Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||
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May 31, 2016 |
Feb. 29, 2016 |
May 31, 2015 |
May 31, 2016 |
May 31, 2015 |
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| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||
| Earnings (loss) before income taxes | $ 20,339 | $ 34,971 | $ (141,242) | $ 4,579 | |
| Income tax (benefit) expense | $ (827) | $ (2,987) | $ (18,666) | $ 6,785 | |
| Effective Tax Rate | (4.10%) | (8.50%) | 13.20% | 148.20% | |
| Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions | $ 2,300 | $ 19,200 | |||
| Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increase Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions | 5,000 | ||||
| Valuation Allowances and Reserves, Adjustments | 5,200 | ||||
| Impairment charges | $ 0 | $ 186,511 | $ 0 | $ 186,511 | $ 84,353 |
| Impairment charges, net of deferred tax benefits | $ 169,056 | $ 82,635 | |||
| Earnings from foreign jurisdictions | 90.00% | 70.00% | |||
| Change in pretax earnings excluding impairment charges | $ 43,700 | ||||
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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets, net of income tax benefits, recognized in the income statement. includes, but not limited to losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill all net of income tax benefits. No definition available.
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- Definition Change in Pretax Earnings Excluding Impairment Charges No definition available.
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- Definition Percent of earnings from foreign jurisdictions No definition available.
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- Definition Effective Tax Rate No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) to previously recorded tax expense. Includes, but is not limited to, significant settlements of income tax disputes, and unusual tax positions or infrequent actions taken by the entity, including tax assessment reversal, and IRS tax settlement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of increase in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from tax positions taken in prior period tax returns. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of the adjustments in a given period to allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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