Accenture plc Form 10-K Annual Report Filed 2020-10-22

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K


☑			Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020

Commission File Number: 001-34448

Accenture plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ireland			98-0627530
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Grand Canal Square,

Grand Canal Harbour,

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

(353) (1) 646-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share	ACN	New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

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The aggregate market value of the common equity of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant on February 28, 2020 was approximately $115,077,476,776 based on the closing price of the registrant’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share, reported on the New York Stock Exchange on such date of $180.59 per share and on the par value of the registrant’s Class X ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share.

The number of shares of the registrant’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share, outstanding as of October 8, 2020 was 658,883,029 (which number includes 25,317,084 issued shares held by the registrant). The number of shares of the registrant’s Class X ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share, outstanding as of October 8, 2020 was 527,509.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to the registrant’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on February 3, 2021, will be incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K in response to Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III. The definitive proxy statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2020.

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		Page
Part I
Item 1.	Business	2
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	10
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	24
Item 2.	Properties	24
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	24
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	24
Part II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	25
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	27
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	28
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	38
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	39
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	39
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	39
Item 9B.	Other Information	40
Part III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	41
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	41
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters	42
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	42
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	43
Part IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	44
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	46
Signatures			47


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Part I

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) relating to our operations, results of operations and other matters that are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. Words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “positioned,” “outlook” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in these forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to, the factors discussed below under the section entitled “Risk Factors.” Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update them.

Available Information

Our website address is www.accenture.com. We use our website as a channel of distribution for company information. We make available free of charge on the Investor Relations section of our website (http://investor.accenture.com) our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. We also make available through our website other reports filed with or furnished to the SEC under the Exchange Act, including our proxy statements and reports filed by officers and directors under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, as well as our Code of Business Ethics. Financial and other material information regarding us is routinely posted on and accessible at http://investor.accenture.com. We do not intend for information contained in our website to be part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Any materials we file with the SEC are available on such Internet site.

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we use the terms “Accenture,” “we,” the “Company,” “our” and “us” to refer to Accenture plc and its subsidiaries. All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal year, which ends on August 31.


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Item 1. Business

Overview

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries, which are organized across our five industry groups, together with our culture of innovation. Our approximately 506,000 people serve clients in more than 120 countries to help clients build their digital core, transform their operations, and accelerate revenue growth — creating tangible value across their enterprises at speed and scale.


Accenture serves clients in three geographic markets: North America, Europe and Growth Markets (Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East). Our geographic markets bring together capabilities from across the organization in Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations—infusing digital skills and industry and functional expertise throughout—to deliver value to our clients.			Our revenues for fiscal 2020 were $44.3 billion, and we employed approximately 506,000 people as of August 31, 2020. Our revenues are derived primarily from Forbes Global 2000 companies, governments and government agencies. We have long-term relationships and have partnered with 97 of our top 100 clients in fiscal 2020 for > 10 years.
Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through the three geographic markets, which also became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The change was designed to help us better serve our clients and continue to scale our business. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five operating groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources, which we now refer to as our industry groups.
Under the new growth model, we continue to go to market primarily by industry, leveraging our deep expertise across more than 40 industries. The new model simplified our organizational structure and increased our agility to form multi-service teams to meet client needs rapidly and at scale. It is also accelerating innovation by enabling our teams to move seamlessly between global and local, leveraging our network of more than 100 innovation hubs, our technology expertise and ecosystem relationships, and our global delivery capabilities to drive value for clients.
During fiscal 2020, we continued to make significant investments—in strategic acquisitions, in research and development in our assets, platforms and solutions, and in attracting and developing talent—to further enhance our differentiation and competitiveness in the marketplace. At year-end, we had more than 7,900 patents and pending patent applications worldwide. Our disciplined acquisition strategy, which is an engine to fuel organic growth, is focused on scaling our business in high-growth areas; adding skills and capabilities in new areas; and deepening our industry and functional expertise. In fiscal 2020, we invested more than $1.5 billion across 34 strategic acquisitions.


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Our Strategy
Our growth strategy begins with a focus on what our clients need. Regardless of industry, our clients must transform every aspect of their business to meet the needs of today’s digital world. We are helping our clients use technology to build their digital core to drive enterprise-wide transformation—such as moving them to the cloud and embedding security across the enterprise, by transforming their operations—such as replatforming their ERP systems and through our Operations services and Industry X, and by accelerating their growth—such as through creating omni-channel experiences through Interactive.
We are uniquely able to deliver this transformation because of our ability to bring applied innovation and deliver 360-degree value for our clients. We define 360-degree value as delivering the financial business case and unique value a client may be seeking, and striving where possible to partner with our clients to achieve greater progress on inclusion and diversity with our diverse teams, reskill our clients’ employees, help our clients achieve their sustainability goals, and create meaningful experiences, both with Accenture and for the customers and employees of our clients.
We are able to leverage our scale and global footprint, and seamlessly move between global and local, embedding responsible business by design in everything we do. Our strong ecosystem partnerships, together with our assets and platforms, including MyWizard, MyNav and Synops, position Accenture to consistently deliver tangible value for our clients.
Key enablers of our growth strategy include:

			Our People – As a talent- and innovation-led organization, across our entire business our people have highly specialized skills that drive our differentiation and competitiveness. We are deeply committed to investing in our people to ensure they have opportunities to learn and grow in their careers through their work experience and continued development, training and reskilling, and we have an unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity;
			Our Commitment – We are a purpose driven company, committed to delivering on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Our culture is underpinned by our core values and Code of Business Ethics which are key drivers of the trust our clients and partners place in us to deliver tangible value and outcomes for them; and
			Our Foundation – The new growth model and our enduring shareholder value creation model are key elements of the foundation that enable us to execute on our growth strategy.

Geographic Markets

The geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, assemble integrated, multi-service client teams, which typically consist of industry experts, capability specialists and professionals with local market knowledge and experience. The geographic markets have primary responsibility for building and sustaining long-term client relationships; bringing together our expertise and collaborating with the other parts of our business to sell and deliver the full range of our services and capabilities; ensuring client satisfaction; and achieving revenue and profitability objectives.

While we serve clients in locally relevant ways, our global footprint and scale in every major country give us the ability to leverage our experience and talent from around the world to accelerate outcomes for our clients.

Our three geographic markets are Accenture’s reporting segments. The percent of our revenues represented by each market is shown at right.

Percent of Fiscal 2020 Revenue


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Services

Strategy & Consulting

Strategy & Consulting works with C-suite executives and boards of the world’s leading organizations, helping them accelerate their digital transformation to enhance competitiveness, grow profitability and deliver sustainable stakeholder value. We use our deep industry and functional expertise underpinned by data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and innovation to help clients solve a diverse set of business challenges, including identifying and developing new markets, products and services; optimizing cost structures; maximizing human performance; harnessing data to improve decision-making; mitigating risk and enhancing security; implementing modern change management programs; shaping and delivering value from large-scale cloud migrations; building more resilient supply chains; and reinventing manufacturing and operations with smart, connected products and platforms.

Interactive

Interactive combines creativity and technology in service of meaningful experiences that drive sustainable growth and value for our clients. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and culture design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we are uniquely positioned to design, build, communicate and run experiences, reimagining the entire journey for customers, employees, patients and citizens alike. We embed this focus on experience across our services.

Technology

Technology provides innovative and comprehensive services and solutions that span cloud; systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform services; infrastructure services; software engineering services; data and artificial intelligence; and global delivery through our Advanced Technology Centers. We continuously innovate our services, capabilities and platforms through early adoption of new technologies such as blockchain, robotics, 5G, quantum computing and Edge computing. Accenture provides a powerful range of capabilities that addresses the challenges faced by organizations today, including how to manage change and develop new growth opportunities.

Technology also includes the innovation and R&D activities in our Labs and our investments in emerging technologies through Accenture Ventures. Our innovation hubs around the world help clients innovate at unmatched speed, scope and scale. We have strong relationships with the world’s leading technology companies, as well as emerging start-ups, which enable us to enhance our service offerings, augment our capabilities and deliver distinctive business value to our clients. Our strong ecosystem relationships provide a significant competitive advantage, and we are a key partner of a broad range of technology providers, including Adobe, Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Blue Yonder, Cisco, Dell, Google, HPE, IBM RedHat, Microsoft, Oracle, Pegasystems, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, VMWare, Workday and many others. We push the boundaries of what technology can enable and help clients get the most value and best capabilities out of platforms.

Operations

We operate business processes on behalf of clients for specific enterprise functions, including finance and accounting, sourcing and procurement, supply chain, marketing and sales, as well as industry-specific services, such as platform trust and safety, banking, insurance and health services. We help organizations to reinvent themselves through intelligent operations, enabled by SynOps, our human-machine platform, powered by data and analytics, artificial intelligence, digital technology, and exceptional people to provide tangible business outcomes at speed and scale, including improved productivity and customer experiences as well as sustained long-term growth.


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Industry Groups

One of our competitive advantages is the depth and breadth of our industry expertise. Our industry focus gives us an understanding of industry evolution, business issues and new and emerging technologies, enabling us to deliver innovative solutions tailored to each client. It also allows us to bring cross-industry insights to our clients to accelerate value creation. Our capabilities across more than 40 industries are organized in the following five industry groups.

Communications, Media & Technology


Communications & Media	High Tech	Software & Platforms
Clients Served
Wireline, wireless, broadcast, entertainment, print, publishing, cable and satellite communications service providers	Enterprise technology, network equipment, semiconductor, consumer technology, aerospace & defense, and medical equipment companies	Cloud-based enterprise and consumer software companies; and social, e-commerce, retail, content, advertising and gaming platform companies
Percent of Group’s FY20 Revenue
45%	21%	34%

Financial Services


Banking & Capital Markets			Insurance
Clients Served
Retail and commercial banks, mortgage lenders, payment providers, investment banks, wealth and asset management firms, broker/dealers, depositories, exchanges, clearing and settlement organizations, and other diversified financial enterprises			Property and casualty insurers, life insurers, reinsurance firms and insurance brokers
Percent of Group’s FY20 Revenue
69%			31%

Health & Public Service


Health			Public Service
Clients Served
Healthcare providers, such as hospitals, public health systems, policy-making authorities, health insurers (payers), and industry organizations and associations			Defense departments and military forces; public safety authorities; justice departments; human and social services agencies; educational institutions; non-profit organizations; cities; and postal, customs, revenue and tax agencies
Percent of Group’s FY20 Revenue
36%			64%

Our work with clients in the U.S. federal government is delivered through Accenture Federal Services, a U.S. company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, and represented approximately 35% of our Health & Public Service industry group’s revenues and 14% of our North America revenues in fiscal 2020.


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Products


Consumer Goods, Retail & Travel Services	Industrial	Life Sciences
Clients Served
Food and beverage, household goods, personal care, tobacco, fashion/apparel, agribusiness and consumer health companies; supermarkets, hardline retailers, mass-merchandise discounters, department stores and specialty retailers; airlines; and hospitality and travel services companies	Industrial & electrical equipment manufacturers and suppliers; and construction, heavy equipment, consumer durables, engineering services, real estate business services, freight & logistics, and automotive and public transportation companies	Biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and biotechnology companies and distributors
Percent of Group’s FY20 Revenue
52%	25%	24%

Amounts do not total due to rounding.

Resources


Chemicals & Natural Resources	Energy	Utilities
Clients Served
Petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, polymers and plastics, gases and agricultural chemicals companies, as well as the metals, mining, forest products and building materials industries	Companies in the oil and gas industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services, clean energy and energy trading companies	Electric, gas and water utilities; new energy providers
Percent of Group’s FY20 Revenue
30%	28%	42%

Global Delivery Capability

A key differentiator is our global delivery capability, powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations Centers. This allows us to bring the right talent at the right time to our clients from anywhere in the world—both in physical and virtual working environments—a capability that is particularly crucial as business needs and conditions change rapidly. Our global approach provides scalable innovation; standardized processes, methods and tools; automation and artificial intelligence; industry expertise and specialized capabilities; cost advantages; foreign language fluency; proximity to clients; and time zone advantages—to deliver high-quality solutions. Emphasizing quality, productivity, reduced risk, speed to market and predictability, our global delivery model supports all parts of our business to provide clients with price-competitive services and solutions.

Innovation and Intellectual Property

We are committed to developing leading-edge ideas and technologies and see innovation as a source of competitive advantage. We use our investment in research and development—on which we spent $871 million, $800 million, and $791 million in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 respectively—to help clients address new realities in the marketplace and to face the future with confidence.

Our innovation experts work with clients across the world to imagine their future, build and co-create innovative business strategies and technology solutions, and then scale those solutions to sustain innovation. We harness our unique intellectual property to deliver these innovation services.

We leverage patent, trade secret and copyright laws as well as contractual arrangements and confidentiality procedures to protect the intellectual property in our innovative services and solutions. These include our proprietary platforms, software, reusable knowledge capital, and other innovations. We also have policies to respect the intellectual property rights of third parties, such as our clients, partners, vendors and others. As of August 31, 2020, we had a portfolio of more than 7,900 patents and pending patent applications worldwide.


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Underpinning our innovation services and our global strength in intellectual property is the Accenture Innovation Architecture, which brings together the diverse capabilities from Accenture Research, Accenture Ventures and Accenture Labs to our Studios, Innovation Centers and Delivery Centers.

Our research and thought leadership teams help identify market, technology and industry trends. Accenture Ventures partners with and invests in growth-stage companies that create innovative enterprise technologies. Accenture Labs incubate and prototype new concepts through applied research and development projects. The new Technology Incubation Group incubates and applies emerging technology innovation to business architectures, including blockchain, extended reality and quantum. Our network of more than 100 innovation hubs uses those insights and technologies to help clients imagine, build and scale for the future. We believe this combination of talent, assets and capabilities makes Accenture one of the leading strategic innovation partners for our clients.

To protect Accenture’s brands, we rely on intellectual property laws and trademark registrations held around the world. Trademarks appearing in this report are the trademarks or registered trademarks of Accenture Global Services Limited, Accenture Global Solutions Limited, or third parties, as applicable.

Competition

Accenture operates in a highly competitive and rapidly changing global marketplace. We compete with a variety of organizations that offer services and solutions competitive with those we offer—but we believe no other company offers the full range of services at scale that Accenture does, which uniquely positions us in a highly competitive market. Our clients typically retain us on a non-exclusive basis.

Our competitors include large multinational IT service providers, including the services arms of large global technology providers; off-shore IT service providers in lower-cost locations, particularly in India; accounting firms that provide consulting and other IT services and solutions; solution or service providers that compete with us in a specific geographic market, industry or service area, including advertising agencies and technology start-ups; and in-house IT departments of large corporations that use their own resources rather than engage an outside firm.

We believe Accenture competes successfully in the marketplace because:

•We are a trusted partner with long-term client relationships and a proven track record for delivering on large, complex programs that drive tangible value;

•We provide a broad range of services with our unique approach to bring integrated multi-service teams at scale and have a significant presence in every major geographic market, enabling us to leverage our global expertise in a local context and deliver tangible value;

•We have deep industry and cross-industry expertise, which enable us to accelerate value as clients transform their products, customer experiences and business operations;

•The breadth and scale of our technology capabilities, combined with our strong relationships with our technology ecosystem partners, enable us to help clients transform and re-platform in a sustainable way at speed; and

•Our goal is to recruit the most talented people in our markets, and we have an unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity, which creates an environment that unleashes innovation, and a world-class learning organization that helps us continuously invest in the development of our people.


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Information About Our Executive Officers

Our executive officers as of October 22, 2020 are as follows:


			Gianfranco Casati, 61, became our chief executive officer—Growth Markets in January 2014. From September 2006 to January 2014, he served as our group chief executive—Products. From April 2002 to September 2006, Mr. Casati was managing director of the Products Europe operating unit. He also served as our country managing director for Italy and as chairman of our geographic council in its IGEM (Italy, Greece, emerging markets) region, supervising our offices in Italy, Greece and several Eastern European countries. Mr. Casati has been with Accenture for 36 years.
			Richard P. Clark, 59, became our chief accounting officer in September 2013 and has served as our corporate controller since September 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Clark served as our senior managing director of investor relations from September 2006 to September 2010. Previously he served as our finance director—Communications, Media & Technology from July 2001 to September 2006 and as our finance director—Resources from 1998 to July 2001. Mr. Clark has been with Accenture for 37 years.
			Jo Deblaere, 58, became our chief operating officer in September 2009. Mr. Deblaere also served as our chief executive—Europe from January 2014 to February 2020. From September 2006 to September 2009, Mr. Deblaere served as our chief operating officer—Outsourcing. Prior to that, from September 2005 to September 2006, he led our global network of business process outsourcing delivery centers. From September 2000 to September 2005, he had overall responsibility for work with public-sector clients in Western Europe. Mr. Deblaere has been with Accenture for 35 years.
			Jimmy Etheredge, 57, became our chief executive officer—North America in September 2019. From December 2016 to September 2019, Mr. Etheredge served as senior managing director—US Southeast, responsible for our business in 10 states, including the key markets of Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington, D.C. Previously, he served as senior managing director—Products in North America from 2011 until December 2016. Mr. Etheredge has been with Accenture for 35 years.
			KC McClure, 55, became our chief financial officer in January 2019. From June 2018 to January 2019, she served as managing director—Finance Operations, where she led our finance operations across the entirety of our businesses. From December 2016 to May 2018, she served as our finance director—Communications, Media & Technology. Prior to assuming that role, she served as our head of investor relations from September 2010 to November 2016, and from March 2002 to August 2010, she served as our finance director—Health & Public Service. Ms. McClure has been with Accenture for 32 years.
			Jean-Marc Ollagnier, 58, became our chief executive officer—Europe in March 2020. From March 2011 to March 2020, Mr. Ollagnier served as our group chief executive—Resources. From September 2006 to March 2011, Mr. Ollagnier led Resources in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, he served as our global managing director—Financial Services Solutions group and as our geographic unit managing director—Gallia. Mr. Ollagnier has been with Accenture for 34 years.


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			David P. Rowland, 59, became executive chairman of the Board of Directors in September 2019. From January 2019 to September 2019, he served as our interim chief executive officer. Mr. Rowland was our chief financial officer from July 2013 to January 2019. From October 2006 to July 2013, he was our senior vice president—Finance. Previously, Mr. Rowland was our managing director—Finance Operations from July 2001 to October 2006. Prior to assuming that role, he served as our finance director—Communications, Media & Technology and as our finance director—Products. Mr. Rowland has been with Accenture for 37 years and has served as a director since January 2019. Prior to its merger with and into Accenture plc in March 2018, Mr. Rowland also served on the board of Accenture Holdings plc.
			Ellyn J. Shook, 57, became our chief leadership officer in December 2015 and has also served as our chief human resources officer since March 2014. From 2012 to March 2014, Ms. Shook was our senior managing director—Human Resources and head of our Human Resources Centers of Expertise. From 2004 to 2011, she served as the global human resources lead for career management, performance management, total rewards, employee engagement and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Shook has been with Accenture for 32 years.
			Julie Sweet, 53, became our chief executive officer in September 2019. From June 2015 to September 2019, she served as our chief executive officer—North America. From March 2010 to June 2015, she served as our general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer. Prior to joining Accenture in 2010, Ms. Sweet was a partner for 10 years in the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, which she joined as an associate in 1992. Ms. Sweet has been with Accenture for 10 years and has served as a director since September 2019.
			Joel Unruch, 42, became our general counsel in September 2019 and has served as our corporate secretary since June 2015. Mr. Unruch also served as our chief compliance officer from September 2019 to January 2020. Mr. Unruch joined Accenture in 2011 as our assistant general counsel and assistant secretary and also oversaw ventures & acquisitions and alliances & ecosystems practices for our legal group. Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Unruch was corporate counsel at Amazon.com and previously an associate in the corporate department of the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Mr. Unruch has been with Accenture for 9 years.

Organizational Structure

Accenture plc was incorporated in Ireland on June 10, 2009 as a public limited company. We operate our business through subsidiaries of Accenture plc.

The Consolidated Financial Statements reflect the ownership interests in Accenture Holdings plc (for applicable periods) and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. held by certain current and former members of Accenture Leadership as noncontrolling interests. The noncontrolling ownership interests percentage was less than 1% as of August 31, 2020. “Accenture Leadership” is comprised of members of our global management committee (our primary management and leadership team, which consists of approximately 40 of our most senior leaders), senior managing directors and managing directors.


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Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the following factors which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations (including revenues and profitability) and/or stock price. Our business is also subject to general risks and uncertainties that may broadly affect companies, including us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or stock price.

Our results of operations have been significantly adversely affected and could in the future be materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption. The pandemic has resulted in authorities around the world implementing numerous unprecedented measures such as travel restrictions, quarantines, shelter in place orders, social distancing measures and temporary business closures. The pandemic and the actions taken by governments, businesses and individuals in response to the pandemic have resulted in, and are expected to continue to result in, a substantial curtailment of business activities, weakened economic conditions, significant economic uncertainty and volatility. The pandemic is significantly adversely impacting and could in the future materially adversely impact our business, operations and financial results.

The extent to which the coronavirus pandemic will continue to impact our business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that are difficult to accurately predict, including: the duration and scope of the pandemic and the continuation of additional outbreaks; how quickly and to what extent normal economic and social activity can resume; the timing of the development and distribution of an effective vaccine or treatments for COVID-19; government, business and individuals’ actions in response to the pandemic; the prolonged effect on our clients and client demand for our services and solutions; the degree to which client demand normalizes in a remote work environment; the reprioritization, delay or termination of existing client engagements; the ability of our clients to pay for our services and solutions. The closures of our and our clients’ offices, and restrictions inhibiting our people’s ability to access those offices, have disrupted, and will continue to disrupt our ability to sell and provide our services and have resulted in, and may continue to result in, losses of revenue.

In response to governmental directives and recommended safety measures, we have enabled most of our employees to work remotely. As governments ease their restrictions, our employees will likely increase their social interactions, including in certain circumstances in our and our clients’ offices, which could increase the risk of infection and could result in increased illness among our employees and associated risks, including business interruption.

Any of these events could cause, contribute to or magnify the other risks and uncertainties enumerated below and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or stock price.

Our results of operations have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by volatile, negative or uncertain economic and political conditions and the effects of these conditions on our clients’ businesses and levels of business activity.

Global macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions affect our clients’ businesses and the markets they serve. Economic and political conditions have become increasingly volatile, negative and uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic, among other reasons, and have undermined business confidence in our significant markets and other markets, which are increasingly interdependent, caused our clients to reduce or defer their spending on new initiatives and technologies, and resulted in clients reducing, delaying or eliminating spending under existing contracts with us, which has, and may continue to, negatively affect our business. Growth in the markets we serve could be at a slow rate, or could stagnate or contract, in each case, for an extended period of time. Because we operate globally and have significant businesses in many markets, an economic slowdown in any of those markets could adversely affect our results of operations.

Ongoing economic and political volatility and uncertainty and changing demand patterns affect our business in a number of other ways, including making it more difficult to accurately forecast client demand and effectively build our revenue and resource plans, particularly in consulting. Economic and political volatility and uncertainty is particularly challenging because it may take some time for the effects and changes in demand patterns resulting from these and other factors to manifest


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themselves in our business and results of operations. Changing demand patterns from economic and political volatility and uncertainty, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in global trade policies, increasing geopolitical tensions and trends such as populism and economic nationalism, elections in our major markets and their impact on us, our clients and the industries we serve, could continue to have a significant negative impact on our results of operations.

Our business depends on generating and maintaining ongoing, profitable client demand for our services and solutions, including through the adaptation and expansion of our services and solutions in response to ongoing changes in technology and offerings, and a significant reduction in such demand or an inability to respond to the evolving technological environment could materially affect our results of operations.

