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SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reportable Operating Segments | Amounts are attributed to geographic markets based on where clients are located. Information regarding our geographic markets is as follows:
Fiscal 2022 | North America |  | Europe |  | Growth Markets |  | Total
Revenues | $ | 29,121,385 |  |  | $ | 20,263,550 |  |  | $ | 12,209,370 |  |  | $ | 61,594,305 |
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 484,894 |  |  | 452,825 |  |  | 381,467 |  |  | 1,319,186 |
Operating income | 4,976,890 |  |  | 2,437,313 |  |  | 1,952,978 |  |  | 9,367,181 |
Net assets as of August 31 (2) | 3,981,668 |  |  | 2,331,300 |  |  | 1,127,828 |  |  | 7,440,796 |
Property & equipment, net | 598,116 |  |  | 430,179 |  |  | 630,845 |  |  | 1,659,140 |
Fiscal 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 23,701,341 |  |  | $ | 16,749,484 |  |  | $ | 10,082,564 |  |  | $ | 50,533,389 |
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 379,105 |  |  | 403,802 |  |  | 344,656 |  |  | 1,127,563 |
Operating income | 3,907,883 |  |  | 2,236,462 |  |  | 1,477,184 |  |  | 7,621,529 |
Net assets as of August 31 (2) | 3,141,318 |  |  | 1,564,660 |  |  | 862,755 |  |  | 5,568,733 |
Property & equipment, net | 537,392 |  |  | 455,862 |  |  | 645,851 |  |  | 1,639,105 |
Fiscal 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 20,982,253 |  |  | $ | 14,402,142 |  |  | $ | 8,942,644 |  |  | $ | 44,327,039 |
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 348,761 |  |  | 341,245 |  |  | 332,393 |  |  | 1,022,399 |
Operating income | 3,169,648 |  |  | 1,799,431 |  |  | 1,544,565 |  |  | 6,513,644 |
Net assets as of August 31 (2) | 2,585,659 |  |  | 1,079,904 |  |  | 620,083 |  |  | 4,285,646 |
Property & equipment, net | 499,976 |  |  | 389,968 |  |  | 655,624 |  |  | 1,545,568 |
(1)Amounts include depreciation on property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and deferred contract costs controlled by each reportable segment, as well as an allocation for amounts they do not directly control. (2)We do not allocate total assets by reportable segment. Reportable segment assets directly attributable to a reportable segment and provided to the chief operating decision makers include receivables and current and non-current contract assets, deferred contract costs and current and non-current deferred revenues.
Schedule of Concentration of Assets by Country | We conduct business in Ireland and in the following countries that hold 10% or more of our total consolidated Property and equipment, net:
| August 31, 2022 |  | August 31, 2021 |  | August 31, 2020
United States | 33 | % |  | 27 | % |  | 27 | %
India | 17 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 18 |
Ireland | 6 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Schedule of Revenues by Industry Group and Type of Work | Revenues by industry group and type of work are as follows:
| Fiscal
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Industry Groups (1) |  |  |  |  |
Communications, Media & Technology | $ | 12,199,797 |  |  | $ | 9,801,349 |  |  | $ | 8,312,650 |
Financial Services | 11,810,582 |  |  | 9,932,523 |  |  | 8,518,894 |
Health & Public Service | 11,226,464 |  |  | 9,498,234 |  |  | 8,023,651 |
Products | 18,275,419 |  |  | 14,438,537 |  |  | 12,857,664 |
Resources | 8,082,043 |  |  | 6,862,746 |  |  | 6,614,180 |
Total | $ | 61,594,305 |  |  | $ | 50,533,389 |  |  | $ | 44,327,039 |
Type of Work |  |  |  |  |
Consulting | $ | 34,075,856 |  |  | $ | 27,337,699 |  |  | $ | 24,227,024 |
Outsourcing | 27,518,449 |  |  | 23,195,690 |  |  | 20,100,015 |
Total | $ | 61,594,305 |  |  | $ | 50,533,389 |  |  | $ | 44,327,039 |
(1)Effective June 1, 2022, we revised the reporting of our industry groups for the movement of Aerospace & Defense from Communications, Media & Technology to Products. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

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