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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
| Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Additions: Charged to Costs and Expenses * |  | Deductions: Write-offs, net of Recoveries |  | Balance at End of Year
| (Dollars in thousands)
Allowances for Doubtful Accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2014 | $ | 94,589 |  |  | $ | 9,313 |  |  | $ | (263 | ) |  | $ | 103,639 |
2013 | 111,785 |  |  | (13,130 | ) |  | (4,066 | ) |  | 94,589 |
2012 | 119,026 |  |  | 7,380 |  |  | (14,621 | ) |  | 111,785 |
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2014 | $ | 79,623 |  |  | $ | 40,095 |  |  | $ | (8,209 | ) |  | $ | 111,509 |
2013 | 56,659 |  |  | 27,046 |  |  | (4,082 | ) |  | 79,623 |
2012 | 47,599 |  |  | 12,404 |  |  | (3,344 | ) |  | 56,659 |
*net of reserve adjustments

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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