Our revenue and profitability depend on the demand for our services and solutions with favorable margins, which could be negatively affected by numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control and unrelated to our work product. As described above, volatile, negative or uncertain global economic and political conditions and lower growth or contraction in the markets we serve have adversely affected and could in the future adversely affect client demand for our services and solutions. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to continue to develop and implement services and solutions that anticipate and respond to rapid and continuing changes in technology and offerings to serve the evolving needs of our clients. Examples of areas of significant change include digital-, cloud- and security-related offerings, which are continually evolving, as well as developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, automation, blockchain, Internet of Things, quantum and edge computing and as-a-service solutions. Technological developments may materially affect the cost and use of technology by our clients and, in the case of as-a-service solutions, could affect the nature of how we generate revenue. Some of these technological developments have reduced and replaced some of our historical services and solutions and may continue to do so in the future. This has caused, and may in the future cause, clients to delay spending under existing contracts and engagements and to delay entering into new contracts while they evaluate new technologies. Such technological developments and spending delays can negatively impact our results of operations if we are unable to introduce new pricing or commercial models that reflect the value of these technological developments or if the pace and level of spending on new technologies are not sufficient to make up any shortfall.

Developments in the industries we serve, which may be rapid, also could shift demand to new services and solutions. If, as a result of new technologies or changes in the industries we serve, our clients demand new services and solutions, we may be less competitive in these new areas or need to make significant investment to meet that demand. Our growth strategy focuses on responding to these types of developments by driving innovation that will enable us to expand our business into new growth areas. If we do not sufficiently invest in new technology and adapt to industry developments, or evolve and expand our business at sufficient speed and scale, or if we do not make the right strategic investments to respond to these developments and successfully drive innovation, our services and solutions, our results of operations, and our ability to develop and maintain a competitive advantage and to execute on our growth strategy could be adversely affected.

We operate in a rapidly evolving environment in which there currently are, and we expect will continue to be, new technology entrants. New services or technologies offered by competitors or new entrants may make our offerings less differentiated or less competitive when compared to other alternatives, which may adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, companies in the industries we serve sometimes seek to achieve economies of scale and other synergies by combining with or acquiring other companies. If one of our current clients merges or consolidates with a company that relies on another provider for the services and solutions we offer, we may lose work from that client or lose the opportunity to gain additional work if we are not successful in generating new opportunities from the merger or consolidation. In a particular geographic market, service or industry group, a small number of clients have contributed, or may, in the future contribute, a significant portion of the revenues of such geographic market, service or industry group, and any decision by such a client to delay, reduce, or eliminate spending on our services and solutions could have a disproportionate impact on the results of operations in the relevant geographic market, service or industry group.

Many of our consulting contracts are less than 12 months in duration, and these contracts typically permit a client to terminate the agreement with as little as 30 days’ notice. Longer-term, larger and more complex contracts, such as the majority of our outsourcing contracts, generally require a longer notice period for termination and often include an early termination charge to be paid to us, but this charge might not be sufficient to cover our costs or make up for anticipated ongoing revenues and profits lost upon termination of the contract. Many of our contracts allow clients to terminate, delay, reduce or eliminate spending on the services and solutions we provide. Additionally, a client could choose not to retain us for additional stages of a project, try to renegotiate the terms of its contract or cancel or delay additional planned work. When contracts are terminated or not renewed, we lose the anticipated revenues, and it may take significant time to replace the level of revenues lost. Consequently, our results of operations in subsequent periods could be materially lower than expected. The specific business or financial condition of a client, changes in management and changes in a client’s strategy are also all factors that can result in terminations, cancellations or delays.


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If we are unable to keep our supply of skills and resources in balance with client demand around the world and attract and retain professionals with strong leadership skills, our business, the utilization rate of our professionals and our results of operations may be materially adversely affected.

Our success is dependent, in large part, on our ability to keep our supply of market-leading skills and capabilities in balance with client demand around the world and our ability to attract and retain personnel with the knowledge and skills to lead our business globally. We must hire or reskill, retain and motivate appropriate numbers of talented people with diverse skills in order to serve clients across the globe, respond quickly to rapid and ongoing changes in technology, industry and the macroeconomic environment, and continuously innovate to grow our business. For example, if we are unable to hire or retrain our employees to keep pace with the rapid and continuous changes in technology and the industries we serve, we may not be able to innovate and deliver new services and solutions to fulfill client demand. There is intense competition for scarce talent with market-leading skills and capabilities in new technologies, and our competitors have directly targeted our employees with these highly sought-after skills and will likely continue to do so. As a result, we may be unable to cost-effectively hire and retain employees with these market-leading skills, which may cause us to incur increased costs, or be unable to fulfill client demand for our services and solutions.

We are particularly dependent on retaining members of Accenture Leadership with critical capabilities. If we are unable to do so, our ability to innovate, generate new business opportunities and effectively lead large and complex transformations and client relationships could be jeopardized. We depend on identifying, developing and retaining top talent to innovate and lead our businesses. This includes developing talent and leadership capabilities in emerging markets, where the depth of skilled employees may be limited, and competition for these resources is intense. Our ability to expand in our key markets depends, in large part, on our ability to attract, develop, retain and integrate both leaders for the local business and people with critical capabilities.

Similarly, our profitability depends on our ability to effectively source and staff people with the right mix of skills and experience to perform services for our clients, including our ability to transition employees to new assignments on a timely basis. If we are unable to effectively deploy our employees globally and remotely on a timely basis to fulfill the needs of our clients, our profitability could suffer. For example, we have experienced reduced demand for strategy and consulting services during the COVID-19 pandemic and have staffed employees from these practices on projects where we are experiencing strong client demand. If we are unable to retain our top talent with these skills, we may experience difficulty staffing these engagements when demand for these services rebounds. If our utilization rate is too low, our profitability and the engagement of our employees could suffer. If the utilization rate of our professionals is too high, it could have an adverse effect on employee engagement and attrition, the quality of the work performed as well as our ability to staff projects. The costs associated with recruiting and training employees are significant. An important element of our global business model is the deployment of our employees around the world, which allows us to move talent as needed. Therefore, if we are not able to deploy the talent we need because of COVID-19 travel restrictions or increased regulation of immigration or work visas, including limitations placed on the number of visas granted, limitations on the type of work performed or location in which the work can be performed, and new or higher minimum salary requirements, it could be more difficult to staff our employees on client engagements and could increase our costs.

Our equity-based incentive compensation plans are designed to reward high-performing individuals for their contributions and provide incentives for them to remain with us. If the anticipated value of such incentives does not materialize because of volatility or lack of positive performance in our stock price, or if our total compensation package is not viewed as being competitive, our ability to attract and retain the personnel we need could be adversely affected. In addition, if we do not obtain the shareholder approval needed to continue granting equity awards under our share plans in the amounts we believe are necessary, our ability to attract and retain personnel could be negatively affected.

There is a risk that at certain points in time, we may have more personnel than we need in certain skill sets or geographies or at compensation levels that are not aligned with skill sets. In these situations, we have engaged, and may in the future engage, in actions to rebalance our resources, including reducing the rate of new hires and increasing involuntary terminations as a means to keep our supply of skills and resources in balance with client demand. In fiscal 2020, we accelerated our usual level of performance-related involuntary terminations that would have otherwise occurred throughout fiscal 2021. At certain times and in certain geographical regions, we will find it difficult to hire and retain a sufficient number of employees with the skills or backgrounds to meet current and/or future demand. In these cases, we might need to redeploy existing personnel or increase our reliance on subcontractors to fill certain labor needs, and if not done effectively, our profitability could be negatively impacted. Additionally, if demand for our services and solutions were to escalate at a high rate, we may need to adjust our compensation practices, which could put upward pressure on our costs and adversely affect our profitability if we are unable to recover these increased costs. If we are not successful in these initiatives, our results of operations could be adversely affected.


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We could face legal, reputational and financial risks if we fail to protect client and/or Accenture data from security incidents or cyberattacks.

We are dependent on information technology networks and systems to securely process, transmit and store electronic information and to communicate among our locations around the world and with our people, clients, alliance partners and vendors. As the breadth and complexity of this infrastructure continues to grow, including as a result of the increasing reliance on, and use of, mobile technologies, social media and cloud-based services, and as more of our employees are working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, the risk of security incidents and cyberattacks increases. Such incidents could lead to shutdowns or disruptions of or damage to our systems and those of our clients, alliance partners and vendors, and unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential information, including personal data and proprietary business information. In the past, we have experienced data security incidents resulting from unauthorized access to our and our service providers’ systems and unauthorized acquisition of our data and our clients’ data including: inadvertent disclosure, misconfiguration of systems, phishing attacks and ransomware attacks. In addition, our clients have experienced, and may in the future experience, breaches of systems and cloud-based services enabled by or provided by us. To date these incidents have not had a material impact on our operations; however, there is no assurance that such impacts will not be material in the future.

In providing services and solutions to clients, we often manage, utilize and store sensitive or confidential client or Accenture data, including personal data and proprietary information, and we expect these activities to increase, including through the use of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and analytics. Unauthorized disclosure of, denial of access to, or other incidents involving sensitive or confidential client, vendor, alliance partner or Accenture data, whether through systems failure, employee negligence, fraud, misappropriation, cybersecurity or ransomware attacks, or other intentional or unintentional acts, could damage our reputation, cause us to lose clients and result in significant financial exposure and legal liability. Similarly, unauthorized access to or through, denial of access to, or other incidents involving, our or our service providers’ information systems or those we develop for our clients, whether by our employees or third parties, including a cyberattack by computer programmers, hackers, members of organized crime and/or state-sponsored organizations, who continuously develop and deploy viruses, ransomware or other malicious software programs or social engineering attacks, could result in negative publicity, significant remediation costs, legal liability, damage to our reputation and government sanctions and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations — see risk factor below entitled “Our business could be materially adversely affected if we incur legal liability.” Cybersecurity threats are constantly expanding and evolving, thereby increasing the difficulty of detecting and defending against them and maintaining effective security measures and protocols.

We are subject to numerous laws and regulations designed to protect this information, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the California Consumer Privacy Act, various other U.S. federal and state laws governing the protection of health or other personally identifiable information and data privacy and cybersecurity laws in other regions. These laws and regulations continue to evolve, are increasing in complexity and number and increasingly conflict among the various countries in which we operate, which has resulted in greater compliance risk and cost for us. The GDPR imposes compliance obligations regarding the handling of personal data and significant financial penalties for noncompliance. For example, failure to comply with the GDPR may lead to regulatory enforcement actions, which can result in monetary penalties of up to 4% of worldwide revenue, orders to discontinue certain data processing operations, private lawsuits, or reputational damage. If any person, including any of our employees, negligently disregards or intentionally breaches our established controls with respect to client or Accenture data, or otherwise mismanages or misappropriates that data, we could be subject to significant litigation, monetary damages, regulatory enforcement actions, fines and/or criminal prosecution in one or more jurisdictions. These monetary damages might not be subject to a contractual limit of liability or an exclusion of consequential or indirect damages and could be significant. In addition, our liability insurance, which includes cyber insurance, might not be sufficient in type or amount to cover us against claims related to security incidents, cyberattacks and other related incidents.

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and we might not be able to compete effectively.

The markets in which we offer our services and solutions are highly competitive. Our competitors include:

•large multinational IT service providers, including the services arms of large global technology providers;

•off-shore IT service providers in lower-cost locations, particularly in India;

•accounting firms that provide consulting and other IT services and solutions;

•solution or service providers that compete with us in a specific geographic market, industry or service area, including advertising agencies and technology start-ups and other companies that can scale rapidly to focus on or disrupt certain markets and provide new or alternative products, services or delivery models; and

•in-house IT departments of large corporations that use their own resources, rather than engage an outside firm.


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Some competitors may have greater financial, marketing or other resources than we do and, therefore, may be better able to compete for new work and skilled professionals, may be able to innovate and provide new services and solutions faster than we can or may be able to anticipate the need for services and solutions before we do. Our competitors may also team together to create competing offerings.

Even if we have potential offerings that address marketplace or client needs, competitors may be more successful at selling similar services they offer, including to companies that are our clients. Some competitors are more established in certain markets, and that may make executing our growth strategy to expand in these markets more challenging. Additionally, competitors may also offer more aggressive contractual terms, which may affect our ability to win work. Our future performance is largely dependent on our ability to compete successfully and expand in the markets we currently serve. If we are unable to compete successfully, we could lose market share and clients to competitors, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations.

In addition, we may face greater competition due to consolidation of companies in the technology sector through strategic mergers, acquisitions or teaming arrangements. Consolidation activity may result in new competitors with greater scale, a broader footprint or offerings that are more attractive than ours. Over time, our access to certain technology products and services may be reduced as a result of this consolidation. The technology companies described above, including many of our alliance partners, are increasingly able to offer services related to their software, platform, cloud migration and other solutions, or are developing software, platform, cloud migration and other solutions that require integration services to a lesser extent. These more integrated services and solutions may represent more attractive alternatives to clients than some of our services and solutions, which may materially adversely affect our competitive position and our results of operations.

Our profitability could materially suffer if we are unable to obtain favorable pricing for our services and solutions, if we are unable to remain competitive, if our cost-management strategies are unsuccessful or if we experience delivery inefficiencies or fail to satisfy certain agreed-upon targets or specific service levels.

Our profitability is highly dependent on a variety of factors and could be materially impacted by any of the following:

Our results of operations could materially suffer if we are not able to obtain sufficient pricing to meet our profitability expectations. If we are not able to obtain favorable pricing for our services and solutions, our revenues and profitability could materially suffer. The rates we are able to charge for our services and solutions are affected by a number of factors, including:

•general economic and political conditions;

•our clients’ desire to reduce their costs;

•the competitive environment in our industry;

•our ability to accurately estimate our service delivery costs, upon which our pricing is sometimes determined, includes our ability to estimate the impact of inflation and foreign exchange on our service delivery costs over long-term contracts; and

•the procurement practices of clients and their use of third-party advisors.

Our profitability could suffer if we are not able to remain competitive. The competitive environment in our industry affects our ability to secure new contracts at our target economics in a number of ways, any of which could have a material negative impact on our results of operations. The less we are able to differentiate our services and solutions and/or clearly convey the value of our services and solutions, the more risk we have in winning new work in sufficient volumes and at our target pricing and overall economics. In addition, the introduction of new services or products by competitors could reduce our ability to obtain favorable pricing and impact our overall economics for the services or solutions we offer. Competitors may be willing, at times, to price contracts lower than us in an effort to enter the market or increase market share.

Our profitability could suffer if our cost-management strategies are unsuccessful, and we may not be able to improve our profitability. Our ability to improve or maintain our profitability is dependent on our being able to successfully manage our costs, including taking actions to reduce certain costs. Our cost management strategies include maintaining appropriate alignment between the demand for our services and solutions and the workforce needed to deliver them. If we are not effective in managing our operating costs in response to changes in demand or pricing, or if we are unable to cost-effectively hire and retain personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver our services and solutions, particularly in areas of new technologies and offerings and in the right geographic locations, we may incur increased costs, which could reduce our ability to continue to invest in our business in an amount necessary to achieve our planned rates of growth and our desired levels of profitability.

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than expected or unprofitable. Our contract profitability is highly dependent on our forecasts regarding the effort and cost necessary to deliver our services and solutions, which are based on available data and could turn out to be materially inaccurate. If we do not accurately estimate the effort, costs or timing for meeting our contractual commitments and/or completing engagements to a client’s satisfaction, our contracts could yield lower profit margins than planned or be unprofitable. Moreover, many of our contracts include clauses that tie our ultimate compensation to the achievement of agreed-upon performance standards or milestones. If we fail to satisfy these measures, it could significantly reduce or eliminate our fees under the contracts, increase the cost to us of meeting performance standards or milestones, delay expected payments or subject us to potential damage claims under the contract terms, any of which could significantly affect our profitability. We also have a number of contracts in which a portion of our compensation depends on performance measures such as cost-savings, revenue enhancement, benefits produced, business goals attained and adherence to schedule. These goals can be complex and may depend on our clients’ actual levels of business activity or may be based on assumptions that are later determined not to be achievable or accurate and could negatively impact our profit margins if not achieved. Similarly, if we experience unanticipated delivery difficulties due to our management, the failure of third parties or our clients to meet their commitments, or for any other reason, our contracts could yield lower profit margins than planned or be unprofitable. In particular, large and complex arrangements often require that we utilize subcontractors or that our services and solutions incorporate or coordinate with the software, systems or infrastructure requirements of other vendors and service providers, including companies with which we have alliances. Our profitability depends on the ability of these subcontractors, vendors and service providers to deliver their products and services in a timely manner and in accordance with the project requirements, as well as on our effective oversight of their performance. In some cases, these subcontractors are small firms, and they might not have the resources or experience to successfully integrate their services or products with large-scale engagements or enterprises. Some of this work involves new technologies, which may not work as intended or may take more effort to implement than initially predicted. In addition, certain client work requires the use of unique and complex structures and alliances, some of which require us to assume responsibility for the performance of third parties whom we do not control. Any of these factors could adversely affect our ability to perform and subject us to additional liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our relationships with clients and on our results of operations.

Changes in our level of taxes, as well as audits, investigations and tax proceedings, or changes in tax laws or in their interpretation or enforcement, could have a material adverse effect on our effective tax rate, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are subject to taxes in numerous jurisdictions. We calculate and provide for taxes in each tax jurisdiction in which we operate. Tax accounting often involves complex matters and requires our judgment to determine our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities. We are subject to ongoing audits, investigations and tax proceedings in various jurisdictions. Tax authorities have disagreed, and may in the future disagree, with our judgments, and are taking increasingly aggressive positions opposing the judgments we make, including with respect to our intercompany transactions. We regularly assess the likely outcomes of our audits, investigations and tax proceedings to determine the appropriateness of our tax liabilities. However, our judgments might not be sustained as a result of these audits, investigations and tax proceedings, and the amounts ultimately paid could be materially different from the amounts previously recorded.

In addition, our effective tax rate in the future could be adversely affected by challenges to our intercompany transactions, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities and changes in tax laws or in their interpretation or enforcement, changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, the expiration of current tax benefits and changes in accounting principles, including the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Tax rates in the jurisdictions in which we operate may change materially as a result of shifting economic and political conditions and tax policies. In addition, changes in tax laws, treaties or regulations, or their interpretation or enforcement, have become more unpredictable and may become more stringent, which could materially adversely affect our tax position. A number of countries where we do business, including the United States and many countries in the European Union, have implemented, and are considering implementing, changes in relevant tax, accounting and other laws, regulations and interpretations.

The overall tax environment has made it increasingly challenging for multinational corporations to operate with certainty about taxation in many jurisdictions. For example, the European Commission has been conducting investigations, focusing on whether local country tax rulings or tax legislation provide preferential tax treatment that violates European Union state aid rules. Furthermore, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”), which represents a coalition of member countries, is supporting changes to numerous long-standing tax principles through its base erosion and profit shifting project, which is focused on a number of issues, including the shifting of profits among affiliated entities located in different tax jurisdictions. The changes recommended by the OECD have been or are being adopted by many of the countries in which we do business. In addition, the European Commission has expanded upon the OECD guidelines with anti-tax avoidance directives to be applied by its member states. Among other things, the directives require companies to provide increased country-by-country disclosure of their financial information to tax authorities, which in turn could lead to disagreements by jurisdictions over the proper allocation of profits between them. In connection with the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting project, the OECD has undertaken a new project focused on “Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digitalization of the Economy.” This project may impact all multinational businesses by implementing a global model for minimum taxation. Additionally, the European Commission and some foreign jurisdictions have introduced proposals to


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impose a separate tax on specified digital service activity. There is significant uncertainty regarding such proposals. The increasingly complex global tax environment, and any unfavorable resolution of these uncertainties, could have a material adverse effect on our effective tax rate, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Although we expect to be able to rely on the tax treaty between the United States and Ireland, legislative or diplomatic action could be taken, or the treaty may be amended in such a way, that would prevent us from being able to rely on such treaty. Our inability to rely on the treaty would subject us to increased taxation or significant additional expense. In addition, congressional proposals could change the definition of a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which could also subject us to increased taxation. In addition, we could be materially adversely affected by future changes in tax law or policy (or in their interpretation or enforcement) in Ireland or other jurisdictions where we operate, including their treaties with Ireland or the United States. These changes could be exacerbated by economic, budget or other challenges facing Ireland or these other jurisdictions.

Our ability to attract and retain business and employees may depend on our reputation in the marketplace.

We believe the Accenture brand name and our reputation are important corporate assets that help distinguish our services and solutions from those of competitors and also contribute to our efforts to recruit and retain talented employees. However, our corporate reputation is potentially susceptible to material damage by events such as disputes with clients, competitors, cybersecurity incidents or service outages, internal control deficiencies, delivery failures, compliance violations, government investigations or legal proceedings. We may also experience reputational damage from employees, advocacy groups, regulators, investors and other stakeholders that disagree with the services and solutions that we offer, or the clients that we serve. Similarly, our reputation could be damaged by actions or statements of current or former clients, directors, employees, competitors, vendors, alliance partners, joint venture partners, adversaries in legal proceedings, legislators or government regulators, as well as members of the investment community or the media, including social media influencers. There is a risk that negative or inaccurate information about Accenture, even if based on rumor or misunderstanding, could adversely affect our business. Damage to our reputation could be difficult, expensive and time-consuming to repair, could make potential or existing clients reluctant to select us for new engagements, resulting in a loss of business, and could adversely affect our recruitment and retention efforts. Damage to our reputation could also reduce the value and effectiveness of the Accenture brand name and could reduce investor confidence in us, materially adversely affecting our share price.

As a result of our geographically diverse operations and our growth strategy to continue to expand in our key markets around the world, we are more susceptible to certain risks.

We have offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 50 countries around the world. One aspect of our growth strategy is to continue to expand in our key markets around the world. Our growth strategy might not be successful. If we are unable to manage the risks of our global operations and growth strategy, including pandemics, international hostilities, terrorist activities, natural disasters and security or data incidents, the concentration of our global delivery capability in India and the Philippines, failure to maintain compliance with our clients’ control requirements and multiple legal and regulatory systems, our results of operations and ability to grow could be materially adversely affected. In addition, emerging markets generally involve greater financial and operational risks, such as those described below, than our more mature markets. Negative or uncertain political climates in countries or geographies where we operate could also adversely affect us.

Pandemics, international hostilities, terrorist activities, natural disasters, and infrastructure disruptions could prevent us from effectively serving our clients and thus significantly adversely affect our results of operations. Health emergencies or pandemics, including COVID-19; acts of terrorist violence; political and social unrest; regional and international hostilities and international responses to these hostilities; natural disasters, volcanic eruptions, sea level rise, floods, droughts and the increasing frequency and severity of adverse weather conditions; or the threat of or perceived potential for these events; and other acts of god have had and could in the future have significantly negative impacts on us. These events could adversely affect our clients’ levels of business activity and precipitate sudden and significant changes in regional and global economic conditions and cycles. These events also pose significant risks to our people and to physical facilities and operations around the world, whether the facilities are ours or those of our alliance partners, suppliers or clients. By disrupting communications and travel and increasing the difficulty of obtaining and retaining highly skilled and qualified personnel, these types of events impact our ability to deliver our services and solutions to our clients. Extended disruptions of electricity, other public utilities or network services at our facilities or in the areas where our people are working remotely, as well as physical infrastructure damage to, system failures at, cyberattacks on, or security incidents involving, our facilities or systems, or those of our alliance partners, suppliers or clients, could also adversely affect our ability to conduct our business and serve our clients. If any of these circumstances occurs, we have a greater risk that interruptions in communications with our clients and other Accenture locations and personnel, and any down-time in important processes we operate for clients, could result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our reputation in the marketplace.

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events occur where large numbers of our people are located, or simultaneously affect our people in multiple locations around the world. We generally do not have insurance for losses and interruptions caused by terrorist attacks, conflicts and wars. If these disruptions prevent us from effectively serving our clients, our results of operations could be significantly adversely affected.

Our global delivery capability is concentrated in India and the Philippines, which may expose us to operational risks. Our business model is dependent on our global delivery capability. While our delivery centers are located throughout the world, we have based large portions of our delivery capability in India, and the Philippines, where we have the largest and second largest number of our people located, respectively. Concentrating our global delivery capability in these locations presents a number of operational risks, including those discussed in this risk factor, many of which are beyond our control and which may be exacerbated by COVID-19.

