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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | ||||
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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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Aug. 31, 2013
properly state deferred income tax balances associated with its equity compensation programs
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Aug. 31, 2014
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
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Aug. 31, 2014
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
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| Quantifying Misstatement in Current Year Financial Statements [Line Items] | ||||||
| Prior period reclassification adjustment | $ 10,600,000 | |||||
| Operating Loss Carryforward | 95,400,000 | 51,600,000 | ||||
| Recognized interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits | 2,000,000 | 2,900,000 | 4,500,000 | |||
| Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit | 500,000 | |||||
| Undistributed earnings | 324,000,000 | |||||
| Additional provision for undistributed earnings | 31,000,000 | |||||
| Incremental U.S taxes on unremitted earnings | 9.40% | |||||
| Loss (gain) on product line divestiture | (13,495,000) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Debt refinancing costs | 0 | 0 | 16,830,000 | |||
| Income taxes, net of refunds | $ 57,200,000 | $ 42,100,000 | $ 56,500,000 | |||
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- Definition
Incremental U.S taxes on unremitted earnings No definition available.
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- Definition
Amount of deferred tax liability not recognized because of the exceptions to comprehensive recognition of deferred taxes related to undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of a disposal group that is not a discontinued operation. It is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Interest and debt related expenses associated with nonoperating financing activities of the entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of each individual error being corrected in the correcting adjustment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Details
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- Definition
The amount of the unrecognized tax benefit of a position taken for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount thereof will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months of the balance sheet date. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries intended to be permanently reinvested outside the country of domicile. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
Amount of expense for interest on an underpayment of income taxes and penalties related to a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed in the tax return. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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