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Reconciliation of Income Taxes at Federal Statutory Rate to Effective Tax Rate (Detail)
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Aug. 31, 2014
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Aug. 31, 2013
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Aug. 31, 2012
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| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||
| Federal statutory rate | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% | |||||
| State income taxes, net of Federal effect | 0.80% | 0.90% | 1.20% | |||||
| Net effect of foreign tax rates and credits | (10.50%) | (8.80%) | (14.60%) | |||||
| NOL utilization and changes in valuation allowance | (4.10%) | (3.10%) | 0.10% | |||||
| Tax contingency reserve | (0.70%) | (5.60%) | (2.20%) | |||||
| Change in income tax accounting method, net | (5.60%) | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||||
| Business (RV) divestiture | 3.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||||
| Prior period correction (1) | 0.00% | [1] | (6.50%) | [1] | 0.00% | [1] | ||
| Other items | 0.80% | (2.50%) | (0.50%) | |||||
| Effective income tax rate | 18.70% | 9.40% | 19.00% | |||||
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Effective income tax rate reconciliation, change in income tax accounting method No definition available.
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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Net Operating Losses and Changes in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance No definition available.
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Percentage 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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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to disposition of a business not qualifying as a discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to statutory income tax expense (benefit) outside of the country of domicile. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to other adjustments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to revisions of previously reported income tax expense. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to state and local income tax expense (benefit), net of federal tax expense (benefit). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to income tax contingencies. Includes, but not limited to, domestic tax contingency, foreign tax contingency, state and local tax contingency, and other contingencies. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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