We could be subject to strict restrictions on the movement of cash and the exchange of foreign currencies. In some countries, we could be subject to strict restrictions on the movement of cash and the exchange of foreign currencies, which would limit our ability to use this cash across our global operations and expose us to more extreme currency fluctuations. This risk could increase as we continue to expand in our key markets around the world, which include emerging markets that are more likely to impose these restrictions than more established markets.

Our global operations expose us to numerous and sometimes conflicting legal and regulatory requirements, and violation of these regulations could harm our business. We are subject to numerous, and sometimes conflicting, legal regimes on matters as diverse as anticorruption, import/export controls, content requirements, trade restrictions, tariffs, taxation, sanctions, immigration, internal and disclosure control obligations, securities regulation, anti-competition, anti-money-laundering, data privacy and protection, government compliance, wage-and-hour standards, employment and labor relations and human rights. The global nature of our operations, including emerging markets where legal systems may be less developed or understood by us, and the diverse nature of our operations across a number of regulated industries, further increase the difficulty of compliance. Compliance with diverse legal requirements is costly, time-consuming and requires significant resources. Violations of one or more of these regulations in the conduct of our business could result in significant fines, enforcement actions or criminal sanctions against us and/or our employees, prohibitions on doing business and damage to our reputation. Violations of these regulations in connection with the performance of our obligations to our clients also could result in liability for significant monetary damages, fines, enforcement actions and/or criminal prosecution or sanctions, unfavorable publicity and other reputational damage and restrictions on our ability to effectively carry out our contractual obligations and thereby expose us to potential claims from our clients. Due to the varying degrees of development of the legal systems of the countries in which we operate, local laws may not be well developed or provide sufficiently clear guidance and may be insufficient to protect our rights.

In particular, in many parts of the world, including countries in which we operate and/or seek to expand, practices in the local business community might not conform to international business standards and could violate anticorruption laws, or regulations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act 2010. Our employees, subcontractors, vendors, agents, alliance or joint venture partners, the companies we acquire and their employees, subcontractors, vendors and agents, and other third parties with which we associate, could take actions that violate policies or procedures designed to promote legal and regulatory compliance or applicable anticorruption laws or regulations. Violations of these laws or regulations by us, our employees or any of these third parties could subject us to criminal or civil enforcement actions (whether or not we participated or knew about the actions leading to the violations), including fines or penalties, disgorgement of profits and suspension or disqualification from work, including U.S. federal contracting, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, including our results of operations and our reputation.

Changes in laws and regulations could also mandate significant and costly changes to the way we implement our services and solutions or could impose additional taxes on our services and solutions. For example, changes in laws and regulations to limit using off-shore resources in connection with our work or to penalize companies that use off-shore resources, which have been proposed from time to time in various jurisdictions, could adversely affect our results of operations. Such changes may result in contracts being terminated or work being transferred onshore, resulting in greater costs to us, and could have a negative impact on our ability to obtain future work from government clients.

Our business could be materially adversely affected if we incur legal liability.

We are subject to, and may become a party to, a variety of litigation or other claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. Our business is subject to the risk of litigation involving current and former employees, clients, alliance partners, subcontractors, suppliers, competitors, shareholders, government agencies or others through private actions, class actions, whistleblower claims, administrative proceedings, regulatory actions or other litigation. Regardless of the merits of the claims, the cost to defend current and future litigation may be significant, and such matters can be time-consuming and divert management’s attention and resources. The results of litigation and other legal proceedings are inherently uncertain, and adverse judgments or settlements in some or all of these legal disputes may result in materially adverse monetary damages, fines, penalties or injunctive relief against us. Any claims or litigation, even if fully


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indemnified or insured, could damage our reputation and make it more difficult to compete effectively or to obtain adequate insurance in the future.

We could be subject to significant legal liability and litigation expense if we fail to meet our contractual obligations, contribute to internal control or other deficiencies of a client or otherwise breach obligations to third parties, including clients, alliance partners, employees and former employees, and other parties with whom we conduct business, or if our subcontractors breach or dispute the terms of our agreements with them and impede our ability to meet our obligations to our clients. For example, by taking over the operation of certain portions of our clients’ businesses, including functions and systems that are critical to the core businesses of our clients, we may be exposed to additional and evolving operational, regulatory, reputational or other risks specific to these areas, including risks related to data security. A failure of a client’s system based on our services or solutions could also subject us to a claim for significant damages that could materially adversely affect our results of operations. We may enter into agreements with non-standard terms because we perceive an important economic opportunity or because our personnel did not adequately follow our contracting guidelines. In addition, the contracting practices of competitors, along with the demands of increasingly sophisticated clients, may cause contract terms and conditions that are unfavorable to us to become new standards in the industry. We may commit to providing services or solutions that we are unable to deliver or whose delivery may reduce our profitability or cause us financial loss. If we cannot or do not meet our contractual obligations and if our potential liability is not adequately limited through the terms of our agreements, liability limitations are not enforced or a third party alleges fraud or other wrongdoing to prevent us from relying upon those contractual protections, we might face significant legal liability and litigation expense and our results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Moreover, as we expand our services and solutions into new areas, we may be exposed to additional and evolving risks specific to these new areas.

In addition, we engage in platform trust and safety services on behalf of clients, including content moderation, which could have a negative impact on our employees due to the nature of the materials they review. We have been subject to media coverage regarding our provision of these services as well as litigation related to the provision of these services, which may result in adverse judgments or settlements.

While we maintain insurance for certain potential liabilities, such insurance does not cover all types and amounts of potential liabilities and is subject to various exclusions as well as caps on amounts recoverable. Even if we believe a claim is covered by insurance, insurers may dispute our entitlement to recovery for a variety of potential reasons, which may affect the timing and, if they prevail, the amount of our recovery.

Our work with government clients exposes us to additional risks inherent in the government contracting environment.

Our clients include national, provincial, state and local governmental entities. Our government work carries various risks inherent in the government contracting process. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

•Government entities, particularly in the United States, often reserve the right to audit our contract costs and conduct inquiries and investigations of our business practices and compliance with government contract requirements. U.S. government agencies, including the Defense Contract Audit Agency, routinely audit our contract costs, including allocated indirect costs, for compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards and the Federal Acquisition Regulation. These agencies also conduct reviews and investigations and make inquiries regarding our accounting, information technology and other systems in connection with our performance and business practices with respect to our government contracts. Negative findings from existing and future audits, investigations or inquiries, or failure to comply with applicable IT security requirements, could affect our future sales and profitability by preventing us, by operation of law or in practice, from receiving new government contracts for some period of time. In addition, if the U.S. government concludes that certain costs are not reimbursable, have not been properly determined or are based on outdated estimates of our work, then we will not be allowed to bill for such costs, may have to refund money that has already been paid to us or could be required to retroactively and prospectively adjust previously agreed to billing or pricing rates for our work. Negative findings from existing and future audits of our business systems, including our accounting system, may result in the U.S. government preventing us from billing, at least temporarily, a percentage of our costs. As a result of prior negative findings in connection with audits, investigations and inquiries, we have from time to time experienced some of the adverse consequences described above and may in the future experience further adverse consequences, which could materially adversely affect our future results of operations.

•If a government client discovers improper or illegal activities in the course of audits or investigations, we may become subject to various civil and criminal penalties, including those under the civil U.S. False Claims Act, and administrative sanctions, which may include termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines and suspensions or debarment from doing business with other agencies of that government. The inherent limitations of internal controls may not prevent or detect all improper or illegal activities.

•U.S. government contracting regulations impose strict compliance and disclosure obligations. Disclosure is required if certain company personnel have knowledge of “credible evidence” of a violation of federal criminal laws involving fraud,


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conflict of interest, bribery or improper gratuity, a violation of the civil U.S. False Claims Act or receipt of a significant overpayment from the government. Failure to make required disclosures could be a basis for suspension and/or debarment from federal government contracting in addition to breach of the specific contract and could also impact contracting beyond the U.S. federal level. Reported matters also could lead to audits or investigations and other civil, criminal or administrative sanctions.

•Government contracts are subject to heightened reputational and contractual risks compared to contracts with commercial clients. For example, government contracts and the proceedings surrounding them are often subject to more extensive scrutiny and publicity. Negative publicity, including an allegation of improper or illegal activity, regardless of its accuracy, may adversely affect our reputation.

•Terms and conditions of government contracts also tend to be more onerous and are often more difficult to negotiate. For example, these contracts often contain high or unlimited liability for breaches and feature less favorable payment terms and sometimes require us to take on liability for the performance of third parties.

•Government entities typically fund projects through appropriated monies. While these projects are often planned and executed as multi-year projects, government entities usually reserve the right to change the scope of or terminate these projects for lack of approved funding and/or at their convenience. Changes in government or political developments, including budget deficits, shortfalls or uncertainties, government spending reductions or other debt constraints could result in our projects being reduced in price or scope or terminated altogether, which also could limit our recovery of incurred costs, reimbursable expenses and profits on work completed prior to the termination. Furthermore, if insufficient funding is appropriated to the government entity to cover termination costs, we may not be able to fully recover our investments.

•Political and economic factors such as pending elections, the outcome of recent elections, changes in leadership among key executive or legislative decision makers, revisions to governmental tax or other policies and reduced tax revenues can affect the number and terms of new government contracts signed or the speed at which new contracts are signed, decrease future levels of spending and authorizations for programs that we bid, shift spending priorities to programs in areas for which we do not provide services and/or lead to changes in enforcement or how compliance with relevant rules or laws is assessed.

•Our ability to work for the U.S. government is impacted by the fact that we are an Irish company. We elected to enter into a proxy agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense that enhances the ability of our U.S. federal government contracting subsidiary to perform certain work for the U.S. government. The proxy agreement regulates the management and operation of, and limits the control we can exercise over, this subsidiary. In addition, legislative and executive proposals remain under consideration or could be proposed in the future, which, if enacted, could place additional limitations on or even prohibit our eligibility to be awarded state or federal government contracts in the United States or could include requirements that would otherwise affect our results of operations. Various U.S. federal and state legislative proposals have been introduced and/or enacted in recent years that deny government contracts to certain U.S. companies that reincorporate or have reincorporated outside the United States. While Accenture was not a U.S. company that reincorporated outside the United States, it is possible that these contract bans and other legislative proposals could be applied in a way that negatively affects Accenture.

The occurrences or conditions described above could affect not only our business with the particular government entities involved, but also our business with other entities of the same or other governmental bodies or with certain commercial clients, and could have a material adverse effect on our business or our results of operations.

Our results of operations could be materially adversely affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

Although we report our results of operations in U.S. dollars, a majority of our revenues is denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Unfavorable fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have had an adverse effect, and could in the future have a material adverse effect, on our results of operations.

Because our consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, we must translate revenues, expenses and income, as well as assets and liabilities, into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect during or at the end of each reporting period. Therefore, changes in the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies will affect our revenues, operating income and the value of balance-sheet items, including intercompany payables and receivables, originally denominated in other currencies. These changes cause our growth stated in U.S. dollars to be higher or lower than our growth in local currency when compared against other periods. Our currency hedging programs, which are designed to partially offset the impact on consolidated earnings related to the changes in value of certain balance sheet items, might not be successful. Additionally, some transactions and balances may be denominated in currencies for which there is no available market to hedge.

As we continue to leverage our global delivery model, more of our expenses are incurred in currencies other than those in which we bill for the related services. An increase in the value of certain currencies, such as the Indian rupee or Philippine peso, against the currencies in which our revenue is recorded could increase costs for delivery of services at off-shore sites


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by increasing labor and other costs that are denominated in local currency. Our contractual provisions or cost management efforts might not be able to offset their impact, and our currency hedging activities, which are designed to partially offset this impact, might not be successful. This could result in a decrease in the profitability of our contracts that are utilizing delivery center resources. In addition, our currency hedging activities are themselves subject to risk. These include risks related to counterparty performance under hedging contracts, risks related to ineffective hedges and risks related to currency fluctuations. We also face risks that extreme economic conditions, political instability, or hostilities or disasters of the type described below could impact or perhaps eliminate the underlying exposures that we are hedging. Such an event could lead to losses being recognized on the currency hedges then in place that are not offset by anticipated changes in the underlying hedge exposure.

If we are unable to manage the organizational challenges associated with our size, we might be unable to achieve our business objectives.

As of August 31, 2020, we had approximately 506,000 employees worldwide. Our size and scale present significant management and organizational challenges. It might become increasingly difficult to maintain effective standards across a large enterprise and effectively institutionalize our knowledge. It might also become more difficult to maintain our culture, effectively manage and monitor our personnel and operations and effectively communicate our core values, policies and procedures, strategies and goals, particularly given our world-wide operations. The size and scope of our operations increase the possibility that we will have employees who engage in unlawful or fraudulent activity, or otherwise expose us to unacceptable business risks, despite our efforts to train them and maintain internal controls to prevent such instances. For example, employee misconduct could involve the improper use of sensitive or confidential information entrusted to us, or obtained inappropriately, or the failure to comply with legislation or regulations regarding the protection of sensitive or confidential information, including personal data and proprietary information. Furthermore, the inappropriate use of social networking sites by our employees could result in breaches of confidentiality, unauthorized disclosure of non-public company information or damage to our reputation. If we do not continue to develop and implement the right processes and tools to manage our enterprise and instill our culture and core values into all of our employees, our ability to compete successfully and achieve our business objectives could be impaired. In addition, effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, which also became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The change was designed to help us better serve our clients and continue to scale our business. We may continue to make changes to our operating model as the needs and size of our business change, and if we do not successfully implement the changes, our business and results of operation may be negatively impacted.

If we do not successfully manage and develop our relationships with key alliance partners or if we fail to anticipate and establish new alliances in new technologies, our results of operations could be adversely affected.

We have alliances with companies whose capabilities complement our own. A very significant portion of our revenue and services and solutions are based on technology or software provided by a few major alliance partners. See “Business—Services.”

The business that we conduct through these alliances could decrease or fail to grow for a variety of reasons. The priorities and objectives of our alliance partners may differ from ours, and our alliance partners are not prohibited from competing with us or forming closer or preferred arrangements with our competitors. In addition, some of our alliance partners are also large clients or suppliers of technology to us. The decisions we make vis-à-vis an alliance partner may impact our ongoing alliance relationship. In addition, our alliance partners could experience reduced demand for their technology or software, including, for example, in response to changes in technology, which could lessen related demand for our services and solutions.

We must anticipate and respond to continuous changes in technology and develop alliance relationships with new providers of relevant technology. We must secure meaningful alliances with these providers early in their life cycle so that we can develop the right number of certified people with skills in new technologies. If we are unable to maintain our relationships with current partners and identify new and emerging providers of relevant technology to expand our network of alliance partners, we may not be able to differentiate our services or compete effectively in the market.

If we do not obtain the expected benefits from our alliance relationships for any reason, we may be less competitive, our ability to offer attractive solutions to our clients may be negatively affected, and our results of operations could be adversely affected.

We might not be successful at acquiring, investing in or integrating businesses, entering into joint ventures or divesting businesses.

We expect to continue pursuing strategic acquisitions, investments and joint ventures to enhance or add to our skills and capabilities or offerings of services and solutions, or to enable us to expand in certain geographic and other markets. Depending on the opportunities available, we may increase the amount of capital invested in such opportunities. We may not succeed in completing targeted transactions, including as a result of the market becoming increasingly competitive, or achieve desired results of operations.


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Furthermore, we face risks in successfully integrating any businesses we might acquire or create through a joint venture. Ongoing business may be disrupted, and our management’s attention may be diverted by acquisition, investment, transition or integration activities. In addition, we might need to dedicate additional management and other resources, and our organizational structure could make it difficult for us to efficiently integrate acquired businesses into our ongoing operations and assimilate and retain employees of those businesses into our culture and operations. The loss of key executives, employees, customers, suppliers, vendors and other business partners of businesses we acquire may adversely impact the value of the assets, operations or businesses. Furthermore, acquisitions or joint ventures may result in significant costs and expenses, including those related to retention payments, equity compensation, severance pay, early retirement costs, intangible asset amortization and asset impairment charges, enhancing controls, procedures and policies including those related to financial reporting, disclosure, and cyber and information security, assumed litigation and other liabilities, and legal, accounting and financial advisory fees, which could negatively affect our profitability. We may have difficulties as a result of entering into new markets where we have limited or no direct prior experience or where competitors may have stronger market positions.

We might fail to realize the expected benefits or strategic objectives of any acquisition, investment or joint venture we undertake. We might not achieve our expected return on investment or may lose money. We may be adversely impacted by liabilities that we assume from a company we acquire or in which we invest, including from that company’s known and unknown obligations, intellectual property or other assets, terminated employees, current or former clients or other third parties. In addition, we may fail to identify or adequately assess the magnitude of certain liabilities, shortcomings or other circumstances prior to acquiring, investing in or partnering with a company, including potential exposure to regulatory sanctions or liabilities resulting from an acquisition target’s previous activities, or from an acquisition’s controls related to financial reporting, disclosure, and cyber and information security environment. If any of these circumstances occurs, they could result in unexpected regulatory or legal exposure, including litigation with new or existing clients, unfavorable accounting treatment, unexpected increases in taxes or other adverse effects on our relationships with clients and our business. In addition, we have a lesser degree of control over the business operations of the joint ventures and businesses in which we have made minority investments or in which we have acquired less than 100% of the equity. This lesser degree of control may expose us to additional reputational, financial, legal, compliance or operational risks. Litigation, indemnification claims and other unforeseen claims and liabilities may arise from the acquisition or operation of acquired businesses. For example, we may face litigation or other claims as a result of certain terms and conditions of the acquisition agreement, such as earnout payments or closing net asset adjustments. Alternatively, shareholder litigation may arise as a result of proposed acquisitions. If we are unable to complete the number and kind of investments for which we plan, or if we are inefficient or unsuccessful at integrating any acquired businesses into our operations, we may not be able to achieve our planned rates of growth or improve our market share, profitability or competitive position in specific markets or services.

We also periodically evaluate, and have engaged in, the disposition of assets and businesses. Divestitures could involve difficulties in the separation of operations, services, products and personnel, the diversion of management’s attention, the disruption of our business and the potential loss of key employees. After reaching an agreement with a buyer for the disposition of a business, the transaction may be subject to the satisfaction of pre-closing conditions, including obtaining necessary regulatory and government approvals, which, if not satisfied or obtained, may prevent us from completing the transaction. Divestitures may also involve continued financial involvement in or liability with respect to the divested assets and businesses, such as indemnities or other financial obligations, in which the performance of the divested assets or businesses could impact our results of operations. Any divestiture we undertake could adversely affect our results of operations.

If we are unable to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, or if our services or solutions infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others or we lose our ability to utilize the intellectual property of others, our business could be adversely affected.

Our success depends, in part, upon our ability to obtain intellectual property protection for our proprietary platforms, methodologies, processes, software and other solutions. Existing laws of the various countries in which we provide services or solutions may offer only limited intellectual property protection of our services or solutions, and the protection in some countries may be very limited. We rely upon a combination of confidentiality policies and procedures, nondisclosure and other contractual arrangements, and patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark laws to protect our intellectual property rights. These laws are subject to change at any time and could further limit our ability to obtain or maintain intellectual property protection. There is uncertainty concerning the scope of patent and other intellectual property protection for software and business methods, which are fields in which we rely on intellectual property laws to protect our rights. Even where we obtain intellectual property protection, our intellectual property rights may not prevent or deter competitors, former employees, or other third parties from reverse engineering our solutions or proprietary methodologies and processes or independently developing services or solutions similar to or duplicative of ours. Further, the steps we take in this regard might not be adequate to prevent or deter infringement or other misappropriation of our intellectual property by competitors, former employees or other third parties, and we might not be able to detect unauthorized use of, or take appropriate and timely steps to enforce, our intellectual property rights. Enforcing our rights might also require considerable time, money and oversight, and we may not be successful in enforcing our rights.


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In addition, we cannot be sure that our services and solutions, including, for example, our software solutions, or the solutions of others that we offer to our clients, do not infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties (including competitors as well as non-practicing holders of intellectual property assets), and these third parties could claim that we or our clients are infringing upon their intellectual property rights. Furthermore, although we have established policies and procedures to respect the intellectual property rights of third parties and that prohibit the unauthorized use of intellectual property, we may not be aware if our employees have misappropriated and/or misused intellectual property, and their actions could result in claims of intellectual property misappropriation and/or infringement from third parties. These claims could harm our reputation, cause us to incur substantial costs or prevent us from offering some services or solutions in the future. Any related proceedings could require us to expend significant resources over an extended period of time. In most of our contracts, we agree to indemnify our clients for expenses and liabilities resulting from claimed infringements of the intellectual property rights of third parties. In some instances, the amount of these indemnities could be greater than the revenues we receive from the client. Any claims or litigation in this area could be time-consuming and costly, damage our reputation and/or require us to incur additional costs to obtain the right to continue to offer a service or solution to our clients. If we cannot secure this right at all or on reasonable terms, or we are unable to implement in a cost-effective manner alternative technology, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected. The risk of infringement claims against us may increase as we expand our industry software solutions and continue to develop and license our software to multiple clients. Any infringement action brought against us or our clients could be costly to defend or lead to an expensive settlement or judgment against us.

Further, we rely on third-party software in providing some of our services and solutions. If we lose our ability to continue using any such software for any reason, including because it is found to infringe the rights of others, we will need to obtain substitute software or seek alternative means of obtaining the technology necessary to continue to provide such services and solutions. Our inability to replace such software, or to replace such software in a timely or cost-effective manner, could materially adversely affect our results of operations.

Our results of operations and share price could be adversely affected if we are unable to maintain effective internal controls.

The accuracy of our financial reporting is dependent on the effectiveness of our internal controls. We are required to provide a report from management to our shareholders on our internal control over financial reporting that includes an assessment of the effectiveness of these controls. Internal control over financial reporting has inherent limitations, including human error, the possibility that controls could be circumvented or become inadequate because of changed conditions, and fraud. Because of these inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting might not prevent or detect all misstatements or fraud. If we cannot maintain and execute adequate internal control over financial reporting or implement required new or improved controls that provide reasonable assurance of the reliability of the financial reporting and preparation of our financial statements for external use, we could suffer harm to our reputation, incur incremental compliance costs, fail to meet our public reporting requirements on a timely basis, be unable to properly report on our business and our results of operations, or be required to restate our financial statements, and our results of operations, our share price and our ability to obtain new business could be materially adversely affected.

Changes to accounting standards or in the estimates and assumptions we make in connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements could adversely affect our financial results.

Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. It is possible that changes in accounting standards could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position. The application of generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions about certain items and future events that affect our reported financial condition, and our accompanying disclosure with respect to, among other things, revenue recognition and income taxes. Our most critical accounting estimates are described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.” We base our estimates on historical experience, contractual commitments and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances and at the time they are made. These estimates and assumptions involve the use of judgment and are subject to significant uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control. If our estimates, or the assumptions underlying such estimates, are not correct, actual results may differ materially from our estimates, and we may need to, among other things, adjust revenues or accrue additional costs that could adversely affect our results of operations.

We might be unable to access additional capital on favorable terms or at all. If we raise equity capital, it may dilute our shareholders’ ownership interest in us.

We might choose to raise additional funds through public or private debt or equity financings in order to:

•facilitate purchases, redemptions and exchanges of shares and pay dividends;

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•take advantage of opportunities, including more rapid expansion;

•develop new services and solutions and respond to competitive pressures; and

•support general working capital purposes.

Any additional capital raised through the sale of equity would dilute shareholders’ ownership percentage in us. Furthermore, any additional financing or refinancing we need might not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all.

We are incorporated in Ireland and Irish law differs from the laws in effect in the United States and might afford less protection to our shareholders. We may also be subject to criticism and negative publicity related to our incorporation in Ireland.

Irish law differs from the laws in effect in the United States and our shareholders could have more difficulty protecting their interests than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction of the United States. The United States currently does not have a treaty with Ireland providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. As such, there is some uncertainty as to whether the courts of Ireland would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers based on U.S. federal or state civil liability laws, including the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal or state securities laws, or hear actions against us or those persons based on those laws.

As an Irish company, we are governed by the Companies Act. The Companies Act differs in some significant, and possibly material, respects from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and shareholders under various state corporation laws, including the provisions relating to interested directors, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, shareholder lawsuits and indemnification of directors.

