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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) of Continuing Operations

Components of income tax expense (benefit) were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended August 31,

 

(In millions)

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

2.0

 

 

$

7.4

 

 

$

(6.7

)

State

 

 

2.2

 

 

 

2.7

 

 

 

0.9

 

Foreign

 

 

38.8

 

 

 

9.7

 

 

 

19.2

 

 

 

43.0

 

 

 

19.8

 

 

 

13.4

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

14.6

 

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

2.2

 

State

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.6

 

 

 

1.4

 

Foreign

 

 

(2.0

)

 

 

(3.4

)

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

12.7

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

 

5.2

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

(0.3

)

 

 

(0.5

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

62.0

 

 

$

24.6

 

 

$

18.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation Between Effective and Statutory Tax Rates on Operations

The reconciliation between effective and statutory tax rates on operations is as follows:

 

 

Year Ended August 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Federal statutory rate

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

3.1

 

Foreign operations

 

 

4.6

 

 

 

6.2

 

 

 

9.0

 

U.S. tax on foreign earnings

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

1.8

 

U.S. impact of foreign branch

 

 

(1.9

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carryback rate benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3.2

)

Permanent differences

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

(5.8

)

 

 

5.4

 

Base erosion and anti-avoidance tax (BEAT)

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

2.8

 

 

 

(0.5

)

 

 

(0.8

)

Unrecognized tax benefits

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

(1.8

)

Noncontrolling interest in flow-through entity

 

 

(0.3

)

 

 

(2.7

)

 

 

(3.0

)

Credits

 

 

(4.7

)

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

(0.6

)

Other

 

 

(2.7

)

 

 

(1.8

)

 

 

(1.0

)

Effective tax rate

 

 

27.7

%

 

 

27.0

%

 

 

29.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that give rise to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities were as follows:

 

 

As of August 31,

 

(In millions)

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

 

$

31.7

 

 

$

37.1

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

6.7

 

 

 

6.6

 

Inventories and other

 

 

26.7

 

 

 

12.4

 

Maintenance and warranty accruals

 

 

3.5

 

 

 

3.5

 

Lease liability

 

 

14.7

 

 

 

16.5

 

Net operating losses

 

 

35.9

 

 

 

18.4

 

Investment, asset tax credits and other

 

 

16.3

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

135.5

 

 

 

95.4

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(15.9

)

 

 

(9.6

)

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

 

 

(187.3

)

 

 

(131.9

)

Intangibles

 

 

(5.2

)

 

 

(5.1

)

Right-of-use asset

 

 

(14.4

)

 

 

(16.0

)

Other

 

 

(8.7

)

 

 

(13.8

)

 

 

(215.6

)

 

 

(166.8

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(96.0

)

 

$

(81.0

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits:

 

 

Year Ended August 31,

 

(In millions)

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefit – Opening Balance

 

$

1.7

 

 

$

0.4

 

 

$

1.6

 

Gross increases – tax positions in prior period

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

 

Gross decreases – tax positions in prior period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.9

)

Settlements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lapse of statute of limitations

 

 

(0.4

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.3

)

Unrecognized Tax Benefit – Ending Balance

 

$

3.1

 

 

$

1.7

 

 

$

0.4