Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

	2016		2015		2014
Current:
Federal	$	20,137	$	14,597	$	16,580
State		3,791		3,576		3,490
		23,928		18,173		20,070
Deferred:
Federal		4,372		10,592		5,328
State		137		(1,528)		450
		4,509		9,064		5,778
Provision for income taxes	$	28,437	$	27,237	$	25,848

Provision For Income Taxes Computed By Applying The Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate

	2016		2015		2014
Amount computed by applying a tax rate of 35%	$	32,377	$	32,103	$	25,818
State income taxes (net of federal income tax benefit)		2,553		1,330		2,562
Employment related and other tax credits, net		(2,324)		(2,096)		(1,537)
Change in uncertain tax positions		(3,027)		-		-
Federal tax benefit of statutory tax deduction		-		(4,093)		-
Other		(1,142)		(7)		(995)
Provision for income taxes	$	28,437	$	27,237	$	25,848

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	2016		2015
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts and notes receivable	$	387	$	411
Leasing transactions		3,222		3,260
Deferred income		2,991		2,810
Accrued liabilities		6,187		5,630
Stock compensation		2,446		2,831
Other		685		541
State net operating losses		16,303		14,222
Total deferred tax assets		32,221		29,705
Valuation allowance		(14,638)		(12,041)
Total deferred tax assets after valuation allowance	$	17,583	$	17,664
Deferred tax liabilities:
Prepaid expenses	$	(1,119)	$	(1,315)
Investment in partnerships, including differences in capitalization,
depreciation and direct financing leases		(4,125)		(3,711)
Property, equipment and capital leases		(31,565)		(31,167)
Intangibles and other assets		(21,628)		(20,341)
Debt extinguishment		(1,676)		(2,515)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(60,113)		(59,049)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(42,530)	$	(41,385)
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as follows:
Current	$	-	$	2,164
Noncurrent		(42,530)		(43,549)
Total	$	(42,530)	$	(41,385)

Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	2016		2015
Balance at beginning of year	$	3,652	$	2,461
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		-		254
Additions for tax positions of prior years		725		937
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(2,838)		-
Reductions due to settlement		(212)		-
Reductions due to statute expiration		(702)		-
Balance at end of year	$	625	$	3,652