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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | 163,644 |  |  | $ | 191,581 |  |  | $ | (129,499 | ) |  | $ | 225,726 |
2016 |  | 106,445 |  |  | 65,725 |  |  | (8,526 | ) |  | 163,644 |
2015 |  | 103,639 |  |  | 8,132 |  |  | (5,326 | ) |  | 106,445 |
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | 194,277 |  |  | $ | 112,899 |  |  | $ | (22,460 | ) |  | $ | 284,716 |
2016 |  | 98,023 |  |  | 120,300 |  |  | (24,046 | ) |  | 194,277 |
2015 |  | 111,509 |  |  | 21,884 |  |  | (35,370 | ) |  | 98,023 |
Reserve for Supplier Advance Payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 130,705 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 130,705 |
*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 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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