Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended February 28,						Six Months Ended February 28,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	8,545		$	1,618		$	(8,980	)	$	8,448
Income tax expense	5,792			19,839			5,719			21,443
Effective income tax rate	67.8		%	1,226.1		%	(63.7		)%	253.8		%