Under Irish law, the duties of directors and officers of a company are generally owed to the company only. Shareholders of Irish companies do not generally have rights to take action against directors or officers of the company under Irish law, and may only do so in limited circumstances. Directors of an Irish company must, in exercising their powers and performing their duties, act with due care and skill, honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company. Directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position in which their duties to the company and their personal interests might conflict and also are under a duty to disclose any personal interest in any contract or arrangement with the company or any of its subsidiaries. If a director or officer of an Irish company is found to have breached his or her duties to that company, he or she could be held personally liable to the company in respect of that breach of duty.

Under Irish law, we must have authority from our shareholders to issue any shares, including shares that are part of the company’s authorized but unissued share capital. In addition, unless otherwise authorized by its shareholders, when an Irish company issues shares for cash to new shareholders, it is required first to offer those shares on the same or more favorable terms to existing shareholders on a pro-rata basis. If we are unable to obtain these authorizations from our shareholders, or are otherwise limited by the terms of our authorizations, our ability to issue shares under our equity compensation plans and, if applicable, to facilitate funding acquisitions or otherwise raise capital could be adversely affected.

Some companies that conduct substantial business in the United States but that have a parent domiciled in certain other jurisdictions have been criticized as improperly avoiding U.S. taxes or creating an unfair competitive advantage over U.S. companies. Accenture never conducted business under a U.S. parent company and pays U.S. taxes on all of its U.S. operations. Nonetheless, we could be subject to criticism in connection with our incorporation in Ireland.


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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

We have major offices in the world’s leading business centers, including Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rome, Bangalore, Beijing, Manila, Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, among others. In total, we have offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 50 countries around the world. We do not own any material real property. Substantially all of our office space is leased under long-term leases with varying expiration dates. We believe that our facilities are adequate to meet our needs in the near future.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The information set forth under “Legal Contingencies” in Note 15 (Commitments and Contingencies) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.


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Part II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACN.” The New York Stock Exchange is the principal United States market for these shares. As of October 8, 2020, there were 312 holders of record of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

There is no trading market for Accenture plc Class X ordinary shares. As of October 8, 2020, there were 16 holders of record of Accenture plc Class X ordinary shares.

Dividends

For information about our dividend activity during fiscal 2020, see Note 14 (Shareholders’ Equity) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

On September 23, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our Class A ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on October 13, 2020 payable on November 13, 2020. For the remainder of fiscal 2021, we expect to declare additional quarterly dividends in December 2020 and March and June 2021, to be paid in February, May and August 2021, respectively, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

In certain circumstances, as an Irish tax resident company, we may be required to deduct Irish dividend withholding tax (“DWT”) (currently at the rate of 25%) from dividends paid to our shareholders. Shareholders resident in “relevant territories” (including countries that are European Union member states (other than Ireland), the United States and other countries with which Ireland has a tax treaty) may be exempted from Irish DWT. However, shareholders residing in other countries will generally be subject to Irish DWT.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.


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Purchases of Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares

The following table provides information relating to our purchases of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. For year-to-date information on all of our share purchases, redemptions and exchanges and further discussion of our share purchase activity, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Share Purchases and Redemptions.”


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid per Share (1)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (3)
					(in millions of U.S. dollars)
June 1, 2020 — June 30, 2020	151,482	$	211.25	126,699	$	1,857
July 1, 2020 — July 31, 2020	1,336,948	220.44		1,301,112	1,563
August 1, 2020 — August 31, 2020	1,065,906	233.39		1,033,283	1,315
Total (4)	2,554,336	$	225.30	2,461,094

(1)Average price paid per share reflects the total cash outlay for the period, divided by the number of shares acquired, including those acquired by purchase or redemption for cash and any acquired by means of employee forfeiture.

(2)Since August 2001, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc has authorized and periodically confirmed a publicly announced open-market share purchase program for acquiring Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, we purchased 2,461,094 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under this program for an aggregate price of $555 million. The open-market purchase program does not have an expiration date.

(3)As of August 31, 2020, our aggregate available authorization for share purchases and redemptions was $1,315 million, which management has the discretion to use for either our publicly announced open-market share purchase program or our other share purchase programs. Since August 2001 and as of August 31, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc has authorized an aggregate of $35.1 billion for share purchases and redemptions by Accenture plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. On September 20, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc approved $5,000 million in additional share repurchase authority bringing Accenture’s total outstanding authority to $6,315 million.

(4)During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, Accenture purchased 93,242 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares in transactions unrelated to publicly announced share plans or programs. These transactions consisted of acquisitions of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares primarily via share withholding for payroll tax obligations due from employees and former employees in connection with the delivery of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under our various employee equity share plans. These purchases of shares in connection with employee share plans do not affect our aggregate available authorization for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and our other share purchase programs.


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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The data for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 and as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 are derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes that are included elsewhere in this report. The data for fiscal 2017 and 2016 and as of August 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes that are not included in this report. The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included elsewhere in this report.


	Fiscal
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	2020 (1)		2019		2018 (2) (3)		2017 (2) (4)		2016 (2) (5)
Income Statement Data
Revenues	$	44,327	$	43,215	$	40,993	$	36,177	$	34,254
Operating income	6,514		6,305		5,899		5,191		4,846
Net income	5,185		4,846		4,215		3,635		4,350
Net income attributable to Accenture plc	5,108		4,779		4,060		3,445		4,112
Earnings Per Class A Ordinary Share
Basic	$	8.03	$	7.49	$	6.46	$	5.56	$	6.58
Diluted	7.89		7.36		6.34		5.44		6.45
Dividends per ordinary share	3.20		2.92		2.66		2.42		2.20

(1)Includes the impact of $280 million, post-tax, gains on an investment recorded during fiscal 2020. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations for Fiscal 2020 Compared to Fiscal 2019—Other Income (Expense), net.”

(2)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and eliminated our net revenues presentation and FASB ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation.

(3)Includes the impact of a $258 million charge associated with tax law changes recorded during fiscal 2018.

(4)Includes the impact of a $312 million, post-tax, pension settlement charge recorded during fiscal 2017.

(5)Includes the impact of a $745 million, post-tax, gain on sale of businesses recorded during fiscal 2016.


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019		August 31, 2018		August 31, 2017		August 31, 2016
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,415	$	6,127	$	5,061	$	4,127	$	4,906
Total assets	37,079		29,790		24,449		22,690		20,609
Long-term debt, net of current portion	54		16		20		22		24
Accenture plc shareholders’ equity	17,001		14,409		10,365		8,949		7,555


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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis also contains forward-looking statements and should also be read in conjunction with the disclosures and information contained in “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We use the terms “Accenture,” “we,” the “Company,” “our” and “us” in this report to refer to Accenture plc and its subsidiaries. All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal year, which ends on August 31. For example, a reference to “fiscal 2020” means the 12-month period that ended on August 31, 2020. All references to quarters, unless otherwise noted, refer to the quarters of our fiscal year.

We use the term “in local currency” so that certain financial results may be viewed without the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of business performance. Financial results “in local currency” are calculated by restating current period activity into U.S. dollars using the comparable prior-year period’s foreign currency exchange rates. This approach is used for all results where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.

Change in Reportable Segments

Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five industry groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources. For additional information, see our Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2020.

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant loss of life, disrupted businesses and restricted travel worldwide, causing significant economic disruption and uncertainty. This disruption and uncertainty has had and continues to have a significant adverse impact on our business, operations and financial results. For fiscal 2020, our revenues grew 3% in U.S. dollars and 4% in local currency, a decrease compared to the revenue growth experienced in fiscal 2019. Revenues for the first half of fiscal 2020 grew 7% in U.S. dollars and 8% in local currency compared to the same period in fiscal 2019. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and during the second half of fiscal 2020, our revenues declined 1% in U.S. dollars and were flat in local currency compared to the same period in fiscal 2019. The pandemic impacted almost all aspects of our business and forced us to quickly adapt the way we operate. As described below, we took actions to shift the majority of our workforce to a remote working environment to ensure the continuity of our business, including the sales and delivery of services to our clients, and to respond to a rapidly changing demand environment from our clients.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we enabled approximately 95% of our global workforce to work from home and suspended substantially all business travel. We continue to develop and implement our comprehensive plan to return to our and our clients’ offices where permissible, with our people’s safety and the needs of our clients guiding how we manage our phased transition.

We experienced reduced demand for our services during the second half of fiscal 2020 as some clients reprioritized and delayed certain work as a result of the pandemic, particularly in the Travel, Retail, Energy, High Tech and Industrial industries and primarily for our consulting services. We also experienced increased demand in the Public Service, Software & Platforms and Life Sciences industries and from clients across all of our industry groups in connection with their digital transformations, the adoption of cloud technologies and security-related services. In this current market, the level of revenues we achieve is based on our ability to deliver market-leading services while deploying skilled teams of professionals effectively.


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For further information on the impact to our results for fiscal 2020, please see “Summary of Results” below. For a discussion of risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, see “Our results of operations have been significantly adversely affected and could in the future be materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.” under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

Summary of Results

Revenues for fiscal 2020 increased 3% in U.S. dollars and 4% in local currency compared to fiscal 2019. This included the impact of a decline in reimbursable travel costs, which reduced revenues approximately 1%. During fiscal 2020, revenue growth in local currency was strong in Growth Markets, solid in North America and flat in Europe. We experienced local currency revenue growth that was very strong in Health & Public Service, modest in Products, Communications, Media & Technology and Financial Services and flat in Resources. Revenue growth in local currency was strong in outsourcing and modest in consulting during fiscal 2020. The business environment remained competitive, and the changes in demand have led to increased pricing pressure, particularly for our consulting services. We use the term “pricing” to mean the contract profitability or margin on the work that we sell.

In our consulting business, revenues for fiscal 2020 were flat in U.S. dollars and increased 2% in local currency compared to fiscal 2019. This included the impact of a decline in reimbursable travel costs, which reduced consulting revenues approximately 2%. Consulting revenue growth in local currency in fiscal 2020 was led by strong growth in Growth Markets and modest growth in North America, partially offset by a modest decline in Europe. Our consulting revenue continues to be driven by digital-, cloud- and security-related services and assisting clients with the adoption of new technologies. In addition, clients continue to be focused on initiatives designed to deliver cost savings and operational efficiency, as well as projects to integrate their global operations and grow and transform their businesses.

In our outsourcing business, revenues for fiscal 2020 increased 6% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency compared to fiscal 2019. Outsourcing revenue growth in local currency in fiscal 2020 was led by strong growth across all geographic markets. We continue to experience growing demand to assist clients with the operation and maintenance of digital-related services and cloud enablement. In addition, clients continue to be focused on transforming their operations to improve effectiveness and cost efficiency.

As we are a global company, our revenues are denominated in multiple currencies and may be significantly affected by currency exchange rate fluctuations. The majority of our revenues are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, including the Euro, Japanese yen, and U.K. pound. There continues to be volatility in foreign currency exchange rates. Unfavorable fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have had and could have in the future a material effect on our financial results. If the U.S. dollar weakens against other currencies, resulting in favorable currency translation, our revenues, revenue growth and results of operations in U.S. dollars may be higher. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against other currencies, resulting in unfavorable currency translation, our revenues, revenue growth and results of operations in U.S. dollars may be lower. The U.S. dollar strengthened against various currencies during fiscal 2020, resulting in unfavorable currency translation and U.S. dollar revenue growth that was approximately 1% lower than our revenue growth in local currency for the year. Assuming that exchange rates stay within recent ranges, we estimate that our fiscal 2021 revenue growth in U.S. dollars will be approximately 2% higher than our revenue growth in local currency.

The primary categories of operating expenses include Cost of services, Sales and marketing and General and administrative costs. Cost of services is primarily driven by the cost of client-service personnel, which consists mainly of compensation, subcontractor and other personnel costs, and non-payroll costs on outsourcing contracts. Cost of services includes a variety of activities such as: contract delivery; recruiting and training; software development; and integration of acquisitions. Sales and marketing costs are driven primarily by: compensation costs for business development activities; marketing- and advertising-related activities; and certain acquisition-related costs. General and administrative costs primarily include costs for non-client-facing personnel, information systems, office space and certain acquisition-related costs.

Utilization for fiscal 2020 was 90%, down from 91% in fiscal 2019. We hire to meet current and projected future demand. We proactively plan and manage the size and composition of our workforce and take actions as needed to address changes in the anticipated demand for our services and solutions, given that compensation costs are the most significant portion of our operating expenses. Our headcount, the majority of which serve our clients, increased to approximately 506,000 as of August 31, 2020, compared to approximately 492,000 as of August 31, 2019. The year-over-year increase in our headcount reflects an overall increase in demand for our services and solutions, as well as headcount added in connection with acquisitions. Attrition, excluding involuntary terminations, for fiscal 2020 was 12%, down from 17% in fiscal 2019. We evaluate voluntary attrition, adjust levels of new hiring and use involuntary terminations as means to keep our supply of skills and resources in balance with changes in client demand. In addition, we adjust compensation in certain skill sets and geographies in order to attract and retain appropriate numbers of qualified employees. For the majority of our personnel, compensation increases become effective December 1st of each fiscal year. We strive to adjust pricing and/or the mix of resources to reduce the impact of compensation increases on our margin. Our ability to grow our revenues and maintain or increase our margin could be adversely affected if we are unable to: keep our supply of skills and resources in balance with changes in the types or amounts of services and solutions clients are demanding; recover increases in compensation; deploy our employees globally on a timely basis; manage attrition; and/or effectively assimilate and utilize new employees.


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Gross margin (Revenues less Cost of services as a percentage of Revenues) for fiscal 2020 was 31.5%, compared with 30.8% for fiscal 2019. The increase in gross margin for fiscal 2020 was due to lower non-payroll costs, primarily for travel, partially offset by an increase in labor costs as a percentage of revenues compared to fiscal 2019.

Sales and marketing and General and administrative costs as a percentage of revenues were 16.8% for fiscal 2020, compared with 16.2% for fiscal 2019. For fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019, Sales and marketing costs as a percentage of revenues increased 10 basis points and General and administrative costs as a percentage of revenues increased 50 basis points, primarily due to higher technology and facilities costs.

Operating margin (Operating income as a percentage of revenues) for fiscal 2020 was 14.7%, compared with 14.6% for fiscal 2019.

During fiscal 2020, we recorded gains of $332 million and $52 million in tax expense related to our investment in Duck Creek Technologies. For additional information, see Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

We have presented our effective tax rate and diluted earnings per share excluding the impact of gains related to an investment in fiscal 2020, as we believe doing so facilitates understanding as to the impact of this item and our performance in comparison to the prior period.

Our operating income and diluted earnings per share are affected by currency exchange rate fluctuations on revenues and costs. Most of our costs are incurred in the same currency as the related revenues. Where practical, we seek to manage foreign currency exposure for costs not incurred in the same currency as the related revenues, such as the costs associated with our global delivery model, by using currency protection provisions in our customer contracts and through our hedging programs. For more information on our hedging programs, see Note 9 (Financial Instruments) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Bookings

New bookings for fiscal 2020 were $49.6 billion, with consulting bookings of $25.8 billion and outsourcing bookings of $23.7 billion, compared to $45.5 billion in fiscal 2019, with consulting bookings of $24.7 billion and outsourcing bookings of $20.8 billion.

We provide information regarding our new bookings, which include new contracts, including those acquired through acquisitions, as well as renewals, extensions and changes to existing contracts, because we believe doing so provides useful trend information regarding changes in the volume of our new business over time. New bookings can vary significantly quarter to quarter depending in part on the timing of the signing of a small number of large outsourcing contracts. The types of services and solutions clients are demanding and the pace and level of their spending may impact the conversion of new bookings to revenues. For example, outsourcing bookings, which are typically for multi-year contracts, generally convert to revenue over a longer period of time compared to consulting bookings.

Information regarding our new bookings is not comparable to, nor should it be substituted for, an analysis of our revenues over time. New bookings involve estimates and judgments. There are no third-party standards or requirements governing the calculation of bookings. We do not update our new bookings for material subsequent terminations or reductions related to bookings originally recorded in prior fiscal years. New bookings are recorded using then-existing foreign currency exchange rates and are not subsequently adjusted for foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

The majority of our contracts are terminable by the client on short notice with little or no termination penalties, and some without notice. Only the non-cancelable portion of these contracts is included in the performance obligations disclosed in Note 2 (Revenues) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." Accordingly, a significant portion of what we consider contract bookings is not included in our remaining performance obligations.


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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. We continually evaluate our estimates, judgments and assumptions based on available information and experience. Because the use of estimates is inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain of our accounting policies require higher degrees of judgment than others in their application. These include certain aspects of accounting for revenue recognition and income taxes.

Revenue Recognition

Determining the method and amount of revenue to recognize requires us to make judgments and estimates. Specifically, complex arrangements with nonstandard terms and conditions may require contract interpretation to determine the appropriate accounting, including whether promised goods and services specified in an arrangement are distinct performance obligations and should be accounted for separately. Other judgments include determining whether performance obligations are satisfied over-time or at a point-in-time and the selection of the method to measure progress towards completion.

We measure progress towards completion for technology integration consulting services using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion. Revenues, including estimated fees, are recorded proportionally as costs are incurred. The amount of revenue recognized for these contracts in a period is dependent on our ability to estimate total contract costs. We continually evaluate our estimates of total contract costs based on available information and experience.

Additionally, the nature of our contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including incentive fees. Many contracts include incentives or penalties related to costs incurred, benefits produced or adherence to schedules that may increase the variability in revenues and margins earned on such contracts. We conduct reviews prior to signing such contracts to evaluate whether these incentives are reasonably achievable. Our estimates are monitored over the lives of our contracts and are based on an assessment of our anticipated performance, historical experience and other information available at the time.

For additional information, see Note 2 (Revenues) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which significantly changed U.S. tax law. The Tax Act lowered the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018, resulting in a blended U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 25.7% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2018 and a U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 21.0% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2019. The Tax Act’s “base erosion and anti-abuse tax” provision, and regulations issued thereunder, adversely impact our effective tax rate by limiting our ability to deduct certain expenses.

Determining the consolidated provision for income tax expense, income tax liabilities and deferred tax assets and liabilities involves judgment. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, measured using enacted tax rates, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement bases of assets and liabilities. As a global company, we calculate and provide for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate. This involves estimating current tax exposures in each jurisdiction as well as making judgments regarding the recoverability of deferred tax assets. Tax exposures can involve complex issues and may require an extended period to resolve. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized and adjust the valuation allowances accordingly. Factors considered in making this determination include the period of expiration of the tax asset, planned use of the tax asset, tax planning strategies and historical and projected taxable income as well as tax liabilities for the tax jurisdiction in which the tax asset is located. Valuation allowances will be subject to change in each future reporting period as a result of changes in one or more of these factors. Changes in the geographic mix or estimated level of annual income before taxes can affect the overall effective tax rate.

We apply an estimated annual effective tax rate to our quarterly operating results to determine the interim provision for income tax expense. A change in judgment that impacts the measurement of a tax position taken in a prior year is recognized as a discrete item in the interim period in which the change occurs. In the event there is a significant unusual or infrequent item recognized in our quarterly operating results, the tax attributable to that item is recorded in the interim period in which it occurs. We release stranded tax effects from Accumulated other comprehensive loss using the specific identification approach for our defined benefit plans and the portfolio approach for other items.


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No taxes have been provided on undistributed foreign earnings that are planned to be indefinitely reinvested. If future events, including material changes in estimates of cash, working capital and long-term investment requirements, necessitate that these earnings be distributed, an additional provision for taxes may apply, which could materially affect our future effective tax rate. We currently do not foresee any event that would require us to distribute these indefinitely reinvested earnings. For additional information, see Note 11 (Income Taxes) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

As a matter of course, we are regularly audited by various taxing authorities, and sometimes these audits result in proposed assessments where the ultimate resolution may result in us owing additional taxes. We establish tax liabilities or reduce tax assets when, despite our belief that our tax return positions are appropriate and supportable under local tax law, we believe we may not succeed in realizing the tax benefit of certain positions if challenged. In evaluating a tax position, we determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Our estimate of the ultimate tax liability contains assumptions based on past experiences, judgments about potential actions by taxing jurisdictions as well as judgments about the likely outcome of issues that have been raised by taxing jurisdictions. The tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement. We evaluate tax positions each quarter and adjust the related tax liabilities or assets in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the progress of a tax audit or the expiration of a statute of limitations. We believe the estimates and assumptions used to support our evaluation of tax positions are reasonable. However, final determinations of prior-year tax liabilities, either by settlement with tax authorities or expiration of statutes of limitations, could be materially different from estimates reflected in assets and liabilities and historical income tax provisions. The outcome of these final determinations could have a material effect on our income tax provision, net income, or cash flows in the period in which that determination is made. We believe our tax positions comply with applicable tax law and that we have adequately accounted for these positions.

Revenues by Segment/Geographic Market

Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five industry groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources. See Note 7 (Goodwill and Intangible Assets) and Note 16 (Segment Reporting) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for further details regarding the change in our reportable segments.

In addition to reporting revenues by geographic markets, we also report revenues by two types of work: consulting and outsourcing, which represent the services sold by our geographic markets. Consulting revenues, which include strategy, management and technology consulting and technology integration consulting, reflect a finite, distinct project or set of projects with a defined outcome and typically a defined set of specific deliverables. Outsourcing revenues typically reflect ongoing, repeatable services or capabilities provided to transition, run and/or manage operations of client systems or business functions.

From time to time, our geographic markets work together to sell and implement certain contracts. The resulting revenues and costs from these contracts may be apportioned among the participating geographic markets. Generally, operating expenses for each geographic market have similar characteristics and are subject to the same factors, pressures and challenges. However, the economic environment and its effects on the industries served by our geographic markets affect revenues and operating expenses within our geographic markets to differing degrees. The mix between consulting and outsourcing is not uniform among our geographic markets. Local currency fluctuations also tend to affect our geographic markets differently, depending on the geographic concentrations and locations of their businesses.

While we provide discussion about our results of operations below, we cannot measure how much of our revenue growth in a particular period is attributable to changes in price or volume. Management does not track standard measures of unit or rate volume. Instead, our measures of volume and price are extremely complex, as each of our services contracts is unique, reflecting a customized mix of specific services that does not fit into standard comparability measurements. Revenue for our services is a function of the nature of each service to be provided, the skills required and the outcome sought, as well as estimated cost, risk, contract terms and other factors.


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Results of Operations for Fiscal 2020 Compared to Fiscal 2019

Revenues by geographic market, industry group and type of work are as follows:


	Fiscal						Percent Increase (Decrease) U.S. Dollars		Percent Increase Local Currency		Percent of Total Revenues for Fiscal
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	2020		2019 (1)								2020		2019 (1)
GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS
North America	$	20,982	$	19,986	5	%	5	%	47	%	46	%
Europe	14,402		14,696		(2)		—		32		34
Growth Markets	8,943		8,533		5		8		20		20
TOTAL REVENUES	$	44,327	$	43,215	3	%	4	%	100	%	100	%
INDUSTRY GROUPS
Communications, Media & Technology	$	8,883	$	8,757	1	%	3	%	20	%	20	%
Financial Services	8,518		8,494		—		2		19		20
Health & Public Service	8,023		7,161		12		13		18		17
Products	12,272		12,005		2		3		28		28
Resources	6,612		6,772		(2)		—		15		16
Other	19		26		n/m		n/m		—		—
TOTAL REVENUES	$	44,327	$	43,215	3	%	4	%	100	%	100	%
TYPE OF WORK
Consulting	$	24,227	$	24,177	—	%	2	%	55	%	56	%
Outsourcing	20,100		19,038		6		7		45		44
TOTAL REVENUES	$	44,327	$	43,215	3	%	4	%	100	%	100	%

n/m = not meaningful

Amounts in table may not total due to rounding

(1)Effective September 1, 2019 we revised the reporting of our geographic markets for the movement of one country from Growth Markets to Europe. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

Revenues

Revenues were impacted by a reduction of approximately 1% from a decline in revenues from reimbursable travel costs in fiscal 2020 across all markets. The following revenues commentary discusses local currency revenue changes for fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019:

Geographic Markets

•North America revenues increased 5% in local currency, led by growth in Public Service, Life Sciences, Software & Platforms, Health and Banking & Capital Markets. These increases were partially offset by declines in Chemicals & Natural Resources and High Tech. Revenue growth was driven by the United States.

