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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note 3 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, an accounting standard was issued that supersedes the lease standard existing at the time and requires a lessee to recognize a lease liability and a lease asset on its balance sheet for all leases greater than 12 months, including those classified as operating leases. The standard also expands the required quantitative and qualitative disclosures surrounding leases. Updates have been issued since February 2016 amending aspects of the initial standard, including providing an additional and optional transition method for adoption. The new lease accounting standard becomes effective for the Company on September 1, 2019. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance using the modified retrospective method, whereby it applies the new requirements by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of September 1, 2019. The Company does not expect such cumulative-effect adjustment to be material. Adoption using the modified retrospective method does not have an impact on any prior period earnings of the Company, and no comparative prior periods will be adjusted for the new guidance. The Company expects to elect a package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new lease accounting standard, which among other things, permit carrying forward the historical lease classification. The Company also expects to elect practical expedients exempting short-term leases from balance sheet recognition and permitting entities to not separate lease and non-lease components. Adoption of the new standard is expected to result in recognition of approximately $126 million and $128 million of operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities, respectively, as of September 1, 2019. Payments for short-term leases will continue to be recognized in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The new lease standard is not expected to materially impact the Company’s consolidated net income, and it will have no impact on its cash flows. The Company has assessed and will implement changes to its processes, systems (including implementing a software solution), and internal controls as a result of the new guidance.