaining to component parts purchased from the Company at cost by the Company’s contract manufacturers which are excluded from sales
 
 
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General services tax (GST) and value added tax (VAT) reclaimable on goods purchased by the Company’s Asian and European locations
 
 
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Other minor non-trade receivables

Trade receivables and other non-trade receivables as of June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 consisted of:

   
June 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Trade receivables
  $ 7,093,643     $ 9,123,726  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (383,773 )     (383,773 )
Sales reserve
    (3,968,196 )     (4,336,759 )
Net trade receivables
  $ 2,741,674     $ 4,403,194  
Receivable from contract manufacturers
  $ 650,189     $ 1,846,949  
GST and VAT taxes receivables
    205,819       439,745  
Other
    68,672       69,140  
Total other non trade receivables
  $ 924,680     $ 2,355,834