Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Incomplete Accounting, Change In Tax Rate, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Incomplete Accounting, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Incomplete Accounting, Transition Tax For Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Provisional Income Tax Expense

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Incomplete Accounting, Undistributed Accumulated Earnings of Foreign Subsidiary, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Amount of decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from lapses of applicable statutes of limitations.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, provisional income tax expense (benefit)			$ (13.3)		$ 142.3
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, net provisional income tax expense					65.9
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, re-measurement of U.S. deferred tax					(10.5)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, foreign tax impact of change in indefinite reinvestment assertion					$ 85.0
U.S. federal statutory rate			21.00%	25.70%
Effective tax rate	33.00%	56.50%	27.90%	47.60%
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, provisional income tax expense				$ 30.9
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefits for the period				$ 16.1