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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES | NOTE 21. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES Significant accrued expenses and other payables were as follows:
|  | August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Salaries and incentive compensation |  | $ | 107,507 |  |  | $ | 97,968 |
Advance billings on contracts |  | 28,856 |  |  | 30,412 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  | 26,721 |  |  | 41,433 |
Insurance |  | 23,550 |  |  | 23,123 |

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