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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2021
INCOME TAXES [Abstract] |
Income from Continuing Operations Before Provision for Income Taxes and Loss of Unconsolidated Affiliates |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
United States |  | $ | 33,818 |  | $ | 24,771 |  | $ | 25,167
Foreign |  |  | 113,368 |  |  | 91,269 |  |  | 85,943
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and loss of unconsolidated affiliates |  | $ | 147,186 |  | $ | 116,040 |  | $ | 111,110
Significant Components of Income Tax Provision |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. tax expense |  | $ | 16,904 |  | $ | 10,046 |  | $ | 10,878
Foreign tax expense |  |  | 35,918 |  |  | 31,122 |  |  | 29,675
Total |  | $ | 52,822 |  | $ | 41,168 |  | $ | 40,553
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. tax benefit |  | $ | (10,212) |  | $ | (5,945) |  | $ | (5,978)
U.S. valuation allowance change |  |  | 9,777 |  |  | 5,570 |  |  | 6,171
Foreign tax expense (benefit) |  |  | (3,125) |  |  | (3,157) |  |  | 966
Foreign valuation allowance change |  |  | (293) |  |  | 128 |  |  | (4,152)
Total |  | $ | (3,853) |  | $ | (3,404) |  | $ | (2,993)
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 48,969 |  | $ | 37,764 |  | $ | 37,560
Schedule of Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Federal tax provision at statutory rates |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
State taxes, net of federal benefit |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.3 |
Differences in foreign tax rates |  | 6.9 |  |  | 9.7 |  |  | 10.6 |
Permanent items and other adjustments |  | (2.2) |  |  | (4.4) |  |  | (2.1) |
Increase in valuation allowance |  | 7.5 |  |  | 6.1 |  |  | 4.0 |
Provision for income taxes |  | 33.3 | % |  | 32.5 | % |  | 33.8 | %
Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets |
|  | August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. net operating loss carryforward |  | $ | 2,866 |  | $ | 4,416
Foreign tax credits |  |  | 22,420 |  |  | 12,691
Deferred compensation |  |  | 2,334 |  |  | 1,357
U.S. timing differences |  |  | 3,759 |  |  | 3,742
Foreign net operating losses |  |  | 5,051 |  |  | 4,811
Foreign timing differences: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued expenses and other timing differences |  |  | 7,636 |  |  | 6,808
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 10,498 |  |  | 9,043
Deferred income |  |  | 6,422 |  |  | 5,241
Gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 60,986 |  |  | 48,109
U.S. deferred tax liabilities (depreciation and other timing differences) |  |  | (4,083) |  |  | (4,679)
Foreign deferred tax liabilities netted against deferred tax assets |  |  | (5,753) |  |  | (4,311)
U.S. valuation allowance |  |  | (22,523) |  |  | (12,746)
Foreign valuation allowance |  |  | (4,402) |  |  | (4,701)
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 24,225 |  | $ | 21,672
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019
Balance at beginning of fiscal year |  | $ | 4,573 |  | $ | 6,490 |  |  | $ | 7,005
Gross increase - tax positions in prior period |  |  | 135 |  |  | 464 |  |  |  | 530
Gross decrease - tax positions in prior period |  |  | (306) |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 333 |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 94
Expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of taxes |  |  | (824) |  |  | (2,567) |  |  |  | (1,139)
Balance at end of fiscal year |  | $ | 3,911 |  | $ | 4,573 |  |  | $ | 6,490
Summary of Income Tax Examinations |
Tax Jurisdiction |  | Fiscal Years Subject to Audit
U.S. federal |  | 2005, 2007, 2011* to 2016*, 2017 to the present
California (U.S.) (state return) |  | 2005 and 2017 to the present
Florida (U.S.) (state return) |  | 2011* to 2017*, 2018 to the present
Aruba |  | 2016 to the present
Barbados |  | 2015 to the present
Costa Rica |  | 2011 to 2012, 2015 to the present
Colombia |  | 2016 to the present
Dominican Republic |  | 2011 to 2012 and 2016 to the present
El Salvador |  | 2018 to the present
Guatemala |  | 2012 to 2013, 2017 the present
Honduras |  | 2016 to the present
Jamaica |  | 2015 to the present
Mexico |  | 2016 to the present
Nicaragua |  | 2017 to the present
Panama |  | 2017*, 2018 to the present
Trinidad |  | 2015 to the present
U.S. Virgin Islands |  | 2001 to the present
Spain |  | 2018 to the present
Chile |  | 2018* to the present
*Aeropost only |  |

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