CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Aug. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015
REVENUES:
Revenues before reimbursements (“Net revenues”)		$ 34,850,182	$ 32,882,723	$ 31,047,931
Reimbursements		1,915,296	1,914,938	1,866,493
Revenues		36,765,478	34,797,661	32,914,424
Cost of services:
Cost of services before reimbursable expenses		23,819,690	22,605,296	21,238,692
Reimbursable expenses		1,915,296	1,914,938	1,866,493
Cost of services		25,734,986	24,520,234	23,105,185
Sales and marketing		3,754,313	3,580,439	3,505,045
General and administrative costs		2,133,777	1,886,543	1,803,943
Pension settlement charge			0	64,382
Total operating expenses		32,132,869	29,987,216	28,478,555
OPERATING INCOME		4,632,609	4,810,445	4,435,869
Interest income		37,940	30,484	33,991
Interest expense		(15,545)	(16,258)	(14,578)
Other income (expense), net		(38,720)	(69,922)	(44,752)
Gain on sale of businesses		(252)	848,823	0
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES		4,616,032	5,603,572	4,410,530
Provision for income taxes		981,100	1,253,969	1,136,741
Net Income		3,634,932	4,349,603	3,273,789
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc.	[1]	(149,131)	(195,560)	(178,925)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests – other		(40,652)	(42,151)	(41,283)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC		$ 3,445,149	$ 4,111,892	$ 3,053,581
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
Basic (in shares)		620,104,250	624,797,820	626,799,586
Diluted (in shares)		660,463,227	667,770,274	678,757,070
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 5.56	$ 6.58	$ 4.87
Diluted (in dollars per share)		5.44	6.45	4.76
Cash dividends per share (in dollars per share)		$ 2.42	$ 2.20	$ 2.04

[1] Diluted earnings per share assumes the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests and the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares, on a one-for-one basis. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests—other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.