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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2019
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Significant accrued expenses and other payables | Significant accrued expenses and other payables were as follows:
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Salaries and incentive compensation |  | $ | 133,705 |  |  | $ | 106,123 |
Advance billings on contracts |  | 41,631 |  |  | 7,109 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  | 38,660 |  |  | 26,946 |
Worker's compensation and general liability insurance |  | 38,485 |  |  | 23,462 |

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