Clearfield, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 6 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)

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Note 6 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended	24 Months Ended
Note 6 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Accrued Income Taxes, Current	$ 84,000	$ 84,000	$ 1,791,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	0	$ 0	0
Open Tax Year		2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] \| Finnish Tax Administration [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	$ 1,000	$ 1,000	4,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] \| Finnish Tax Administration [Member] \| Nestor Cables [Member]
Open Tax Year	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Open Tax Year		2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount	$ 255,000	$ 255,000	$ 292,000
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Research and Development and Alternative Minimum Tax Credit Carryforwards [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance				$ 0

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all currently due domestic and foreign income tax obligations.

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