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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2015
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES | NOTE 20. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES Significant accrued expenses and other payables were as follows:
|  | August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Salaries and incentive compensation |  | $ | 97,968 |  |  | $ | 115,840 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  | 41,433 |  |  | 39,998 |
Advance billings on contracts |  | 30,412 |  |  | 41,645 |
Insurance |  | 23,123 |  |  | 25,239 |
Inventory |  | 7,113 |  |  | 17,181 |

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