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INCOME TAX (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of earnings from continuing operations before income taxes (benefit) | The components of earnings from continuing operations before income taxes were as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
United States |  | $ | 194,986 |  |  | $ | 86,731 |  |  | $ | 25,506 |
Foreign |  | 73,474 |  |  | 78,653 |  |  | 39,945 |
Total |  | $ | 268,460 |  |  | $ | 165,384 |  |  | $ | 65,451 |
Income taxes (benefit) included in the consolidated statements of operations | The income taxes (benefit) included in the consolidated statements of earnings were as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 621 |  |  | $ | 20,210 |  |  | $ | 11,345 |
Foreign |  | 14,006 |  |  | 18,308 |  |  | 9,464 |
State and local |  | 2,892 |  |  | 2,263 |  |  | 2,654 |
Current taxes |  | 17,519 |  |  | 40,781 |  |  | 23,463 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | 46,922 |  |  | (11,501 | ) |  | (13,548 | )
Foreign |  | 490 |  |  | (169 | ) |  | (917 | )
State and local |  | 4,908 |  |  | 1,002 |  |  | 281 |
Deferred taxes |  | 52,320 |  |  | (10,668 | ) |  | (14,184 | )
Total income taxes on income |  | 69,839 |  |  | 30,113 |  |  | 9,279 |
Income taxes (benefit) on discontinued operations |  | 158 |  |  | (34 | ) |  | (5,997 | )
Income taxes on continuing operations |  | $ | 69,681 |  |  | $ | 30,147 |  |  | $ | 15,276 |
Reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to effective tax rate from continuing operations | A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company's effective income tax rate from continuing operations, including material items impacting the effective income tax rate is as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Federal statutory rate |  | 21.0 | % |  | 25.7 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Income tax expense at statutory rate |  | $ | 56,377 |  |  | $ | 42,471 |  |  | $ | 22,908 |
TCJA - Toll charge and related foreign tax credits |  | 7,410 |  |  | 29,466 |  |  | — |
TCJA - Remeasurement of deferred tax balances |  | (586 | ) |  | (25,515 | ) |  | — |
Foreign tax impairment on valuation of subsidiaries (1) |  | (29,697 | ) |  | 22,315 |  |  | (92,321 | )
Gain on international restructure (1) |  | — |  |  | 18,926 |  |  | — |
Change in valuation allowance |  | 36,167 |  |  | (20,839 | ) |  | 113,135 |
Nontaxable foreign interest (1) |  | (9,799 | ) |  | (17,414 | ) |  | (19,259 | )
Worthless stock deduction (2) |  | — |  |  | (6,084 | ) |  | — |
Foreign rate differential (3) |  | (1,466 | ) |  | (5,973 | ) |  | (7,518 | )
Research and experimentation credits |  | (580 | ) |  | (4,707 | ) |  | (1,034 | )
Audit settlement (4) |  | 120 |  |  | (3,187 | ) |  | (659 | )
State and local taxes |  | 6,085 |  |  | 2,317 |  |  | 1,490 |
Deferred compensation (5) |  | (395 | ) |  | (2,036 | ) |  | (2,101 | )
Section 199 manufacturing deduction |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,407 | )
Other |  | 6,045 |  |  | 407 |  |  | 2,042 |
Income tax expense on continuing operations |  | $ | 69,681 |  |  | $ | 30,147 |  |  | $ | 15,276 |
Effective income tax rate from continuing operations |  | 26.0 | % |  | 18.2 | % |  | 23.3 | %
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(1) | Fully offset by a valuation allowance.
(2) | Permanent tax benefit related to a worthless stock deduction from the reorganization and exit of the Company's steel trading business headquartered in the United Kingdom.
(3) | The impact of global income from operations in jurisdictions with lower statutory tax rates than the U.S., including Poland, which has a statutory income tax rate of 19.0%.
(4) | Includes the release of certain unrecognized tax benefits for which the accruals were greater than the amount assessed.
(5) Nontaxable gain on assets related to the Company’s nonqualified Benefit Restoration Plan ("BRP").
Tax effects of significant temporary differences giving rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities | The income tax effects of significant temporary differences giving rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Net operating losses and credits |  | $ | 295,241 |  |  | $ | 285,847 |
Deferred compensation and employee benefits |  | 24,432 |  |  | 21,333 |
Reserves and other accrued expenses |  | 40,296 |  |  | 12,704 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 2,537 |  |  | 2,258 |
Inventory |  | 8,446 |  |  | 974 |
Intangibles |  | 480 |  |  | 906 |
Other |  | 10,600 |  |  | 469 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 382,032 |  |  | 324,491 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | (283,560 | ) |  | (268,554 | )
Deferred tax assets, net |  | 98,472 |  |  | 55,937 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 168,701 |  |  | 83,879 |
Other |  | 1,182 |  |  | 1,053 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | 169,883 |  |  | 84,932 |
Net deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (71,411 | ) |  | $ | (28,995 | )
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits | reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits is as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance at September 1 |  | $ | 3,121 |  |  | $ | 9,283 |  |  | $ | 9,522 |
Change for tax positions of prior years |  | 5,531 |  |  | 3,121 |  |  | — |
Reductions due to settlements with taxing authorities |  | — |  |  | (8,028 | ) |  | (239 | )
Reductions due to lapse of statute of limitations |  | — |  |  | (1,255 | ) |  | — |
Balance at August 31 (1) |  | $ | 8,652 |  |  | $ | 3,121 |  |  | $ | 9,283 |
_________________ (1) The full balance of unrecognized income tax benefits in each year, if recognized, would have impacted the Company’s effective income tax rate at the end of each respective year.

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