Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Effective Income Tax Rate

The U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the Company's effective income tax rate are as follows:

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	May 31, 2022		May 31, 2021		May 31, 2022		May 31, 2021
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%	21.0	%	21.0	%
Effective income tax rate	21.8	%	20.3	%	22.5	%	26.0	%

The effective income tax rate differed for the three months and nine months ended May 31, 2022, compared to the three months and nine months ended May 31, 2021, primarily due to: (i) decreased losses in tax jurisdictions with existing valuation allowances for the three months and nine months ended May 31, 2022 and (ii) a $17 million income tax expense during the three months ended May 31, 2022 for an unrecognized tax benefit related to the taxation of certain prior year intercompany transactions.

The effective income tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0% during the three months and nine months ended May 31, 2022 and 2021, primarily due to: (i) losses in tax jurisdictions with existing valuation allowances, (ii) tax incentives granted to sites in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, and (iii) a $17 million income tax expense during the three months ended May 31, 2022 for an unrecognized tax benefit related to the taxation of certain prior year intercompany transactions.