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Discontinued Operations | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations During the three months ended August 31, 2017, Cintas sold a significant business, referred to as Discontinued Services, and received proceeds from the sale of $128.5 million. Cintas has the opportunity to receive additional consideration in the future, subject to certain holdback provisions. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the holdback provisions, this amount represents a gain contingency that has not been recorded. The results of Discontinued Services are included in discontinued operations for all periods presented. In accordance with the applicable accounting guidance for the disposal of long-lived assets and discontinued operations, the results of Discontinued Services have been excluded from both continuing operations and operating segment results for all periods presented. Following is selected financial information included in net income from discontinued operations for Discontinued Services:
| Three Months Ended
(In thousands) | August 31, 2017 |  | August 31, 2016(1)
Revenue | $ | 10,773 |  |  | $ | 27,481 |
(Loss) income before income taxes | (2,439 | ) |  | 3,024 |
Income tax benefit (expense) | 902 |  |  | (1,141 | )
Gain on sale of business | 100,269 |  |  | — |
Income tax expense on gain | (42,629 | ) |  | — |
Net income from discontinued operations | $ | 56,103 |  |  | $ | 1,883 |
(1) Results for the three months ended August 31, 2016 were previously included in continuing operations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 + Details
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