•Europe revenues were flat in local currency, led by growth in Life Sciences, Software & Platforms, Chemicals & Natural Resources and Health. These increases were partially offset by declines in Banking & Capital Markets, Consumer Goods, Retail & Travel Services and High Tech. Revenues were led by growth in Italy and Germany, partially offset by declines in the United Kingdom, Spain and France.

•Growth Markets revenues increased 8% in local currency, led by growth in Software & Platforms, Banking & Capital Markets, Public Service, Chemicals & Natural Resources, Industrial and Life Sciences. Revenue growth was driven by Japan, as well as Brazil.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses for fiscal 2020 increased $903 million, or 2%, over fiscal 2019, and decreased as a percentage of revenues to 85.3% from 85.4% during this period.


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Operating expenses by category are as follows:


	Fiscal
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	2020						2019				Increase (Decrease)
Operating Expenses	$	37,813	85.3	%	$	36,910	85.4	%	$	903
Cost of services	30,351		68.5	%	29,900		69.2	%	451
Sales and marketing	4,626		10.4	%	4,447		10.3	%	178
General and administrative costs	2,837		6.4	%	2,562		5.9	%	274

Amounts in table may not total due to rounding.

Cost of Services

Cost of services for fiscal 2020 increased $451 million, or 2%, over fiscal 2019, and decreased as a percentage of revenues to 68.5% from 69.2% during this period. Gross margin for fiscal 2020 increased to 31.5% from 30.8% in fiscal 2019. The increase in gross margin for fiscal 2020 was primarily due to lower non-payroll costs, primarily for travel, partially offset by an increase in labor costs as a percentage of revenues compared to fiscal 2019.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expense for fiscal 2020 increased $178 million, or 4%, over fiscal 2019, and increased as a percentage of revenues to 10.4% from 10.3% during this period.

General and Administrative Costs

General and administrative costs for fiscal 2020 increased $274 million, or 11%, over fiscal 2019, and increased as a percentage of revenues to 6.4% from 5.9% during this period. The increase as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to higher technology and facilities costs compared to fiscal 2019.

Operating Income and Operating Margin

Operating income for fiscal 2020 increased $209 million, or 3%, over fiscal 2019. Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five industry groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources.

Operating income and operating margin for each of the geographic markets are as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020						2019
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	Operating Income		Operating Margin		Operating Income		Operating Margin		Increase (Decrease)
North America	$	3,170	15	%	$	3,107	16	%	$	62
Europe	1,799		12	%	2,013		14		(214)
Growth Markets	1,545		17	%	1,184		14		360
TOTAL	$	6,514	14.7	%	$	6,305	14.6	%	$	209

Amounts in table may not total due to rounding.

We estimate that the aggregate percentage impact of foreign currency exchange rates on our operating income during fiscal 2020 was similar to that disclosed for revenue for each geographic market. The reduction in travel costs during fiscal 2020 had a favorable impact on operating income. The commentary below provides insight into other factors affecting geographic market performance and operating income for fiscal 2020 compared with fiscal 2019:

•North America operating income increased primarily due to revenue growth, partially offset by lower outsourcing contract profitability and higher sales and marketing costs as a percentage of revenues.

•Europe operating income decreased due to lower consulting contract profitability and higher sales and marketing costs as a percentage of revenues.

•Growth Markets operating income increased primarily due to revenue growth and higher contract profitability.


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Other Income (Expense), net

Other income (expense), net primarily consists of foreign currency gains and losses, non-operating components of pension expense, as well as gains and losses associated with our investments. During fiscal 2020, other income (expense) increased $342 million over fiscal 2019, primarily due to gains of $332 million related to our investment in Duck Creek Technologies. For additional information, see Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Income Tax Expense

The effective tax rate for fiscal 2020 was 23.5%, compared with 22.5% for fiscal 2019. Absent the $332 million gains on an investment and related $52 million in tax expense, our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020 would have been 23.9%. The higher effective tax rate for fiscal 2020 was primarily due to lower benefits from final determinations of prior year taxes and the phased-in effects of U.S. tax reform, partially offset by higher tax benefits from share-based payments. For additional information, see Note 11 (Income Taxes) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests reflects the income earned or expense incurred attributable to the equity interest that some current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees have in our Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. subsidiary. See “Business—Organizational Structure.” Noncontrolling interests also includes amounts primarily attributable to noncontrolling shareholders in our Avanade Inc. subsidiary. Net income attributable to Accenture plc represents the income attributable to the shareholders of Accenture plc.

Earnings Per Share

Diluted earnings per share were $7.89 for fiscal 2020, compared with $7.36 for fiscal 2019. The $280 million gains on an investment, net of taxes, increased diluted earnings per share by $0.43 in fiscal 2020. Excluding the impact of these gains, diluted earnings per share would have been $7.46 for fiscal 2020. For information regarding our earnings per share calculations, see Note 3 (Earnings Per Share) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

The increase in diluted earnings per share is due to the following factors:


Earnings Per Share	Fiscal 2020
FY19 As Reported	$	7.36
Gains on an investment, net of tax	0.43
Revenue and operating results	0.24
Lower share count	0.03
Net Income attributable to non-controlling interest	(0.01)
Non-operating income	(0.02)
Higher effective tax rate	(0.14)
FY20 As Reported	$	7.89

Results of Operations for Fiscal 2019 Compared to Fiscal 2018

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019 includes a discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended August 31, 2018 in Item 7 of Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations, available cash reserves and debt capacity available under various credit facilities. We could raise additional funds through other public or private debt or equity financings. We may use our available or additional funds to, among other things:

•facilitate purchases, redemptions and exchanges of shares and pay dividends;

•acquire complementary businesses or technologies;

•take advantage of opportunities, including more rapid expansion; or

•develop new services and solutions.

As of August 31, 2020, Cash and cash equivalents were $8.4 billion, compared with $6.1 billion as of August 31, 2019.

Cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as reflected in our Consolidated Cash Flows Statements, are summarized in the following table:


	Fiscal						Change
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	2020		2019
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	8,215	$	6,627	$	1,588
Investing activities	(1,895)		(1,756)		(139)
Financing activities	(4,049)		(3,767)		(282)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	17		(39)		56
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	2,288	$	1,065	$	1,223

Operating activities: The $1,588 million increase in operating cash flows was due to higher net income and changes in operating assets and liabilities, including higher collections on net client balances (receivables from clients, contract assets and deferred revenues).

Investing activities: The $139 million increase in cash used was due to higher spending on business acquisitions, partially offset by increased proceeds from investments. For additional information, see Note 6 (Business Combinations) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Financing activities: The $282 million increase in cash used was primarily due to an increase in the net purchases of shares as well as an increase in cash dividends paid, partially offset by an increase in net proceeds from share issuances. For additional information, see Note 14 (Shareholders’ Equity) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

We believe that our current and longer-term working capital, investments and other general corporate funding requirements will be satisfied for the next twelve months and thereafter through cash flows from operations and, to the extent necessary, from our borrowing facilities and future financial market activities.

Substantially all of our cash is held in jurisdictions where there are no regulatory restrictions or material tax effects on the free flow of funds. In addition, domestic cash inflows for our Irish parent, principally dividend distributions from lower-tier subsidiaries, have been sufficient to meet our historic cash requirements, and we expect this to continue into the future.

Borrowing Facilities

See Note 10 (Borrowings and Indebtedness) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Share Purchases and Redemptions

We intend to continue to use a significant portion of cash generated from operations for share repurchases during fiscal 2021. The number of shares ultimately repurchased under our open-market share purchase program may vary depending on numerous factors, including, without limitation, share price and other market conditions, our ongoing capital allocation planning, the levels of cash and debt balances, other demands for cash, such as acquisition activity, general economic and/or business conditions, and board and management discretion. Additionally, as these factors may change over the course of the year, the amount of share repurchase activity during any particular period cannot be predicted and may fluctuate from time to time. Share repurchases may be made from time to time through open-market purchases, in respect of purchases and redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares, through the use of Rule 10b5-1 plans and/or by


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other means. The repurchase program may be accelerated, suspended, delayed or discontinued at any time, without notice. For additional information, see Note 14 (Shareholders’ Equity) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Subsequent Events

See Note 14 (Shareholders’ Equity) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Obligations and Commitments

As of August 31, 2020, we had the following obligations and commitments to make future payments under contracts, contractual obligations and commercial commitments:


	Payments due by period
Contractual Cash Obligations (1)	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
Long-term debt and related interest	$	75	$	8	$	17	$	8	$	43
Operating leases	3,949		771		1,202		828		1,149
Retirement obligations (2)	91		10		20		19		42
Purchase obligations and other commitments (3)	348		203		100		40		5
Total	$	4,463	$	992	$	1,339	$	895	$	1,239

Amounts in table may not total due to rounding.

(1)The liability related to unrecognized tax benefits has been excluded from the contractual obligations table because a reasonable estimate of the timing and amount of cash outflows from future tax settlements cannot be determined. For additional information, see Note 11 (Income Taxes) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

(2)Amounts represent projected payments under certain unfunded retirement plans for former pre-incorporation partners. Given these plans are unfunded, we pay these benefits directly. These plans were eliminated for active partners after May 15, 2001.

(3)Other commitments include, among other things, information technology, software support and maintenance obligations, as well as other obligations in the ordinary course of business that we cannot cancel or where we would be required to pay a termination fee in the event of cancellation. Amounts shown do not include recourse that we may have to recover termination fees or penalties from clients.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business and in conjunction with some client engagements, we have entered into contractual arrangements through which we may be obligated to indemnify clients with respect to certain matters. To date, we have not been required to make any significant payment under any of these arrangements. For further discussion of these transactions, see Note 15 (Commitments and Contingencies) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”


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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

All of our market risk sensitive instruments were entered into for purposes other than trading.

Foreign Currency Risk

We are exposed to foreign currency risk in the ordinary course of business. We hedge material cash flow exposures when feasible using forward contracts. These instruments are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and credit risk. Credit risk is managed through careful selection and ongoing evaluation of the financial institutions utilized as counterparties.

Certain of these hedge positions are undesignated hedges of balance sheet exposures such as intercompany loans and typically have maturities of less than one year. These hedges—primarily U.S. dollar/Euro, U.S. dollar/Japanese yen, U.S. dollar/Indian rupee, U.S. dollar/Swiss franc, U.S. dollar/Australian dollar, U.S. dollar/U.K. pound, U.S. dollar/Philippine peso and U.S. dollar/Singapore dollar—are intended to offset remeasurement of the underlying assets and liabilities. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Income Statements. Additionally, we have hedge positions that are designated cash flow hedges of certain intercompany charges relating to our global delivery model. These hedges—U.S. dollar/Indian rupee, U.S. dollar/Philippine peso, U.K. pound/Indian rupee, Euro/Indian rupee, Australian dollar/Indian rupee and Japanese yen/Chinese yuan, which typically have maturities not exceeding three years—are intended to partially offset the impact of foreign currency movements on future costs relating to our global delivery resources. For additional information, see Note 9 (Financial Instruments) to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

For designated cash flow hedges, gains and losses currently recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are expected to be reclassified into earnings at the time when certain anticipated intercompany charges are accrued as Cost of services. As of August 31, 2020, it was anticipated that approximately $62 million of net gains, net of tax, currently recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into Cost of services within the next 12 months.

We use sensitivity analysis to determine the effects that market foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations may have on the fair value of our hedge portfolio. The sensitivity of the hedge portfolio is computed based on the market value of future cash flows as affected by changes in exchange rates. This sensitivity analysis represents the hypothetical changes in value of the hedge position and does not reflect the offsetting gain or loss on the underlying exposure. A 10% change in the levels of foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar (or other base currency of the hedge if not a U.S. dollar hedge) with all other variables held constant would have resulted in a change in the fair value of our hedge instruments of approximately $592 million and $509 million as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Interest Rate Risk

The interest rate risk associated with our borrowing and investing activities as of August 31, 2020 is not material in relation to our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. While we may do so in the future, we have not used derivative financial instruments to alter the interest rate characteristics of our investment holdings or debt instruments.

Equity Investment Risk

Our non-marketable and marketable equity securities are subject to a wide variety of market-related risks that could substantially reduce or increase the fair value of our investments.

Our non-marketable equity securities are investments in privately held companies which are often in a start-up or development stage, which is inherently risky. The technologies or products these companies have under development are typically in the early stages and may never materialize, which could result in a loss of a substantial part of our investment in these companies. The evaluation of privately held companies is based on information that we request from these companies, which is not subject to the same disclosure regulations as U.S. publicly traded companies, and as such, the basis for these evaluations is subject to the timing and accuracy of the data received from these companies. We have minimal exposure on our long-term investments in privately held companies as these investments were not material in relation to our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows as of August 31, 2020.


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We record our marketable equity securities not accounted for under the equity method at fair value based on readily determinable market values.

The carrying values of our investments accounted for under the equity method generally do not fluctuate based on market price changes, however these investments could be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the fair value.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and financial statements commencing on page F-1, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of Accenture plc have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

i.pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;


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ii.provide reasonable assurance that the transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and our Board of Directors; and

iii.provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

Due to its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate due to changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on its evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and, as part of their audit, has issued its attestation report, included herein, on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. See “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” on page F-2.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.


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Part III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors from those described in the proxy statement for our 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on December 10, 2019.

Information about our executive officers is contained in the discussion entitled “Information about our Executive Officers” in Part I of this Form 10-K. The remaining information called for by Item 10 will be included in the sections captioned “Appointment of Directors,” “Corporate Governance” and “Beneficial Ownership” included in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Accenture plc to be held on February 3, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Accenture plc will file such definitive proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of our 2020 fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information called for by Item 11 will be included in the sections captioned “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation” included in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Accenture plc to be held on February 3, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Accenture plc will file such definitive proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of our 2020 fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.


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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth, as of August 31, 2020, certain information related to our compensation plans under which Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares may be issued.


Plan Category	Number of Shares to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights		Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (3)		Number of Shares Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in 1st Column)
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders:
2001 Share Incentive Plan	50,340	(1)	$	—	—
Amended and Restated 2010 Share Incentive Plan	18,243,498	(2)	—		25,216,854
Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan	—		N/A		25,043,778
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders	—		N/A		—
Total	18,293,838				50,260,632

(1)Consists of 50,340 restricted share units.

(2)Consists of 18,243,498 restricted share units, with performance-based awards assuming maximum performance.

(3)Restricted share units have no exercise price.

The remaining information called for by Item 12 will be included in the section captioned “Beneficial Ownership” included in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Accenture plc to be held on February 3, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Accenture plc will file such definitive proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of our 2020 fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information called for by Item 13 will be included in the section captioned “Corporate Governance” included in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Accenture plc to be held on February 3, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Accenture plc will file such definitive proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of our 2020 fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.


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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees And Services

The information called for by Item 14 will be included in the section captioned “Audit Matters” included in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Accenture plc to be held on February 3, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Accenture plc will file such definitive proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of our 2020 fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.


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Part IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a) List of documents filed as part of this report:

1. Financial Statements as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019 and for the three years ended August 31, 2020—Included in Part II of this Form 10-K:

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Consolidated Income Statements

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements

Consolidated Cash Flows Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

2. Financial Statement Schedules:

None

3. Exhibit Index:


Exhibit Number						Exhibit
3.1						Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Accenture plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Accenture plc’s 8-K filed on February 7, 2018)
3.2						Certificate of Incorporation of Accenture plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Accenture plc’s 8-K12B filed on September 1, 2009 (the “8-K12B”))
4.1						Description of Accenture plc’s Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 .1 to Accenture plc’s 10 -K filed on August 31, 2019 )
10.1						Form of Voting Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2001, among Accenture Ltd and the covered persons party thereto as amended and restated as of February 3, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9.1 to the Accenture Ltd February 28, 2005 10-Q (File No. 001-16565))
10.2						Assumption Agreement of the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated September 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the 8-K12B)
10.3*						Form of Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2001, among Accenture Ltd and certain employees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Accenture Ltd Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-59194) filed on April 19, 2001)
10.4						Assumption and General Amendment Agreement between Accenture plc and Accenture Ltd, dated September 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the 8-K12B)
10.5*						2001 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Accenture Ltd Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-59194) filed on July 12, 2001)
10.6*						Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Accenture plc’s 8-K filed on January 30, 2020)
10.7*						Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Accenture plc’s 8-K filed on February 3, 2016)
10.8						Form of Support Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2001, between Accenture Ltd and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Accenture Ltd Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (the “July 2, 2001 Form S-1/A”))
10.9						First Supplemental Agreement to Support Agreement among Accenture plc, Accenture Ltd and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc., dated September 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the 8-K12B)
10.10*						Form of Employment Agreement of executive officers in the United States (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the February 28, 2013 10-Q)


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10.11*						Form of Employment Agreement of executive officers in the United Kingdom (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the August 31, 2013 10-K)
10.12*						Form of Employment Agreement of executive officers in Singapore (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the August 31, 2015 10-K)
10.13						Form of Articles of Association of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the July 2, 2001 Form S-1/A)
10.14						Articles of Amendment to Articles of Association of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the August 31, 2013 10-K)
10.15						Form of Exchange Trust Agreement by and between Accenture Ltd and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, made as of May 23, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the July 2, 2001 Form S-1/A)
10.16						First Supplemental Agreement to Exchange Trust Agreement among Accenture plc, Accenture Ltd, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. and Accenture Inc., dated September 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the 8-K12B)
10.17*						Form of Key Executive Performance-Based Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the February 28, 2019 10-Q)
10.18*						Form of Key Executive Performance-Based Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the February 29, 2020 10-Q)
10.19*						Form of Accenture Leadership Performance Equity Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the February 28, 2018 10-Q)
10.20*						Form of Accenture Leadership Performance Equity Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the February 28, 2019 10-Q)
10.21*						Form of Accenture Leadership Performance Equity Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the February 29, 2020 10-Q)
10.22*						Form of Voluntary Equity Investment Program Matching Grant Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the February 28, 2019 10-Q)
10.23*						Form of Voluntary Equity Investment Program Matching Grant Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the February 29, 2020 10-Q)
10.24*						Form of CEO Discretionary Grant Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the February 28, 2018 10-Q)
10.25*						Form of CEO Discretionary Grant Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the February 28, 2019 10-Q)
10.26*						Form of CEO Discretionary Grant Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the February 29, 2020 10-Q)
10.27*						Form of Next Generation Leadership Performance-Based Award Restricted Share Unit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the February 29, 2020 10-Q)
10.28*						Accenture LLP Leadership Separation Benefits Plan (filed herewith)
10.29*						Description of Global Annual Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the August 31, 2017 10-K)
10.30*						Form of Indemnification Agreement, between Accenture Inc. and the indemnitee party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the August 31, 2018 10-K)
21.1						Subsidiaries of the Registrant (filed herewith)
23.1						Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)
23.2						Consent of KPMG LLP related to the Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (filed herewith)
24.1						Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
31.1						Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
31.2						Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.1						Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
32.2						Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
99.1						Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan Financial Statements (filed herewith)


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101						The following financial information from Accenture plc’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, (ii) Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (iv) Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (v) Consolidated Cash Flows Statements for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
104						The cover page from Accenture plc’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101)


(*)			Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this report are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by us in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

Not applicable.


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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf on October 22, 2020 by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


ACCENTURE PLC

By:			/s/ JULIE SWEET
			Name: Julie Sweet Title: Chief Executive Officer

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Julie Sweet, KC McClure and Joel Unruch, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the registrant to comply with the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of the registrant and the name of the undersigned, individually and in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the registrant, to the Annual Report as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to any and all amendments thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part thereof or in connection therewith; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on October 22, 2020 by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.


Signature						Title

/s/ JULIE SWEET						Chief Executive Officer and Director
Julie Sweet						(principal executive officer)

/s/ KC MCCLURE						Chief Financial Officer
KC McClure						(principal financial officer)

/s/ RICHARD P. CLARK						Chief Accounting Officer
Richard P. Clark						(principal accounting officer)

/s/ DAVID P. ROWLAND						Executive Chairman of the Board and Director
David P. Rowland

/s/ GILLES C. PÉLISSON						Lead Director
Gilles C. Pélisson

/s/ JAIME ARDILA						Director
Jaime Ardila


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/s/ HERBERT HAINER						Director
Herbert Hainer

/s/ NANCY MCKINSTRY						Director
Nancy McKinstry

/s/ PAULA A. PRICE						Director
Paula A. Price

/s/ VENKATA S.M. RENDUCHINTALA						Director
Venkata S.M. Renduchintala

/s/ ARUN SARIN						Director
Arun Sarin

/s/ FRANK K. TANG						Director
Frank K. Tang

/s/ TRACEY T. TRAVIS						Director
Tracey T. Travis


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Accenture Plc

Index To Consolidated Financial Statements



						Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm						F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018:
Consolidated Balance Sheets						F-5
Consolidated Income Statements						F-6
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income						F-7
Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements						F-8
Consolidated Cash Flows Statements						F-11
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements						F-12


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

Accenture plc:

Opinions on the Consolidated Financial Statements and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Accenture plc (and subsidiaries) (the Company) as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2020 based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases effective September 1, 2019 due to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases, and related updates, which established Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842, Leases.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the


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company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Estimated costs to complete certain technology integration consulting services contracts

As discussed in Notes 1 and 2 to the consolidated financial statements, revenues from contracts for technology integration consulting services where the Company designs, builds, and implements new or enhanced system applications and related processes for its clients are recognized over time since control of the system is transferred continuously to the client. Generally, revenue is recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying the Company’s performance obligations, which typically occurs over time periods ranging from six months to two years.

We identified the evaluation of estimated costs to complete certain technology integration consulting services contracts as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was required to evaluate the estimate of costs to complete the contracts.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls over the Company’s process for estimating costs to complete technology integration consulting services contracts, including controls over the estimate of costs to complete the contracts. We tested the estimated costs to complete for certain technology integration consulting services contracts by evaluating:

•the scope of the work and timing of delivery for consistency with the underlying contractual terms;

•the estimated costs to complete in relation to progress toward satisfying the Company's performance obligations, based on internal and customer-facing information;

•changes to estimated costs, if any, including the amount and timing of the change based on internal information or contractual changes; and

•actual costs incurred subsequent to the balance sheet date to assess if they were consistent with the estimate for that time period.

We evaluated the Company’s ability to estimate costs by comparing estimates developed at contract inception to actual costs ultimately incurred to satisfy the performance obligation.

Unrecognized tax benefits

As discussed in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has $1,239 million of unrecognized tax benefits as of August 31, 2020. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recognizes tax positions when it believes such positions are more likely than not of being sustained if challenged. Recognized tax positions are measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. The Company uses estimates and assumptions in determining the amount of unrecognized tax benefits.

We identified the evaluation of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits related to transfer pricing and certain other intercompany transactions as a critical audit matter. Complex auditor judgment was required in evaluating the Company’s interpretation of tax law and its analysis of the recognition and measurement of its tax positions.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls over the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits process, including controls over transfer pricing and certain other intercompany transactions. We involved tax and transfer pricing professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:


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•evaluating the Company’s interpretation of tax laws and income tax consequences of intercompany transactions, including internal restructurings and intra-entity transfers of assets;

•assessing transfer pricing studies for compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

•analyzing the Company’s tax positions, including the methodology over the measurement of unrecognized tax benefits related to transfer pricing;

•evaluating the Company’s determination of unrecognized tax benefits, including the associated effect in other jurisdictions; and

•inspecting settlements with applicable taxing authorities.

In addition, we evaluated the Company’s ability to estimate its unrecognized tax benefits by comparing historical unrecognized tax benefits to actual results upon the conclusion of examinations by applicable taxing authorities.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002.

Chicago, Illinois

October 22, 2020

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Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts)

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

August 31, 2020 and 2019


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,415,330	$	6,126,853
Short-term investments	94,309		3,313
Receivables and contract assets	7,846,892		8,095,071
Other current assets	1,393,225		1,225,364
Total current assets	17,749,756		15,450,601
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Contract assets	43,257		71,002
Investments	324,514		240,313
Property and equipment, net	1,545,568		1,391,166
Lease assets	3,183,346		—
Goodwill	7,709,820		6,205,550
Deferred contract costs	723,168		681,492
Deferred tax assets	4,153,146		4,349,464
Other non-current assets	1,646,018		1,400,292
Total non-current assets	19,328,837		14,339,279
TOTAL ASSETS	$	37,078,593	$	29,789,880
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current portion of long-term debt and bank borrowings	$	7,820	$	6,411
Accounts payable	1,349,874		1,646,641
Deferred revenues	3,636,741		3,188,835
Accrued payroll and related benefits	5,083,950		4,890,542
Income taxes payable	453,542		378,017
Lease liabilities	756,057		—
Accrued consumption taxes	662,409		446,699
Other accrued liabilities	712,197		504,751
Total current liabilities	12,662,590		11,061,896
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Long-term debt	54,052		16,247
Deferred revenues	690,931		565,224
Retirement obligation	1,859,444		1,765,914
Deferred tax liabilities	179,703		133,232
Income taxes payable	930,695		892,688
Lease liabilities	2,667,584		—
Other non-current liabilities	534,421		526,988
Total non-current liabilities	6,916,830		3,900,293
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Ordinary shares, par value 1.00 euros per share, 40,000 shares authorized and issued as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019	57		57
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share, 20,000,000,000 shares authorized, 658,548,895 and 654,739,267 shares issued as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively	15		15
Class X ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 527,509 and 609,404 shares issued and outstanding as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively	—		—
Restricted share units	1,585,302		1,411,903
Additional paid-in capital	7,167,227		5,804,448
Treasury shares, at cost: Ordinary, 40,000 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019; Class A ordinary, 24,383,369 and 18,964,863 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively	(2,565,761)		(1,388,376)
Retained earnings	12,375,533		10,421,538
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,561,837)		(1,840,577)
Total Accenture plc shareholders’ equity	17,000,536		14,409,008
Noncontrolling interests	498,637		418,683
Total shareholders’ equity	17,499,173		14,827,691
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	37,078,593	$	29,789,880

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts)

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Consolidated Income Statements

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	2020		2019		2018
REVENUES:
Revenues	$	44,327,039	$	43,215,013	$	40,992,534
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of services	30,350,881		29,900,325		28,499,170
Sales and marketing	4,625,929		4,447,456		4,196,201
General and administrative costs	2,836,585		2,562,158		2,398,384

Total operating expenses	37,813,395		36,909,939		35,093,755
OPERATING INCOME	6,513,644		6,305,074		5,898,779
Interest income	69,331		87,508		56,337
Interest expense	(33,071)		(22,963)		(19,539)
Other income (expense), net	224,427		(117,822)		(127,484)


INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	6,774,331		6,251,797		5,808,093
Income tax expense	1,589,018		1,405,556		1,593,499
NET INCOME	5,185,313		4,846,241		4,214,594
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc.	(6,325)		(6,694)		(95,063)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests – other	(71,149)		(60,435)		(59,624)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC	$	5,107,839	$	4,779,112	$	4,059,907
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
Basic	636,299,913		638,098,125		628,451,742
Diluted	647,797,003		650,204,873		655,296,150
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
Basic	$	8.03	$	7.49	$	6.46
Diluted	$	7.89	$	7.36	$	6.34
Cash dividends per share	$	3.20	$	2.92	$	2.66

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

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Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	2020		2019		2018
NET INCOME	$	5,185,313	$	4,846,241	$	4,214,594
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX:
Foreign currency translation	197,696		(132,707)		(305,225)
Defined benefit plans	57,100		(253,039)		21,335
Cash flow hedges	24,721		123,003		(198,645)
Investments	(777)		(1,663)		1,148
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC	278,740		(264,406)		(481,387)
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	8,243		(6,749)		(2,233)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	5,472,296	$	4,575,086	$	3,730,974

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC	$	5,386,579	$	4,514,706	$	3,578,520
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	85,717		60,380		152,454
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	5,472,296	$	4,575,086	$	3,730,974

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars and share amounts)

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Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	Ordinary Shares					Class A Ordinary Shares				Class X Ordinary Shares						Restricted Share Units		Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Shares								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Total Accenture plc Shareholders’ Equity	Noncontrolling Interests	Total Shareholders’ Equity
	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares					$			No. Shares			Retained Earnings
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	57	40	$	14	638,966	$	—	20,531	$	1,095,026	$	3,516,399	$	(1,649,090)	(23,449)		$	7,081,855	$	(1,094,784)	$	8,949,477	$	760,723	$	9,710,200
Net income																		4,059,907				4,059,907		154,687		4,214,594
Other comprehensive income (loss)																				(481,387)		(481,387)		(2,233)		(483,620)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares												49,766		(2,554,084)		(16,706)						(2,504,318)		(49,766)		(2,554,084)
Cancellation of treasury shares						(11,621)						(206,782)		1,582,067		11,621		(1,375,285)				—				—
Share-based compensation expense										913,801		63,107										976,908				976,908
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares									(821)			(80,169)										(80,169)		(4,841)		(85,010)
Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:
Employee share programs						10,077				(829,085)		1,132,024		504,159		4,201		(68,656)				738,442		14,704		753,146
Upon redemption of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares				1		25,906			(19,054)			408,652										408,653		(408,653)		—
Dividends										54,881								(1,725,953)				(1,671,072)		(37,652)		(1,708,724)
Other, net												(12,233)						(19,455)				(31,688)		(67,134)		(98,822)
Balance as of August 31, 2018	$	57	40	$	15	663,328	$	—	656	$	1,234,623	$	4,870,764	$	(2,116,948)	(24,333)		$	7,952,413	$	(1,576,171)	$	10,364,753	$	359,835	$	10,724,588

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars and share amounts)

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Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements — (continued)

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	Ordinary Shares					Class A Ordinary Shares				Class X Ordinary Shares						Restricted Share Units		Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Shares								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Total Accenture plc Shareholders’ Equity	Noncontrolling Interests	Total Shareholders’ Equity
	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares					$			No. Shares			Retained Earnings














Cumulative effect adjustment																		2,134,818				2,134,818		3,158		2,137,976
Net income																		4,779,112				4,779,112		67,129		4,846,241
Other comprehensive income (loss)																				(264,406)		(264,406)		(6,749)		(271,155)
Purchases of Class A shares												3,302		(2,669,336)		(16,431)						(2,666,034)		(3,302)		(2,669,336)
Cancellation of treasury shares						(17,599)						(326,092)		2,745,321		17,599		(2,419,229)				—				—
Share-based compensation expense										1,023,794		69,459										1,093,253				1,093,253
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares									(47)			(21,768)										(21,768)		(10)		(21,778)
Issuances of Class A shares for employee share programs						9,010				(903,526)		1,219,600		652,587		4,160		(121,250)				847,411		1,034		848,445
Dividends										57,012								(1,918,737)				(1,861,725)		(2,628)		(1,864,353)
Other, net												(10,817)						14,411				3,594		216		3,810
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	57	40	$	15	654,739	$	—	609	$	1,411,903	$	5,804,448	$	(1,388,376)	(19,005)		$	10,421,538	$	(1,840,577)	$	14,409,008	$	418,683	$	14,827,691

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars and share amounts)

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Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity Statements — (continued)

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	Ordinary Shares					Class A Ordinary Shares				Class X Ordinary Shares						Restricted Share Units		Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Shares								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Total Accenture plc Shareholders’ Equity	Noncontrolling Interests	Total Shareholders’ Equity
	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares	$		No. Shares					$			No. Shares			Retained Earnings

























Net income																		5,107,839				5,107,839		77,474		5,185,313
Other comprehensive income (loss)																				278,740		278,740		8,243		286,983
Purchases of Class A shares												3,116		(2,894,253)		(14,730)						(2,891,137)		(3,116)		(2,894,253)
Cancellation of treasury shares						(5,526)						(108,670)		1,056,145		5,526		(947,475)				—				—
Share-based compensation expense										1,118,284		79,522										1,197,806				1,197,806
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares									(81)			(21,594)										(21,594)				(21,594)
Issuances of Class A shares for employee share programs						9,336				(1,022,144)		1,409,627		660,723		3,786		(93,912)				954,294		1,014		955,308
Dividends										77,259								(2,112,457)				(2,035,198)		(2,535)		(2,037,733)
Other, net												778										778		(1,126)		(348)
Balance as of August 31, 2020	$	57	40	$	15	658,549	$	—	528	$	1,585,302	$	7,167,227	$	(2,565,761)	(24,423)		$	12,375,533	$	(1,561,837)	$	17,000,536	$	498,637	$	17,499,173

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

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Consolidated Cash Flows Statements

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	2020		2019		2018
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	5,185,313	$	4,846,241	$	4,214,594
Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities—
Depreciation, amortization and other	1,773,124		892,760		926,776
Share-based compensation expense	1,197,806		1,093,253		976,908
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	170,951		(96,360)		94,000
Other, net	(243,867)		(87,522)		7,609
Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions—
Receivables and contract assets, current and non-current	721,500		(526,297)		(710,804)
Other current and non-current assets	(503,482)		(489,817)		(510,102)
Accounts payable	(359,682)		177,186		(167,971)
Deferred revenues, current and non-current	236,207		258,067		176,853
Accrued payroll and related benefits	(7,845)		386,930		646,416
Income taxes payable, current and non-current	55,198		(162,916)		183,933
Other current and non-current liabilities	(10,071)		335,428		188,479
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	8,215,152		6,626,953		6,026,691
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(599,132)		(599,009)		(619,187)
Purchases of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired	(1,531,599)		(1,193,071)		(657,546)
Proceeds from sales of businesses and investments	230,393		27,951		20,197
Other investing, net	5,819		8,553		6,932
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1,894,519)		(1,755,576)		(1,249,604)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of shares	955,308		848,445		753,146
Purchases of shares	(2,915,847)		(2,691,114)		(2,639,094)
Proceeds from (repayments of) long-term debt, net	(6,719)		(4,772)		(4,195)

Cash dividends paid	(2,037,733)		(1,864,353)		(1,708,724)
Other, net	(44,101)		(55,377)		(110,161)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(4,049,092)		(3,767,171)		(3,709,028)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	16,936		(38,713)		(133,559)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,288,477		1,065,493		934,500
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	6,126,853		5,061,360		4,126,860
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	$	8,415,330	$	6,126,853	$	5,061,360
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid	$	28,493	$	22,624	$	19,673
Income taxes paid, net	$	1,360,030	$	1,587,273	$	1,373,244

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Accenture plc is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations. We serve clients in three geographic markets: North America, Europe and Growth Markets (Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East). Our geographic markets bring together capabilities from across the organization, with digital skills and industry and functional expertise throughout, to deliver tangible value to our clients.

Basis of Presentation

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Accenture plc, an Irish company, and our controlled subsidiary companies. Accenture plc is an Irish public limited company, which operates its business through its subsidiaries. Prior to March 13, 2018, Accenture plc’s only business was to hold ordinary and deferred shares in, and to act as the controlling shareholder of, its subsidiary, Accenture Holdings plc, an Irish public limited company. We operated our business through Accenture Holdings plc and subsidiaries of Accenture Holdings plc. Accenture plc controlled Accenture Holdings plc’s management and operations and consolidated Accenture Holdings plc’s results in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

On March 13, 2018, Accenture Holdings plc merged with and into Accenture plc, with Accenture plc as the surviving entity. As a result, all of the assets and liabilities of Accenture Holdings plc were acquired by Accenture plc, and Accenture Holdings plc ceased to exist. In connection with this internal merger, shareholders of Accenture Holdings plc (other than Accenture entities that held shares of Accenture Holdings plc), who primarily consisted of current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees, received one Class A ordinary share of Accenture plc for each share of Accenture Holdings plc that they owned, and Accenture plc redeemed all Class X ordinary shares of Accenture plc owned by such shareholders.

The shares of Accenture Holdings plc (for applicable periods) and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. held by persons other than us are treated as a noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The noncontrolling interest percentage was less than 1% as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal year, which ends on August 31. For example, a reference to “fiscal 2020” means the 12-month period that ended on August 31, 2020. All references to quarters, unless otherwise noted, refer to the quarters of our fiscal year.

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that we may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from those estimates.

Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five industry groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources. See Note 7 (Goodwill and Intangible Assets) and Note 16 (Segment Reporting) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding the change in our reportable segments.

Revenue Recognition

We account for revenue in accordance with FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which we adopted on September 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method.

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Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the client and is the unit of accounting in Topic 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, we allocate the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price. The primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus a margin approach, under which we forecast our expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then add an appropriate margin for that distinct good or service based on margins for similar services sold on a standalone basis. While determining relative standalone selling price and identifying separate performance obligations require judgment, generally relative standalone selling prices and the separate performance obligations are readily identifiable as we sell those performance obligations unaccompanied by other performance obligations. Contract modifications are routine in the performance of our contracts. Contracts are often modified to account for changes in the contract specifications, requirements or duration. If a contract modification results in the addition of performance obligations priced at a standalone selling price or if the post-modification services are distinct from the services provided prior to the modification, the modification is accounted for separately. If the modified services are not distinct, they are accounted for as part of the existing contract.

Our revenues are derived from contracts for outsourcing services, technology integration consulting services and non-technology integration consulting services. These contracts have different terms based on the scope, performance obligations and complexity of the engagement, which frequently require us to make judgments and estimates in recognizing revenues. We have many types of contracts, including time-and-materials contracts, fixed-price contracts, fee-per-transaction contracts and contracts with multiple fee types.

The nature of our contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including incentive fees. Many contracts include incentives or penalties related to costs incurred, benefits produced or adherence to schedules that may increase the variability in revenues and margins earned on such contracts. These variable amounts generally are awarded or refunded upon achievement of or failure to achieve certain performance metrics, milestones or cost targets and can be based upon client discretion. We include these variable fees in the estimated transaction price when there is a basis to reasonably estimate the amount of the fee and it is not probable a significant reversal of revenue will occur. These estimates reflect the expected value of the variable fee and are based on an assessment of our anticipated performance, historical experience and other information available at the time.

Our performance obligations are satisfied over time as work progresses or at a point in time. The majority of our revenues are recognized over time based on the extent of progress towards satisfying our performance obligations. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the contract and the nature of the services to be provided.

Outsourcing Contracts

Our outsourcing contracts typically span several years. Revenues are generally recognized on outsourcing contracts over time because our clients benefit from the services as they are performed. Outsourcing contracts require us to provide a series of distinct services each period over the contract term. Revenues from unit-priced contracts are recognized as transactions are processed. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g., time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms.

Technology Integration Consulting Services

Revenues from contracts for technology integration consulting services where we design/redesign, build and implement new or enhanced systems and related processes for our clients are recognized over time as control of the system is transferred continuously to the client. Contracts for technology integration consulting services generally span six months to two years. Generally, revenue, including estimated fees, is recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client.

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Non-Technology Integration Consulting Services

Our contracts for non-technology integration consulting services are typically less than a year in duration. Revenues are generally recognized over time as our clients benefit from the services as they are performed, or the contract, for which the related services lack an alternative use, includes termination provisions enabling payment for performance completed to date. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g. time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms. Revenues from fixed-price contracts are generally recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client. For non-technology integration consulting contracts which do not qualify to recognize revenue over time, we recognize revenues at a point in time when the client obtains control of the promised good or service.

Contract Estimates

Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are continuously monitored over the lives of our contracts, and recorded revenues and cost estimates are subject to revision as the contract progresses. If at any time the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on a technology integration consulting contract, we recognize the loss in the quarter it first becomes probable and reasonably estimable.

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in Receivables, Contract assets, and Deferred revenues (Contract liabilities) on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Amounts are billed as work progresses in accordance with agreed-upon contractual terms, either at periodic intervals (e.g., monthly or quarterly) or upon achievement of contractual milestones. Our receivables are rights to consideration that are conditional only upon the passage of time as compared to our contract assets, which are rights to consideration conditional upon additional factors. When we bill or receive payments from our clients before revenue is recognized, we record Contract liabilities. Contract assets and liabilities are reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.

For some outsourcing contracts, we receive payments for transition or set-up activities, which are deferred and recognized as revenue as the services are provided. These advance payments are typically not a significant financing component because they are used to meet working capital demands in the early stages of a contract and to protect us from the other party failing to complete its obligations under the contract. We elected the practical expedient to report revenues net of any revenue-based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transactions.

Employee Share-Based Compensation Arrangements

Share-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period for awards of equity instruments to employees based on the grant date fair value of those awards expected to ultimately vest. Forfeitures are estimated on the date of grant and revised if actual or expected forfeiture activity differs materially from original estimates.

Income Taxes

We calculate and provide for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, measured using enacted tax rates, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. We establish liabilities or reduce assets when we believe tax positions are not more likely than not of being sustained if challenged. Recognized tax positions are measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Each fiscal quarter, we evaluate tax positions and adjust the related tax assets and liabilities in light of changing facts and circumstances. We release stranded tax effects from Accumulated other comprehensive loss using the specific identification approach for our defined benefit plans and the portfolio approach for other items.

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Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts

Assets and liabilities of non-U.S. subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at fiscal year-end exchange rates. Revenue and expense items are translated at average foreign currency exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal year. Translation adjustments are included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss. Gains and losses arising from intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature are reported in the same manner as translation adjustments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of all cash balances and liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, including certificates of deposit and time deposits. As a result of certain subsidiaries’ cash management systems, checks issued but not presented to the banks for payment may create negative book cash balances. Such negative balances are classified as Current portion of long term debt and bank borrowings.

Allowances for Client Receivables

We record our client receivables at their face amounts less allowances. On a periodic basis, we evaluate our receivables and establish allowances based on historical experience and other currently available information. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, total allowances recorded for client receivables were $40,277 and $45,538, respectively. The allowance reflects our best estimate of collectibility risks on outstanding receivables. In limited circumstances, we agree to extend financing to certain clients. The terms vary by contract, but generally payment for services is contractually linked to the achievement of specified performance milestones.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Our financial instruments, consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, foreign currency exchange rate instruments and client receivables, are exposed to concentrations of credit risk. We place our cash and cash equivalents and foreign exchange instruments with highly-rated financial institutions, limit the amount of credit exposure with any one financial institution and conduct ongoing evaluations of the credit worthiness of the financial institutions with which we do business. Client receivables are dispersed across many different industries and countries; therefore, concentrations of credit risk are limited.

Investments

All available-for-sale securities and liquid investments with an original maturity greater than three months but less than one year are considered to be Short-term investments. Non-current investments consist of equity securities in publicly-traded and privately-held companies and are accounted for using either the equity or fair value measurement alternative method of accounting (for investments without readily determinable fair values). Investments are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment. If an investment is deemed to have experienced an other-than-temporary decline below its cost basis, we reduce the carrying amount of the investment to its estimated fair value.

Our non-current investments are as follows:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Equity method investments	$	240,446	$	108,342
Investments without readily determinable fair values	84,068		131,971
Total non-current investments	$	324,514	$	240,313

For investments in which we can exercise significant influence but do not control, we use the equity method of accounting. Equity method investments are initially recorded at cost and our proportionate share of gains and losses of the investee are included as a component of other income (expense), net. Our equity method investments consist primarily of an investment in Duck Creek Technologies. As of August 31, 2020, the carrying amount of our investment was $230,219 and the estimated fair value of our approximately 22% ownership was $956,308.

For equity securities without a readily determinable fair value, we use the fair value measurement alternative and measure the securities at cost less impairment, if any, plus or minus observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer.

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Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:


Computers, related equipment and software			2 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures			5 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements			Lesser of lease term or 15 years

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired entity over the fair value of net assets acquired. We review the recoverability of goodwill by reportable operating segment annually, or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist. Based on the results of our annual impairment analysis, we determined that no impairment existed as of August 31, 2020 or 2019, as each reportable segment’s estimated fair value substantially exceeded its carrying value.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including deferred contract costs and identifiable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets or groups of assets is assessed based on a comparison of the carrying amount to the estimated future net cash flows. If estimated future undiscounted net cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the asset is considered impaired and a loss is recorded equal to the amount required to reduce the carrying amount to fair value.

Intangible assets with finite lives are generally amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated economic useful lives, ranging from one to sixteen years.

Operating Expenses

Selected components of operating expenses are as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Research and development costs	$	870,611	$	799,734	$	790,779
Advertising costs (1)	57,658		85,521		78,464
Provision for (release of) doubtful accounts (2)	147		974		(1,060)

(1)Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.

(2)For additional information, see “Allowances for Client Receivables.”

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02 and related updates (“Topic 842”)

On September 1, 2019, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, and related updates (“Topic 842”) using the effective date method. Prior period amounts were not adjusted. The primary impact of adoption is the requirement for lessees to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by both operating and finance leases. Enhanced quantitative and qualitative disclosures about leasing arrangements are also required. We elected the package of practical expedients which does not require reassessment of prior conclusions related to identifying leases, lease classification or initial direct costs. We also elected the practical expedient to combine lease and non-lease components, accounting for the combined components as a single lease component, for our office real estate and automobile leases. The standard did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Income Statement.

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The impact of adopting Topic 842 on our Consolidated Balance Sheets is as follows:


Balance Sheet	Balance as of August 31, 2019		Adjustments due to ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842)		Balance as of September 1, 2019
CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets	$	1,225,364	$	(38,666)	$	1,186,698
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Lease assets	—		3,169,608		3,169,608
Other non-current assets	1,400,292		(10,333)		1,389,959
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities	—		699,399		699,399
Other accrued liabilities	951,450		(703)		950,747
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities	—		2,666,344		2,666,344
Other non-current liabilities	526,988		(244,431)		282,557

See Note 8 (Leases) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

FASB ASU No. 2018-15 (“Subtopic 350-40”)

On September 1, 2019, we prospectively adopted FASB ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. ASU 2018-15 clarifies and aligns the accounting and capitalization of implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements that are service arrangements with the accounting for implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software under ASC No. 350-40. Implementation costs that are currently capitalized in software licensing arrangements (e.g. costs to configure the software) will be capitalized in cloud computing arrangements, and costs expensed in software license arrangements (e.g. data conversion, training, and business process re-engineering) will be expensed in cloud computing arrangements. The adoption did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

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2. Revenues

Disaggregation of Revenue

See Note 16 (Segment Reporting) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for our disaggregated revenues.

Remaining Performance Obligations

We had remaining performance obligations of approximately $20 billion as of each of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our remaining performance obligations represent the amount of transaction price for which work has not been performed and revenue has not been recognized. The majority of our contracts are terminable by the client on short notice with little or no termination penalties, and some without notice. Only the non-cancelable portion of these contracts is included in our performance obligations. Additionally, our performance obligations only include variable consideration if we assess it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty is resolved. Based on the terms of our contracts, a significant portion of what we consider contract bookings is not included in our remaining performance obligations. We expect to recognize approximately 67% of our remaining performance obligations as of August 31, 2020 as revenue in fiscal 2021, an additional 15% in fiscal 2022, and the balance thereafter.

Contract Estimates

Adjustments in contract estimates related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in prior periods were immaterial for fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Contract Balances

Deferred transition revenues were $690,931 and $563,245 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in Non-current deferred revenues. Costs related to these activities are also deferred and are expensed as the services are provided. Generally, deferred amounts are protected in the event of early termination of the contract and are monitored regularly for impairment. Impairment losses are recorded when projected remaining undiscounted operating cash flows of the related contract are not sufficient to recover the carrying amount of contract assets. Deferred transition costs were $723,168 and $681,492 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in Deferred contract costs. Deferred transition amortization expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $300,680, $274,814 and $333,118, respectively.

The following table provides information about the balances of our Receivables, Contract assets and Contract liabilities (Deferred revenues):


	As of August 31, 2020		As of August 31, 2019
Receivables, net of allowance	$	7,192,110	$	7,467,338
Contract assets (current)	654,782		627,733
Receivables and contract assets (current)	7,846,892		8,095,071
Contract assets (non-current)	43,257		71,002
Deferred revenues (current)	3,636,741		3,188,835
Deferred revenues (non-current)	690,931		565,224

Changes in the contract asset and liability balances during fiscal 2020, were a result of normal business activity and not materially impacted by any other factors.

