Income Taxes (Notes)

9 Months Ended

May. 31, 2015

Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Income Taxes

During the three months endedMay 31, 2015, our Board of Directors adopted a resolution to treat non-qualified equity certificates issued in fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 in the same manner as qualified equity certificates under the “Eligible Producer Member Equity” provision of the Policy for the Redemption of CHS Inc. Equities. Previously we had not established an intent of non-qualified equity certificates revolvement to eligible producer members, thus the tax benefit associated with redemption would have been recognized in future periods as those redemptions occur. As a result of the new resolution, we recorded a $30.7 million deferred tax benefit during the third quarter of fiscal 2015 related to the future redemption, at the discretion of our Board of Directors, of non-qualified equity certificates to eligible producer members.