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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of Investments
Our non-current investments are as follows:
August 31, 2025August 31, 2024
Equity method investments$355,276 $128,634 
Investments without readily determinable fair values365,984 206,030 
Total non-current investments$721,260 $334,664 
Schedule of Depreciation and Amortization
See table below for summary of depreciation on fixed assets, deferred transition amortization, intangible assets amortization and operating lease cost for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
 Fiscal
 202520242023
Depreciation$622,493 $547,935 $620,659 
Amortization—Deferred transition
337,072 352,045 339,139 
Amortization—Intangible assets
745,892 530,062 440,957 
Operating lease cost729,727 719,434 868,082 
Other6,410 18,562 12,248 
Total depreciation, amortization and other$2,441,594 $2,168,038 $2,281,085 
Schedule of Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Computers, related equipment and software
3 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures
5 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements
Lesser of lease term or 15 years
The components of Property and equipment, net are as follows:
 August 31, 2025August 31, 2024
Computers, related equipment and software$2,260,910 $2,163,222 
Furniture and fixtures447,533 431,516 
Leasehold improvements1,784,561 1,640,236 
Property and equipment, gross4,493,004 4,234,974 
Total accumulated depreciation(2,926,630)(2,713,855)
Property and equipment, net$1,566,374 $1,521,119 
Schedule of Operating Expenses
Selected components of operating expenses are as follows:
 Fiscal
 202520242023
Research and development costs$817,300 $1,150,430 $1,298,657 
Advertising costs (1)78,519 104,510 100,652 
Provision for (release of) doubtful accounts (2)11,589 10,163 3,856 
(1)Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.
(2)For additional information, see “Allowance for Credit Losses—Client Receivables and Contract Assets.”
Schedule of Business Optimization Costs
Total business optimization costs by reportable operating segment for fiscal 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
Fiscal
20252024
Americas (1)$420,469 $83,201 
EMEA131,980 248,724 
Asia Pacific (1)62,875 106,515 
Total business optimization costs$615,324 $438,440 
(1)During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, our Latin America market unit moved from Growth Markets to North America. With this change, North America became the Americas market and Growth Markets became the Asia Pacific market. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation