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Income Taxes (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
A reconciliation of the difference between the federal statutory rate and the Company’s effective rate is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended February 28,
 
Six Months Ended February 28,
 
2015(1)
 
2014
 
2015(1)
 
2014(1)
Federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes, net of credits
1.1

 
0.5

 
1.1

 
5.5

Foreign income taxed at different rates
(7.4
)
 
1.7

 
(7.5
)
 
(18.2
)
Section 199 deduction
—

 
(1.9
)
 
—

 
0.3

Non-deductible officers’ compensation
(0.1
)
 
0.7

 
(0.1
)
 
(0.3
)
Noncontrolling interests
0.5

 
(2.3
)
 
0.5

 
1.1

Research and development credits
0.1

 
(0.3
)
 
0.1

 
0.3

Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
(20.6
)
 
(8.5
)
 
(20.5
)
 
(29.3
)
Non-deductible goodwill
(2.8
)
 
—

 
(2.7
)
 
—

Unrecognized tax benefits
(0.5
)
 
1.4

 
(0.5
)
 
(2.0
)
Other
(0.6
)
 
0.9

 
(0.7
)
 
(0.4
)
Effective tax rate
4.7
 %
 
27.2
 %
 
4.7
 %
 
(8.0
)%

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(1)
For periods with reported pre-tax losses, the effect of reconciling items with positive signs is tax benefit in excess of the benefit calculated by applying the federal statutory rate to the pre-tax loss.