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Related Parties | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Related Parties [Abstract] |
Related Parties | Note 10. Related Parties ﻿ On October 11, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Gregory A. Sandfort as a director of WD-40 Company. Mr. Sandfort is the Chief Executive Officer of Tractor Supply Company (“Tractor Supply”), which is a WD-40 Company customer that acquires products from the Company in the ordinary course of business. ﻿ The consolidated financial statements include sales to Tractor Supply of $1.2 million for each of the fiscal years 201 7 and 201 6, respectively, and $1.1 million for fiscal year 2015. Accounts receivable from Tractor Supply were not significant as of August 31, 2017 and 2016. ﻿

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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