Basis Of Presentation (Policy)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2016

Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]

Principles Of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries and a number of Company Drive-Ins in which a subsidiary has a controlling ownership interest.  All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which requires entities to recognize revenue in the way it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers.  The ASU will replace most of the existing revenue recognition requirements in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective.  This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period, which requires the Company to adopt the standard in fiscal year 2019.  Early application in fiscal year 2018 is permitted.  The update permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method, with early application not permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this pronouncement will have on its financial statements and related disclosures and has not yet selected a transition method.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.”  This update requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a reduction of the related liability rather than as an asset.  This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December15,2015, including interim periods within that reporting period, and is to be applied retrospectively; early adoption is permitted.  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, which addresses the SEC’s comments related to the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 related to line-of-credit arrangements.  The SEC would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line of credit arrangement.  The adoption of these standards is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, “Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement.”  The guidance provides clarification on whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license.  If a software license is included, the customer should account for the license consistent with its accounting of other software licenses.  If a software license is not included, the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract.  The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December15,2015.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this pronouncement will have on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes” as part of its simplification initiatives.  The update requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position.  The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December15,2017; however, early application is permitted.  The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.  The Company’s current deferred tax asset balance of $2.2 million was classified as noncurrent and netted with noncurrent deferred tax liabilities as of November 30, 2015, and all future deferred tax asset balances will be recorded as such.  No prior periods were retrospectively adjusted.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases.”  The new guidance requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities arising from leases on the balance sheet.  Accounting guidance for lessors is largely unchanged.  The amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after December15,2018 with early application permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this pronouncement will have on its financial statements and related disclosures.