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MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS AFFECTING SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - Dividend Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015
Dividends [Line Items]
Cancellation of treasury shares	$ 0	$ 0
Dividend Per Share	$ 2.42	$ 2.20	$ 2.04
Cash Outlay	$ 1,567,578
DividendPaymentNovember2016 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Day Month And Year	Nov. 15, 2016
Dividend Per Share	$ 1.21
Cash Outlay	$ 785,127
DividendPaymentMay2017 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Day Month And Year	May 15, 2017
Dividend Per Share	$ 1.21
Cash Outlay	$ 782,451
Accenture Holdings plc Ordinary Shares and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc Exchangeable Shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Cash Outlay	$ 68,844
Accenture Holdings plc Ordinary Shares and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc Exchangeable Shares \| DividendPaymentNovember2016 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Of Record Day Month And Year	Oct. 18, 2016
Cash Outlay	$ 34,990
Accenture Holdings plc Ordinary Shares and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc Exchangeable Shares \| DividendPaymentMay2017 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Of Record Day Month And Year	Apr. 10, 2017
Cash Outlay	$ 33,854
Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Cash Outlay	$ 1,498,734
Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares \| DividendPaymentNovember2016 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Of Record Day Month And Year	Oct. 21, 2016
Cash Outlay	$ 750,137
Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares \| DividendPaymentMay2017 [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend Payment Date Of Record Day Month And Year	Apr. 13, 2017
Cash Outlay	$ 748,597
Treasury Shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Cancellation of treasury shares	$ 3,014,356	$ 11,199,016