Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Provision / (Benefit) for Income Taxes

The provision / (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

Fiscal year	2019			2018			2017
Current:
Federal	$	38,545		$	23,815		$	37,027
Foreign		(200	)		527			1,995
State		11,733			8,012			6,642
Total current	$	50,078		$	32,354		$	45,664
Deferred:
Federal	$	7,289		$	(11,517	)	$	(520	)
Foreign		645			363			123
State		778			2,151			(340	)
Total deferred	$	8,712		$	(9,003	)	$	(737	)
Total	$	58,790		$	23,351		$	44,927

Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes

The following table reconciles the provision for income taxes using the statutory federal income tax rate to the actual provision for income taxes:

Fiscal year	2019			2018			2017
Income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate		21.0	%		25.9	%		35.0	%
State income taxes		4.3			4.1			3.5
Other		(0.6	)		(2.8	)		0.5
Deemed Repatriation of Non—U.S. Earnings, net foreign    tax credits and other (collectively, Transition Tax)		—			1.4			—
Impact of U.S. tax reform federal tax rate reduction		—			(16.1	)		—
Total		24.7	%		12.5	%		39.0	%

Components of Deferred Income Taxes

The components of deferred income taxes included on the consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in thousands):

	August 31, 2019		August 25, 2018
Deferred Tax Assets
Payroll and benefit related	$	15,929	$	14,718
Insurance related		11,948		10,880
Environmental		7,093		6,593
Accrued expenses		2,164		3,513
Other		7,301		7,440
Total deferred tax assets	$	44,435	$	43,144
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Payroll and benefit related	$	16,056	$	—
Tax in excess of book depreciation		42,691		39,877
Purchased intangible assets		29,633		27,206
Rental merchandise in service		46,649		44,508
Other		290		318
Total deferred tax liabilities		135,319		111,909
Net deferred tax liability	$	90,884	$	68,765

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at August 26, 2017	$	4,214
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		487
Additions for tax positions of prior years		—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(2,073	)
Statute expirations		(430	)
Balance at August 25, 2018		2,198
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		329
Additions for tax positions of prior years		5,535
Statute expirations		(394	)
Balance at August 31, 2019	$	7,668