Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

7. Intangibles

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7. Intangibles
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangibles

The Company’s intangible assets consist of customer relationship intangibles, trade names, licenses for the use of internet domain names, Universal Resource Locators, or URL’s, software, and marketing and technology related intangibles. All such assets are capitalized at their original cost and amortized over their estimated useful lives as follows: domain name and marketing – 3 to 20 years; software – 3 to 5 years, customer relationships – 7 to 15 years. When certain events or changes in operating conditions occur, an impairment assessment is performed and lives of intangible assets with determined lives may be adjusted. Intangible amortization expense is $863,864 and $266,179 for the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

The following summarizes estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets that have net balances as of September 30, 2017:

 

2018   $ 762,865  
2019     762,866  
2020     310,515  
2021     240,554  
2022     240,554  
Thereafter     235,844  
    $ 2,553,198