Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Income Taxes	NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES Our effective income tax rate for the quarter ended May 31, 2014 was approximately 20 percent, and our effective rate for the three quarters ended May 31, 2014 was approximately 35 percent. The decrease in our effective rate for the quarter ended May 31, 2014 was primarily due to the recognition of income tax benefits resulting from the resolution of uncertain tax positions as the applicable statute of limitations expired during the quarter. Our income tax rate for fiscal 2014 may be further reduced if we decide that it will be beneficial to amend certain prior years’ tax returns to claim the benefit of foreign tax credits instead of taking the applicable tax deductions. However, we will not have the information necessary to determine whether it would be more beneficial to amend these returns or to determine the fiscal 2014 benefit from our foreign tax credits until the fourth quarter. We paid $5.8 million in cash for income taxes during the three quarters ended May 31, 2014, primarily for payment on our income tax liabilities at August 31, 2013, and an unusually large estimated tax payment in a foreign jurisdiction resulting from a six-day change to their fiscal calendar in order to close their year on August 31. We believe that we will recover any amounts paid in excess of our tax liability when we file our income tax return in that jurisdiction later in 2014. Excluding this estimated tax payment in a foreign jurisdiction, we anticipate that our cash paid for income taxes during fiscal 2014 will be less than our income tax provision as we utilize foreign tax credit carryforwards and other deferred income tax assets. In addition, the vesting and issuance of share-based compensation awards during fiscal 2014 should significantly reduce our cash paid for income taxes during the remainder of fiscal 2014 and in fiscal 2015. After utilization of our existing foreign tax credit carryforwards (which do not consider the impact of any amended returns as discussed above), which we currently expect to be fully used by the end of fiscal 2016, we expect that our cash paid for income taxes will increase and approximate our income tax provision.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2014

NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES

Our effective income tax rate for the quarter ended May 31, 2014 was approximately 20 percent, and our effective rate for the three quarters ended May 31, 2014 was approximately 35 percent. The decrease in our effective rate for the quarter ended May 31, 2014 was primarily due to the recognition of income tax benefits resulting from the resolution of uncertain tax positions as the applicable statute of limitations expired during the quarter. Our income tax rate for fiscal 2014 may be further reduced if we decide that it will be beneficial to amend certain prior years’ tax returns to claim the benefit of foreign tax credits instead of taking the applicable tax deductions. However, we will not have the information necessary to determine whether it would be more beneficial to amend these returns or to determine the fiscal 2014 benefit from our foreign tax credits until the fourth quarter.

We paid $5.8 million in cash for income taxes during the three quarters ended May 31, 2014, primarily for payment on our income tax liabilities at August 31, 2013, and an unusually large estimated tax payment in a foreign jurisdiction resulting from a six-day change to their fiscal calendar in order to close their year on August 31. We believe that we will recover any amounts paid in excess of our tax liability when we file our income tax return in that jurisdiction later in 2014. Excluding this estimated tax payment in a foreign jurisdiction, we anticipate that our cash paid for income taxes during fiscal 2014 will be less than our income tax provision as we utilize foreign tax credit carryforwards and other deferred income tax assets. In addition, the vesting and issuance of share-based compensation awards during fiscal 2014 should significantly reduce our cash paid for income taxes during the remainder of fiscal 2014 and in fiscal 2015. After utilization of our existing foreign tax credit carryforwards (which do not consider the impact of any amended returns as discussed above), which we currently expect to be fully used by the end of fiscal 2016, we expect that our cash paid for income taxes will increase and approximate our income tax provision.