Revenues recognized during fiscal 2020 that were included in Deferred revenues as of August 31, 2019 were $2.8 billion. Revenues recognized during fiscal 2019 that were included in Deferred revenues as of September 1, 2018 were $2.9 billion.

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3. Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Basic Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc	$	5,107,839	$	4,779,112	$	4,059,907
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares	636,299,913		638,098,125		628,451,742
Basic earnings per share	$	8.03	$	7.49	$	6.46
Diluted Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc	$	5,107,839	$	4,779,112	$	4,059,907
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (1)	6,325		6,694		95,063
Net income for diluted earnings per share calculation	$	5,114,164	$	4,785,806	$	4,154,970
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares	636,299,913		638,098,125		628,451,742
Class A ordinary shares issuable upon redemption/exchange of noncontrolling interests (1)	787,429		892,654		14,716,884
Diluted effect of employee compensation related to Class A ordinary shares	10,599,773		11,111,679		11,948,075
Diluted effect of share purchase plans related to Class A ordinary shares	109,888		102,415		179,449
Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares	647,797,003		650,204,873		655,296,150
Diluted earnings per share	$	7.89	$	7.36	$	6.34

(1)Diluted earnings per share assumes the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis and the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests prior to March 13, 2018, when these were redeemed for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

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4. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Accenture plc:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Foreign currency translation
Beginning balance	$	(1,207,975)	$	(1,075,268)	$	(770,043)
Foreign currency translation	207,566		(138,680)		(310,548)
Income tax benefit (expense)	(1,719)		(607)		3,354
Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests	(8,151)		6,580		1,969
Foreign currency translation, net of tax	197,696		(132,707)		(305,225)
Ending balance	(1,010,279)		(1,207,975)		(1,075,268)

Defined benefit plans
Beginning balance	(672,323)		(419,284)		(440,619)
Actuarial gains (losses)	22,414		(379,090)		19,862
Pension settlement	3,757		793		3,030
Prior service costs arising during the period	—		(2,105)		(28,696)
Reclassifications into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense (1)	55,035		32,985		34,972
Income tax benefit (expense)	(24,041)		94,052		(7,799)
Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests	(65)		326		(34)
Defined benefit plans, net of tax	57,100		(253,039)		21,335
Ending balance	(615,223)		(672,323)		(419,284)

Cash flow hedges
Beginning balance	38,993		(84,010)		114,635
Unrealized gain (loss)	72,437		209,017		(169,958)
Reclassification adjustments into Cost of services	(48,545)		(48,333)		(93,105)
Income tax benefit (expense)	857		(37,522)		64,118
Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests	(28)		(159)		300
Cash flow hedges, net of tax	24,721		123,003		(198,645)
Ending balance (2)	63,714		38,993		(84,010)

Investments
Beginning balance	728		2,391		1,243
Unrealized gain (loss)	(778)		(1,970)		1,455

Income tax benefit (expense)	—		305		(305)
Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests	1		2		(2)
Investments, net of tax	(777)		(1,663)		1,148
Ending balance	(49)		728		2,391

Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(1,561,837)	$	(1,840,577)	$	(1,576,171)

(1)As of August 31, 2020, $54,285 of net losses is expected to be reclassified into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense recognized in cost of services, sales and marketing, general and administrative costs and non-operating expenses in the next twelve months.

(2)As of August 31, 2020, $62,257 of net unrealized gains related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is expected to be reclassified into cost of services in the next twelve months.

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5. Property and Equipment

The components of Property and equipment, net are as follows:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Buildings and land	$	61	$	56
Computers, related equipment and software	1,978,380		1,723,623
Furniture and fixtures	456,136		394,671
Leasehold improvements	1,424,722		1,228,845
Property and equipment, gross	3,859,299		3,347,195
Total accumulated depreciation	(2,313,731)		(1,956,029)
Property and equipment, net	$	1,545,568	$	1,391,166

Depreciation expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $482,054, $440,796 and $423,471, respectively.

6. Business Combinations

We completed a number of individually immaterial acquisitions during fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018. These acquisitions were completed primarily to expand our services and solutions offerings. The table below gives additional details related to these acquisitions:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Total consideration	$	1,513,910	$	1,170,044	$	596,148
Goodwill	1,352,839		920,696		431,087
Intangible assets	377,060		282,144		140,403

The intangible assets primarily consist of customer-related intangibles, which are being amortized over one to thirteen years. The goodwill was allocated among our reportable operating segments and is partially deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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7. Goodwill And Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable operating segment are as follows:


	August 31, 2018		Additions/ Adjustments		Foreign Currency Translation		August 31, 2019		Additions/ Adjustments		Foreign Currency Translation		August 31, 2020
GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS (1)
North America	$	3,440,285	$	534,269	$	(1,198)	$	3,973,356	$	628,458	$	2,627	$	4,604,441
Europe	1,357,688		297,548		(86,013)		1,569,223		420,413		148,452		2,138,088
Growth Markets	585,039		92,925		(14,993)		662,971		289,598		14,722		967,291
Total	$	5,383,012	$	924,742	$	(102,204)	$	6,205,550	$	1,338,469	$	165,801	$	7,709,820

(1)Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Goodwill includes immaterial adjustments related to prior period acquisitions.

Intangible Assets

Our definite-lived intangible assets by major asset class are as follows:


	August 31, 2019										August 31, 2020
Intangible Asset Class	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Customer-related	$	1,013,976	$	(358,130)	$	655,846	$	1,319,332	$	(495,367)	$	823,965
Technology	119,686		(45,851)		73,835		150,765		(55,543)		95,222
Patents	127,796		(66,167)		61,629		129,295		(66,954)		62,341
Other	78,344		(28,875)		49,469		82,676		(34,986)		47,690
Total	$	1,339,802	$	(499,023)	$	840,779	$	1,682,068	$	(652,850)	$	1,029,218

Total amortization related to our intangible assets was $239,664, $177,150 and $170,187 for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Estimated future amortization related to intangible assets held as of August 31, 2020 is as follows:


Fiscal Year	Estimated Amortization
2021	$	214,120
2022	172,641
2023	154,297
2024	127,673
2025	108,068
Thereafter	252,419
Total	$	1,029,218

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8. Leases

We account for leases in accordance with Topic 842. See Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our adoption.

As a lessee, substantially all of our lease obligation is for office real estate. Our significant judgments used in determining our lease obligation include whether a contract is or contains a lease and the determination of the discount rate used to calculate the lease liability. We elected the practical expedient not to separate lease and associated non-lease components, accounting for them as a single combined lease component, for our office real estate and automobile leases.

Our leases may include the option to extend or terminate before the end of the contractual term and are often non-cancelable or cancelable only by the payment of penalties. Our lease assets and liabilities include these options in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that they will be exercised. In certain cases, we sublease excess office real estate to third-party tenants.

Lease assets and liabilities recognized at the lease commencement date are determined predominantly as the present value of the payments due over the lease term. Since we cannot determine the implicit rate in our leases, we use our incremental borrowing rate on that date to calculate the present value. Our incremental borrowing rate approximates the rate at which we could borrow, on a secured basis for a similar term, an amount equal to our lease payments in a similar economic environment.

Effective September 1, 2019, when we are the lessee, all leases are recognized as lease liabilities and associated lease assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Lease liabilities represent our obligation to make payments arising from the lease. Lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and may also include advance payments, initial direct costs or lease incentives. Payments that depend upon an index or rate, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), are included in the recognition of lease assets and liabilities at the commencement-date rate. Other variable payments, such as common area maintenance, property and other taxes, utilities and insurance that are based on the lessor’s cost, are recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement in the period incurred.

As of August 31, 2020, we had no material finance leases. Operating lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease costs are as follows:


	Fiscal 2020
Operating lease cost	$	749,233
Variable lease cost	181,612
Sublease income	(27,192)
	$	903,653

Supplemental information related to operating lease transactions is as follows:


	Fiscal 2020
Lease liability payments	$	725,892
Lease assets obtained in exchange for liabilities	$	592,026

As of August 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.3 years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.2%.

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The following maturity analysis presents future undiscounted cash outflows for operating leases as of August 31, 2020:


	Lease Payments		Sublease Receipts
2021	$	770,640	$	(19,415)
2022	652,652		(10,296)
2023	549,069		(9,888)
2024	456,020		(9,256)
2025	371,856		(7,341)
Thereafter	1,148,600		(26,289)
Total lease payments (receipts)	3,948,837		$	(82,485)
Less interest	(525,196)
Total lease liabilities	$	3,423,641

As of August 31, 2020, we have entered into leases that have not yet commenced with future lease payments of $541 million that are not reflected in the table above. These leases are primarily related to office real estate and will commence in or before fiscal 2022 with lease terms of up to 16 years.

Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of August 31, 2019, which were accounted for in accordance with Topic 840, are as follows:


	Lease Payments		Sublease Receipts
2020	$	688,020	$	(24,884)
2021	597,307		(17,908)
2022	516,544		(8,535)
2023	428,481		(7,541)
2024	363,107		(7,184)
Thereafter	1,246,097		(30,708)
	$	3,839,556	$	(96,760)

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9. Financial Instruments

Derivatives

In the normal course of business, we use derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk. Derivative transactions are governed by a uniform set of policies and procedures covering areas such as authorization, counterparty exposure and hedging practices. Positions are monitored using techniques such as market value and sensitivity analyses. We do not enter into derivative transactions for trading purposes. We classify cash flows from our derivative programs as cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Cash Flows Statements.

Certain derivatives give rise to credit risks from the possible non-performance by counterparties. Credit risk is generally limited to the fair value of those contracts that are favorable to us, and the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk, based on the gross fair value of our derivative financial instruments that are in an asset position, was $154,749 as of August 31, 2020.

We utilize standard counterparty master agreements containing provisions for the netting of certain foreign currency transaction obligations and for set-off of certain obligations in the event of an insolvency of one of the parties to the transaction. These provisions may reduce our potential overall loss resulting from the insolvency of a counterparty and reduce a counterparty’s potential overall loss resulting from our insolvency. Additionally, these agreements contain early termination provisions triggered by adverse changes in a counterparty’s credit rating, thereby enabling us to accelerate settlement of a transaction prior to its contractual maturity and potentially decrease our realized loss on an open transaction. Similarly, a decrement in our credit rating could trigger a counterparty’s early termination rights, thereby enabling a counterparty to accelerate settlement of a transaction prior to its contractual maturity and potentially increase our realized loss on an open transaction. The aggregate fair value of our derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a liability position as of August 31, 2020 was $39,018.

Our derivative financial instruments consist of deliverable and non-deliverable foreign currency forward contracts. Fair values for derivative financial instruments are based on prices computed using third-party valuation models and are classified as Level 2 in accordance with the three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements. All of the significant inputs to the third-party valuation models are observable in active markets. Inputs include current market-based parameters such as forward rates and yield curves. For additional information related to the three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements, see Note 12 (Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans) to these Consolidated Financial Statements.

Cash Flow Hedges

Certain of our subsidiaries are exposed to currency risk through their use of our global delivery resources. To mitigate this risk, we use foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the foreign exchange risk of the forecasted intercompany expenses denominated in foreign currencies for up to three years in the future. We have designated these derivatives as cash flow hedges. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we held no derivatives that were designated as fair value or net investment hedges.

In order for a derivative to qualify for hedge accounting, the derivative must be formally designated as a fair value, cash flow or net investment hedge by documenting the relationship between the derivative and the hedged item. The documentation includes a description of the hedging instrument, the hedged item, the risk being hedged, our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge, the method for assessing the effectiveness of the hedge and the method for measuring hedge ineffectiveness. Additionally, the hedge relationship must be expected to be highly effective at offsetting changes in either the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item at both inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis.

For a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the change in estimated fair value of a hedging instrument is recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as a separate component of Shareholders’ Equity and is reclassified into Cost of services in the Consolidated Income Statements during the period in which the hedged transaction is recognized. The amounts related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges that were reclassified into Cost of services were net gains of $48,545, $48,333 and $93,105 during fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of a cash flow hedge is recognized immediately in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Income Statements and for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, was not material. In addition, we did not discontinue any cash flow hedges during fiscal 2020, 2019 or 2018.

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Other Derivatives

We also use foreign currency forward contracts, which have not been designated as hedges, to hedge balance sheet exposures, such as intercompany loans. These instruments are generally short-term in nature, with typical maturities of less than one year, and are subject to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. Realized gains or losses and changes in the estimated fair value of these derivatives were a net gain of $111,623, for fiscal 2020 and net losses of $112,113 and $114,076 for fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Gains and losses on these contracts are recorded in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Income Statements and are offset by gains and losses on the related hedged items.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

The notional and fair values of all derivative instruments are as follows:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Assets
Cash Flow Hedges
Other current assets	$	75,871	$	53,033
Other non-current assets	50,914		49,525
Other Derivatives
Other current assets	27,964		8,059
Total assets	$	154,749	$	110,617
Liabilities
Cash Flow Hedges
Other accrued liabilities	$	13,614	$	18,826
Other non-current liabilities	13,576		8,770
Other Derivatives
Other accrued liabilities	11,828		32,195
Total liabilities	$	39,018	$	59,791
Total fair value	$	115,731	$	50,826
Total notional value	$	9,600,691	$	8,709,917

We utilize standard counterparty master agreements containing provisions for the netting of certain foreign currency transaction obligations and for the set-off of certain obligations in the event of an insolvency of one of the parties to the transaction. In the Consolidated Balance Sheets, we record derivative assets and liabilities at gross fair value. The potential effect of netting derivative assets against liabilities under the counterparty master agreements is as follows:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Net derivative assets	$	129,520	$	88,811
Net derivative liabilities	13,789		37,985
Total fair value	$	115,731	$	50,826

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10. Borrowings and Indebtedness

As of August 31, 2020, we had the following borrowing facilities, including the issuance of letters of credit, to support general working capital purposes:


	Facility Amount		Borrowings Under Facilities
Syndicated loan facility (1)	$	1,000,000	$	—
364-day syndicated loan facility (2)	1,000,000		—
Separate, uncommitted, unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities (3)	903,674		—
Local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit (4)	245,762		—
Total	$	3,149,436	$	—

(1)On December 10, 2019, we replaced our $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 22, 2020 with a $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 10, 2024. This facility provides unsecured, revolving borrowing capacity for general working capital purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. Financing is provided under this facility at the prime rate or at the London Interbank Offered Rate, plus a spread. We continue to be in compliance with relevant covenant terms. The facility is subject to annual commitment fees. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under the facility.

(2)On June 17, 2020, we entered into a $1,000,000 364-day syndicated loan facility, which matures on June 16, 2021. As of August 31, 2020 we had no borrowings under the facility. In the event of a loan drawn against this facility, the lenders have the option to require us to repay the loan by issuing public debt within 45 days of their request.

(3)We maintain separate, uncommitted and unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities. These facilities provide local currency financing for the majority of our operations. Interest rate terms on the revolving facilities are at market rates prevailing in the relevant local markets. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under these facilities.

(4)We also maintain local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit for those locations that cannot access our global facilities. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had borrowings under these various facilities of $0 and $2,458, respectively.

Under the borrowing facilities described above, we had an aggregate of $487,795 and $390,295 of letters of credit outstanding as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In addition, we had total outstanding debt of $61,872 and $22,658 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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11. Income Taxes


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Current taxes
U.S. federal	$	99,280	$	159,578	$	70,050
U.S. state and local	26,425		86,113		3,574
Non-U.S.	1,292,362		1,256,225		1,425,875
Total current tax expense	1,418,067		1,501,916		1,499,499
Deferred taxes
U.S. federal	21,532		(143,217)		219,034
U.S. state and local	8,525		(39,588)		57,044
Non-U.S.	140,894		86,445		(182,078)
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense	170,951		(96,360)		94,000
Total	$	1,589,018	$	1,405,556	$	1,593,499

The components of Income before income taxes are as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
U.S. sources	$	1,352,968	$	853,173	$	645,943
Non-U.S. sources	5,421,363		5,398,624		5,162,150
Total	$	6,774,331	$	6,251,797	$	5,808,093

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which significantly changed U.S. tax law. The Tax Act lowered the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018, resulting in a blended U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 25.7% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2018 and a U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 21.0% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2019. During fiscal 2018, we recognized tax expense of $177,651 due primarily to the remeasurement of our net deferred tax assets at the new, lower rates.

The reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%	25.7	%
U.S. state and local taxes, net	1.7		1.5		1.1
Non-U.S. operations taxed at other rates	0.7		1.1		(6.1)
Final determinations (1)	(1.9)		(3.4)		(1.9)
Other net activity in unrecognized tax benefits	2.4		3.2		5.8

Excess tax benefits from share based payments	(1.9)		(1.2)		(2.3)
Changes in tax laws and rates	(0.2)		—		4.4
Other, net	1.7		0.3		0.7
Effective income tax rate	23.5	%	22.5	%	27.4	%

(1)Final determinations include final agreements with tax authorities and expirations of statutes of limitations.

As of August 31, 2020, we had not recognized a deferred tax liability on $798,654 of undistributed earnings for certain foreign subsidiaries, because these earnings are intended to be indefinitely reinvested. If such earnings were distributed, some countries may impose additional taxes. The unrecognized deferred tax liability (the amount payable if distributed) is approximately $40,000.

Portions of our operations are subject to reduced tax rates or are free of tax under various tax holidays which expire between fiscal 2022 and 2025. The income tax benefits attributable to the tax status of these subsidiaries were estimated to be approximately $38,000, $95,000 and $103,000 in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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The revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities due to enacted changes in tax laws and tax rates did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate in fiscal 2020 or 2019.

The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities included the following:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019 (1)
Deferred tax assets
Pensions	$	443,231	$	446,920
Revenue recognition	115,287		115,529
Compensation and benefits	574,349		623,986
Share-based compensation	334,061		292,045
Tax credit carryforwards	659,835		527,748
Net operating loss carryforwards	159,506		175,196

Deferred amortization deductions	828,098		798,852
Indirect effects of unrecognized tax benefits	279,105		302,093
Licenses and other intangibles	1,752,612		1,958,738
Leases	729,787		27,857
Other	280,883		210,642
Total deferred tax assets	6,156,754		5,479,606
Valuation allowance	(757,799)		(606,765)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	5,398,955		4,872,841
Deferred tax liabilities


Investments in subsidiaries	(169,752)		(182,186)
Intangibles	(298,181)		(234,098)
Leases	(669,005)		(17)
Other	(288,574)		(240,308)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(1,425,512)		(656,609)
Net deferred tax assets	$	3,973,443	$	4,216,232

(1)Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

We recorded valuation allowances of $757,799 and $606,765 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, against deferred tax assets principally associated with certain tax credit and tax net operating loss carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. For all other deferred tax assets, we believe it is more likely than not that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to realize these deferred tax assets. During fiscal 2020, we recorded a net increase of $151,034 in the valuation allowance. The majority of this change related to valuation allowances on certain tax credit carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. During fiscal 2019, we recorded a net increase of $154,990 in the valuation allowance. The majority of this change related to valuation allowances on certain tax credit carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized.

We had tax credit carryforwards as of August 31, 2020 of $659,835, of which $24,933 will expire between 2021 and 2030, $470 will expire between 2031 and 2040, and $634,432 has an indefinite carryforward period. We had net operating loss carryforwards as of August 31, 2020 of $721,168. Of this amount, $124,845 expires between 2021 and 2030, $18,617 expires between 2031 and 2040, and $577,706 has an indefinite carryforward period.

As of August 31, 2020, we had $1,238,945 of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $934,183, if recognized, would favorably affect our effective tax rate. As of August 31, 2019, we had $1,233,014 of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $908,522, if recognized, would favorably affect our effective tax rate. The remaining unrecognized tax benefits as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 of $304,762 and $324,492, respectively, represent items recorded as offsetting tax benefits associated with the correlative effects of potential transfer pricing adjustments, state income taxes and timing adjustments.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019
Balance, beginning of year	$	1,233,014	$	1,210,520
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	168,938		211,671
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	58,977		354,890
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years	(177,812)		(262,055)
Statute of limitations expirations	(51,477)		(146,732)
Settlements with tax authorities	(11,602)		(103,384)
Foreign currency translation	18,907		(31,896)
Balance, end of year	$	1,238,945	$	1,233,014

For the year ended August 31, 2019, most of the additions for tax positions related to prior years are for items that had no net impact to the consolidated financial statements.

We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in our Income tax expense. During fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recognized expense of $21,140, $8,645 and $37,230 in interest and penalties, respectively. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits of $129,597 ($118,533, net of tax benefits) and $114,566 ($105,852, net of tax benefits) were reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

We have participated in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Compliance Assurance Process (“CAP”) program since fiscal 2016. CAP tax years are examined by the IRS on a contemporaneous basis so that most issues are resolved prior to filing the tax return. We are currently under audit in numerous state and non-U.S. tax jurisdictions. However, with limited exceptions, we are no longer subject to income tax audits by those taxing authorities for years before 2013. Although the outcome of tax audits is always uncertain and could result in significant cash tax payments, we do not believe the outcome of these audits will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. We believe that it is reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $283,000 or increase by approximately $405,000 in the next 12 months as a result of settlements, lapses of statutes of limitations, tax audit activity and other adjustments. The majority of these amounts relate to transfer pricing matters in both U.S. and non-U.S. tax jurisdictions.

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12. Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans

Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Plans

In the United States and certain other countries, we maintain and administer defined benefit retirement plans and postretirement medical plans for certain current, retired and resigned employees. In addition, our U.S. defined benefit pension plans include a frozen plan for former pre-incorporation partners, which is unfunded. Benefits under the employee retirement plans are primarily based on years of service and compensation during the years immediately preceding retirement or termination of participation in the plan. The defined benefit pension disclosures include our U.S. and material non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans.

Assumptions

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the defined benefit pension obligations as of August 31 and the net periodic pension expense are as follows:


	Pension Plans																				Postretirement Plans
	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019						August 31, 2018						August 31, 2020	August 31, 2019	August 31, 2018
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation	2.50	%	2.27	%	3.00	%	2.24	%	4.00	%	3.29	%	2.51	%	3.00	%	3.98	%
Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense	3.00	%	2.24	%	4.00	%	3.29	%	3.75	%	2.83	%	3.00	%	3.98	%	3.73	%
Long term rate of return on plan assets	4.25	%	2.81	%	4.25	%	3.02	%	4.25	%	3.56	%	3.45	%	3.18	%	3.64	%
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation	2.21	%	4.04	%	2.23	%	4.02	%	2.23	%	3.67	%	N/A		N/A		N/A
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense	2.23	%	4.02	%	2.23	%	3.67	%	2.25	%	3.63	%	N/A		N/A		N/A

We utilize a full yield curve approach to estimate the service and interest cost components by applying specific spot rates along the yield curve used in the determination of the benefit obligation to the relevant projected cash flows. This approach provides a correlation between projected benefit cash flows and the corresponding yield curve spot rates and provides a precise measurement of service and interest costs. The discount rate assumptions are based on the expected duration of the benefit payments for each of our defined benefit pension and postretirement plans as of the annual measurement date and are subject to change each year.

The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets should, over time, approximate the actual long-term returns on defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets and is based on historical returns and the future expectations for returns for each asset class, as well as the target asset allocation of the asset portfolio.

Assumed U.S. Health Care Cost Trend

Our U.S. postretirement plan assumed annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of health care benefits is 6.4% for the plan year ending June 30, 2021. The rate is assumed to decrease on a straight-line basis to 4.5% for the plan year ending June 30, 2038 and remain at that level thereafter. A one percentage point increase in the assumed health care cost trend rates would increase the benefit obligation by $119,602, while a one percentage point decrease would reduce the benefit obligation by $92,093.

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Pension and Postretirement Expense

Pension expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $168,367, $137,030 and $125,320, respectively. Postretirement expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements. The service cost component of pension and postretirement expense is included in operating expenses while the other components of net benefit cost are included in Other income (expense), net.

Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets and Funded Status

The changes in the benefit obligations, plan assets and funded status of our pension and postretirement benefit plans for fiscal 2020 and 2019 are as follows:


	Pension Plans													Postretirement Plans
	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019						August 31, 2020	August 31, 2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	383,557	$	2,166,377	$	331,916	$	1,772,712	$	576,596	$	535,632
Service cost	3,080		108,871		3,100		88,913		22,142		18,056
Interest cost	9,771		44,395		12,364		52,466		15,647		20,498
Participant contributions	—		12,521		—		11,989		—		—
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	—		14		—		28,510		—		—
Amendments	—		—		—		2,105		—		—
Curtailment	—		—		—		(6,477)		—		—
Pension settlement	—		(188)		—		(9,343)		—		—
Actuarial (gain) loss	26,495		(12,278)		50,002		379,173		46,630		16,880
Benefits paid	(14,637)		(94,136)		(13,825)		(85,624)		(12,115)		(13,637)
Exchange rate impact	—		131,829		—		(68,047)		428		(833)
Benefit obligation, end of year	$	408,266	$	2,357,405	$	383,557	$	2,166,377	$	649,328	$	576,596
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	$	257,280	$	1,214,062	$	210,576	$	1,127,376	$	31,920	$	28,713
Actual return on plan assets	27,911		46,815		50,397		97,845		2,079		4,924
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	—		—		—		25,347		—		—
Employer contributions	10,635		88,068		10,131		81,531		9,942		11,920
Participant contributions	—		12,521		—		11,989		—		—
Pension settlement	—		—		—		(8,801)		—		—
Benefits paid	(14,637)		(94,136)		(13,824)		(85,624)		(12,115)		(13,637)
Exchange rate impact	—		89,049		—		(35,601)		—		—
Other	—		(672)		—		—		—		—
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	$	281,189	$	1,355,707	$	257,280	$	1,214,062	$	31,826	$	31,920
Funded status, end of year	$	(127,077)	$	(1,001,698)	$	(126,277)	$	(952,315)	$	(617,502)	$	(544,676)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets	$	3,232	$	67,341	$	6,707	$	67,396	$	—	$	—
Current liabilities	(10,213)		(42,990)		(10,473)		(33,981)		(1,169)		(1,257)
Non-current liabilities	(120,096)		(1,026,049)		(122,511)		(985,730)		(616,333)		(543,419)
Funded status, end of year	$	(127,077)	$	(1,001,698)	$	(126,277)	$	(952,315)	$	(617,502)	$	(544,676)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The pre-tax accumulated net loss and prior service (credit) cost recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:


	Pension Plans													Postretirement Plans
	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019						August 31, 2020	August 31, 2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Net loss	$	108,796	$	605,635	$	106,328	$	633,619	$	160,067	$	121,798
Prior service (credit) cost	—		20,056		—		21,954		15,114		19,427
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax	$	108,796	$	625,691	$	106,328	$	655,573	$	175,181	$	141,225

Funded Status for Defined Benefit Plans

The accumulated benefit obligation for defined benefit pension plans as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:


	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation	$	401,822	$	2,135,566	$	376,886	$	1,964,148

The following information is provided for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets and for defined benefit pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of August 31, 2020 and 2019:


	Pension Plans													Postretirement Plans
	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019						August 31, 2020	August 31, 2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligation	$	130,309	$	1,644,895	$	132,984	$	1,514,448	$	649,328	$	576,596
Fair value of plan assets	—		575,857		—		494,065		31,826		31,920


	August 31, 2020						August 31, 2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Accumulated benefit obligation	$	130,309	$	1,438,234	$	132,984	$	1,300,082
Fair value of plan assets	—		575,857		—		465,935

Investment Strategies

U.S. Pension Plans

The overall investment objective of the defined benefit pension plans is to match the duration of the plans’ assets to the plans’ liabilities while managing risk in order to meet current defined benefit pension obligations. The plans’ future prospects, their current financial conditions, our current funding levels and other relevant factors suggest that the plans can tolerate some interim fluctuations in market value and rates of return in order to achieve long-term objectives without undue risk to the plans’ ability to meet their current benefit obligations. We recognize that asset allocation of the defined benefit pension plans’ assets is an important factor in determining long-term performance. Actual asset allocations at any point in time may vary from the target asset allocations and will be dictated by current and anticipated market conditions, required cash flows

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and investment decisions of the investment committee and the pension plans’ investment funds and managers. Ranges are established to provide flexibility for the asset allocation to vary around the targets without the need for immediate rebalancing.

Non-U.S. Pension Plans

Plan assets in non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans conform to the investment policies and procedures of each plan and to relevant legislation. The pension committee or trustee of each plan regularly, but at least annually, reviews the investment policy and the performance of the investment managers. In certain countries, the trustee is also required to consult with us. Asset allocation decisions are made to provide risk adjusted returns that align with the overall investment strategy for each plan. Generally, the investment return objective of each plan is to achieve a total annualized rate of return that exceeds inflation over the long term by an amount based on the target asset allocation mix of that plan. In certain countries, plan assets are invested in funds that are required to hold a majority of assets in bonds, with a smaller proportion in equities. Also, certain plan assets are entirely invested in contracts held with the plan insurer, which determines the strategy. Defined benefit pension plans in certain countries are unfunded.

Risk Management

Plan investments are exposed to risks including market, interest rate and operating risk. In order to mitigate significant concentrations of these risks, the assets are invested in a diversified portfolio primarily consisting of fixed income instruments and equities. To minimize asset volatility relative to the liabilities, plan assets allocated to debt securities appropriately match the duration of individual plan liabilities. Equities are diversified between U.S. and non-U.S. index funds and are intended to achieve long term capital appreciation. Plan asset allocation and investment managers’ guidelines are reviewed on a regular basis.

Plan Assets

Our target allocation for fiscal 2020 and weighted-average plan assets allocations as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 by asset category for defined benefit pension plans are as follows:


	2021 Target Allocation						2020						2019
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans
Asset Category
Equity securities	—	%	26	%	—	%	19	%	—	%	19	%
Debt securities	100		51		96		59		95		59
Cash and short-term investments	—		2		4		2		5		2
Insurance contracts	—		16		—		16		—		17
Other	—		5		—		4		—		3
Total	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the entity.

The three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements is based on whether the inputs to those measurements are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. The fair-value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available and consists of the following levels:

•Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

•Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and

•Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

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The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2020 are as follows:


Non-U.S. Plans
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities	$	—	$	259,776	$	—	$	259,776
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities	163,602		—		—		163,602
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities	20,639		—		—		20,639
Mutual fund debt securities	—		611,028		—		611,028
Cash and short-term investments	13,858		14,509		—		28,367
Insurance contracts	—		79,575		140,305		219,880
Other	—		52,415		—		52,415
Total	$	198,099	$	1,017,303	$	140,305	$	1,355,707

The level 3 assets are primarily invested in an insurance buy-in contract in a Non-U.S. plan. The fair value of the assets is set to an actuarially calculated present value of the underlying liabilities.

The U.S. Plans have $313,015 in Level 2 assets, primarily made up of U.S. corporate debt securities of $185,981 and U.S. government, state and local debt securities of $75,583.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2020:


Level 3 Assets	Fiscal 2020
Beginning balance	$	133,421
Changes in fair value	6,884
Ending Balance	$	140,305

The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2019 are as follows:


Non-U.S. Plans
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities	$	—	$	226,386	$	—	$	226,386
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities	125,332		—		—		125,332
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities	19,562		—		—		19,562
Mutual fund debt securities	—		569,712		—		569,712
Cash and short-term investments	9,799		9,426		—		19,225
Insurance contracts	—		76,219		133,421		209,640
Other	—		44,205		—		44,205
Total	$	154,693	$	925,948	$	133,421	$	1,214,062

The U.S. Plans have $289,200 in Level 2 assets, primarily made up of U.S. corporate debt securities of $166,756 and U.S. government, state and local debt securities of $71,745.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2019:


Level 3 Assets	Fiscal 2019
Beginning balance	$	114,960
Purchases, sales and settlements	17,428
Changes in fair value	1,033
Ending Balance	$	133,421

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Expected Contributions

Generally, annual contributions are made at such times and in amounts as required by law and may, from time to time, exceed minimum funding requirements. We estimate we will pay approximately $106,001 in fiscal 2021 related to contributions to our U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans and benefit payments related to the unfunded frozen plan for former pre-incorporation partners. We have not determined whether we will make additional voluntary contributions for our defined benefit pension plans. Our postretirement plan contributions in fiscal 2021 are not expected to be material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

Benefit payments for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid as follows:


	Pension Plans						Postretirement Plans
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
2021	$	14,678	$	106,299	$	12,335
2022	15,416		103,597		13,990
2023	16,195		116,624		15,737
2024	16,959		115,224		17,769
2025	17,743		126,526		19,826
2026-2030	98,570		643,025		134,072

Defined Contribution Plans

In the United States and certain other countries, we maintain and administer defined contribution plans for certain current, retired and resigned employees. Total expenses recorded for defined contribution plans were $557,888, $530,501 and $485,736 in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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13. Share-Based Compensation

Share Incentive Plans

The Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan, as amended and approved by our shareholders in 2020 (the “Amended 2010 SIP”), is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Accenture and provides for the grant of nonqualified share options, incentive stock options, restricted share units and other share-based awards. A maximum of 114,000,000 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares are currently authorized for awards under the Amended 2010 SIP. As of August 31, 2020, there were 25,216,854 shares available for future grants. Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares covered by awards that terminate, lapse or are cancelled may again be used to satisfy awards under the Amended 2010 SIP. We issue new Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and shares from treasury for shares delivered under the Amended 2010 SIP.

A summary of information with respect to share-based compensation is as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018
Total share-based compensation expense included in Net income	$	1,197,806	$	1,093,253	$	976,908
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in Net income	430,290		356,062		404,124

Restricted Share Units

Under the Amended 2010 SIP, participants may be, and previously under the predecessor 2001 Share Incentive Plan were, granted restricted share units, each of which represent an unfunded, unsecured right to receive an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share on the date specified in the participant’s award agreement. The fair value of the awards is based on our stock price on the date of grant. The restricted share units granted under these plans are subject to cliff or graded vesting, generally ranging from two to five years. For awards with graded vesting, compensation expense is recognized over the vesting term of each separately vesting portion. Compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis for awards with cliff vesting. Restricted share unit activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:


	Number of Restricted Share Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2019	19,002,115	$	136.66
Granted (1)	7,543,339	206.05
Vested (2)	(7,698,685)	138.55
Forfeited	(1,106,838)	148.29
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2020	17,739,931	$	164.62

(1)The weighted average grant-date fair value for restricted share units granted for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $206.05, $144.52 and $153.33, respectively.

(2)The total grant-date fair value of restricted share units vested for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,066,622, $914,206 and $842,002, respectively.

As of August 31, 2020, there was $1,083,367 of total unrecognized restricted share unit compensation expense related to nonvested awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.2 years. As of August 31, 2020, there were 553,907 restricted share units vested but not yet delivered as Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

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Employee Share Purchase Plan

2010 ESPP

The Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “2010 ESPP”) is a nonqualified plan that provides eligible employees of Accenture plc and its designated affiliates with an opportunity to purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares through payroll deductions. Under the 2010 ESPP, eligible employees may purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares through the Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) or the Voluntary Equity Investment Program (the “VEIP”). Under the ESPP, eligible employees may elect to contribute 1% to 10% of their eligible compensation during each semi-annual offering period (up to $7.5 per offering period) to purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at a discount. Under the VEIP, eligible members of Accenture Leadership may elect to contribute up to 30% of their eligible compensation towards the monthly purchase of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at fair market value. At the end of the VEIP program year, Accenture Leadership participants who did not withdraw from the program will be granted restricted share units under the Amended 2010 SIP equal to 50% of the number of shares purchased during that year and held by the participant as of the grant date.

A maximum of 90,000,000 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares may be issued under the 2010 ESPP. As of August 31, 2020, we had issued 64,956,222 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under the 2010 ESPP. We issued 5,410,497, 5,433,817 and 5,428,356 shares to employees in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, under the 2010 ESPP.

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14. Shareholders’ Equity

Accenture plc

Ordinary Shares

We have 40,000 authorized ordinary shares, par value €1 per share. Each ordinary share of Accenture plc entitles its holder to receive payments upon a liquidation of Accenture plc; however a holder of an ordinary share is not entitled to vote on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of Accenture plc or to receive dividends.

Class A Ordinary Shares

An Accenture plc Class A ordinary share entitles its holder to one vote per share, and holders of those shares do not have cumulative voting rights. Each Class A ordinary share entitles its holder to a pro rata part of any dividend at the times and in the amounts, if any, which Accenture plc’s Board of Directors from time to time determines to declare, subject to any preferred dividend rights attaching to any preferred shares. Each Class A ordinary share is entitled on a winding-up of Accenture plc to be paid a pro rata part of the value of the assets of Accenture plc remaining after payment of its liabilities, subject to any preferred rights on liquidation attaching to any preferred shares.

Class X Ordinary Shares

Most of our pre-incorporation partners who received Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares in connection with our transition to a corporate structure received a corresponding number of Accenture plc Class X ordinary shares. An Accenture plc Class X ordinary share entitles its holder to one vote per share, and holders of those shares do not have cumulative voting rights. A Class X ordinary share does not entitle its holder to receive dividends, and holders of those shares are not entitled to be paid any amount upon a winding-up of Accenture plc. Accenture plc may redeem, at its option, any Class X ordinary share for a redemption price equal to the par value of the Class X ordinary share. Accenture plc has separately agreed with the original holders of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares not to redeem any Class X ordinary share of such holder if the redemption would reduce the number of Class X ordinary shares held by that holder to a number that is less than the number of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares owned by that holder, as the case may be. Accenture plc will redeem Class X ordinary shares upon the redemption or exchange of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares so that the aggregate number of Class X ordinary shares outstanding at any time does not exceed the aggregate number of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares outstanding. Class X ordinary shares are not transferable without the consent of Accenture plc.

Equity of Subsidiaries Redeemable or Exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares

Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares

Pre-incorporation partners resident in Canada and New Zealand received Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares in connection with our transition to a corporate structure. Holders of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares may exchange their shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at any time on a one-for-one basis. We may, at our option, satisfy this exchange with cash at a price per share generally equal to the market price of an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share at the time of the exchange. Each exchangeable share of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. entitles its holder to receive distributions equal to any distributions to which an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share entitles its holder.

Share Purchases and Redemptions

The Board of Directors of Accenture plc has authorized funding for our publicly announced open-market share purchase program for acquiring Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and for purchases and redemptions of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares held by current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees. As of August 31, 2020, our aggregate available authorization was $1,314,762 for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and these other share purchase programs.

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Our share purchase activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:


	Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares				Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
Open-market share purchases (1)	11,983,661	$	2,337,732	—	$	—
Other share purchase programs	—	—		100,795	21,594
Other purchases (2)	2,746,369	556,521		—	—
Total	14,730,030	$	2,894,253	100,795	$	21,594

(1)We conduct a publicly announced open-market share purchase program for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. These shares are held as treasury shares by Accenture plc and may be utilized to provide for select employee benefits, such as equity awards to our employees.

(2)During fiscal 2020, as authorized under our various employee equity share plans, we acquired Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares primarily via share withholding for payroll tax obligations due from employees and former employees in connection with the delivery of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under those plans. These purchases of shares in connection with employee share plans do not affect our aggregate available authorization for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and the other share purchase programs.

Cancellation of Treasury Shares

During fiscal 2020, we cancelled 5,526,491 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares that were held as treasury shares and had an aggregate cost of $1,056,145. The effect of the cancellation of these treasury shares was recognized in Class A ordinary shares and Additional paid-in capital with the residual recorded in Retained earnings. There was no effect on total shareholders’ equity as a result of this cancellation.

Dividends

Our dividend activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:


	Dividend Per Share		Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares				Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares				Total Cash Outlay
Dividend Payment Date				Record Date		Cash Outlay	Record Date		Cash Outlay
November 15, 2019	$	0.80	October 17, 2019	$	507,725	October 15, 2019	$	656	$	508,381
February 14, 2020	0.80		January 16, 2020	510,604		January 14, 2020	634		511,238
May 15, 2020	0.80		April 16, 2020	508,283		April 14, 2020	630		508,913
August 14, 2020	0.80		July 16, 2020	508,586		July 14, 2020	615		509,201
Total Dividends				$	2,035,198		$	2,535	$	2,037,733

The payment of the cash dividends also resulted in the issuance of an immaterial number of additional restricted share units to holders of restricted share units.

Subsequent Events

On September 23, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our Class A ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on October 13, 2020 payable on November 13, 2020. The payment of the cash dividend will result in the issuance of an immaterial number of additional restricted share units to holders of restricted share units.

On September 20, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc approved $5,000,000 in additional share repurchase authority bringing Accenture’s total outstanding authority to $6,314,762.

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15. Commitments and Contingencies

Indemnifications and Guarantees

In the normal course of business and in conjunction with certain client engagements, we have entered into contractual arrangements through which we may be obligated to indemnify clients with respect to certain matters. These arrangements with clients can include provisions whereby we have joint and several liability in relation to the performance of certain contractual obligations along with third parties also providing services and products for a specific project. In addition, our consulting arrangements may include warranty provisions that our solutions will substantially operate in accordance with the applicable system requirements. Indemnification provisions are also included in arrangements under which we agree to hold the indemnified party harmless with respect to third-party claims related to such matters as title to assets sold or licensed or certain intellectual property rights.

Typically, we have contractual recourse against third parties for certain payments we made in connection with arrangements where third-party nonperformance has given rise to the client’s claim. Payments we made under any of the arrangements described above are generally conditioned on the client making a claim, which may be disputed by us typically under dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular arrangement. The limitations of liability under these arrangements may be expressly limited or may not be expressly specified in terms of time and/or amount.

As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, our aggregate potential liability to our clients for expressly limited guarantees involving the performance of third parties was approximately $832,000 and $794,000, respectively, of which all but approximately $87,000 and $128,000, respectively, may be recovered from the other third parties if we are obligated to make payments to the indemnified parties as a consequence of a performance default by the other third parties. For arrangements with unspecified limitations, we cannot reasonably estimate the aggregate maximum potential liability, as it is inherently difficult to predict the maximum potential amount of such payments, due to the conditional nature and unique facts of each particular arrangement.

To date, we have not been required to make any significant payment under any of the arrangements described above. We have assessed the current status of performance/payment risk related to arrangements with limited guarantees, warranty obligations, unspecified limitations and/or indemnification provisions and believe that any potential payments would be immaterial to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Legal Contingencies

As of August 31, 2020, we or our present personnel had been named as a defendant in various litigation matters. We and/or our personnel also from time to time are involved in investigations by various regulatory or legal authorities concerning matters arising in the course of our business around the world. Based on the present status of these matters, including the putative class action lawsuit discussed below, management believes the range of reasonably possible losses in addition to amounts accrued, net of insurance recoveries, will not have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

On July 24, 2019, Accenture was named in a putative class action lawsuit filed by consumers of Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The complaint alleges negligence by us, and seeks monetary damages, costs and attorneys’ fees and other related relief, relating to a data security incident involving unauthorized access to the reservations database of Starwood Worldwide Resorts, Inc. (“Starwood”), which was acquired by Marriott on September 23, 2016. Since 2009, we have provided certain IT infrastructure outsourcing services to Starwood. We believe the lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend it. We cannot reasonably estimate a range of loss, if any, at this time.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts or as otherwise disclosed)

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16. Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of an enterprise where separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

Our chief operating decision makers are our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Our operating segments are managed separately because each operating segment represents a strategic business unit providing consulting and outsourcing services to clients across different industries.

Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The change is designed to help us better serve our clients and continue to scale our business. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five operating groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources, which we now refer to as our industry groups.

Amounts are attributed to geographic markets based on where clients are located. Information regarding our geographic markets is as follows:


Fiscal 2020	North America		Europe		Growth Markets		Total
Revenues	$	20,982,253	$	14,402,142	$	8,942,644	$	44,327,039
Depreciation and amortization (1)	348,761		341,245		332,393		1,022,399
Operating income	3,169,648		1,799,431		1,544,565		6,513,644
Net assets as of August 31 (2)	2,585,659		1,079,904		620,083		4,285,646
Property & equipment, net	499,976		389,968		655,624		1,545,568
Fiscal 2019
Revenues (3)	$	19,986,136	$	14,695,749	$	8,533,128	$	43,215,013
Depreciation and amortization (1)	303,762		294,902		294,096		892,760
Operating income	3,107,437		2,013,245		1,184,392		6,305,074
Net assets as of August 31 (2)	2,923,320		1,355,827		814,358		5,093,505
Property & equipment, net	395,782		354,491		640,893		1,391,166
Fiscal 2018
Revenues (3) (4)	$	18,460,395	$	14,650,637	$	7,881,502	$	40,992,534
Depreciation and amortization (1)	318,538		309,752		298,486		926,776
Operating income (4)	2,708,674		2,167,463		1,022,642		5,898,779
Net assets as of August 31 (2)	2,469,098		1,402,971		896,653		4,768,722
Property & equipment, net	375,237		319,737		569,046		1,264,020

(1)Amounts include depreciation on property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets controlled by each reportable segment, as well as an allocation for amounts they do not directly control.

(2)We do not allocate total assets by reportable segment. Reportable segment assets directly attributable to a reportable segment and provided to the chief operating decision makers include receivables and current and non-current contract assets, deferred contract costs and current and non-current deferred revenues.

(3)Effective September 1, 2019 we revised the reporting of our geographic markets for the movement of one country from Growth Markets to Europe. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

(4)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and FASB ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to these Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our business in the United States represented 45%, 44% and 43% of our consolidated revenues during fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. No other country individually comprised 10% or more of our consolidated revenues during these periods. Business in Ireland, our country of domicile, represented approximately 1% of our consolidated revenues during each of fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018.

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(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts or as otherwise disclosed)

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We conduct business in Ireland and in the following countries that hold 10% or more of our total consolidated Property and equipment, net:


	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019		August 31, 2018
United States	27	%	26	%	27	%
India	18		18		19
Ireland	7		7		7

Revenues by industry group and type of work are as follows:


	Fiscal
	2020		2019		2018 (1)
INDUSTRY GROUPS
Communications, Media & Technology	$	8,883,173	$	8,757,250	$	8,229,842
Financial Services	8,518,136		8,493,819		8,565,695
Health & Public Service	8,022,704		7,160,787		6,877,779
Products	12,272,036		12,004,934		11,337,863
Resources	6,611,544		6,771,976		5,942,012
Other	19,446		26,247		39,343
Total	$	44,327,039	$	43,215,013	$	40,992,534
TYPE OF WORK
Consulting	$	24,227,024	$	24,177,428	$	22,978,798
Outsourcing	20,100,015		19,037,585		18,013,736
Total	$	44,327,039	$	43,215,013	$	40,992,534

(1)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation. In addition, we updated industry group results for fiscal 2018 to include an acquisition previously categorized within other.

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17. Quarterly Data (unaudited)


Fiscal 2020	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Annual
Revenues	$	11,358,958	$	11,141,505	$	10,991,305	$	10,835,271	$	44,327,039
Cost of services	7,711,199		7,782,334		7,462,617		7,394,731		30,350,881
Operating income	1,767,263		1,488,945		1,712,733		1,544,703		6,513,644
Net income	1,375,168		1,252,082		1,252,639		1,305,424		5,185,313
Net income attributable to Accenture plc	1,356,968		1,234,740		1,228,202		1,287,929		5,107,839
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic	635,722,309		637,485,626		636,146,240		635,887,742		636,299,913
—Diluted	649,389,444		648,833,880		645,607,914		647,867,307		647,797,003
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic	$	2.13	$	1.94	$	1.93	$	2.03	$	8.03
—Diluted	$	2.09	$	1.91	$	1.90	$	1.99	$	7.89


Fiscal 2019	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Annual
Revenues	$	10,605,546	$	10,454,129	$	11,099,688	$	11,055,650	$	43,215,013
Cost of services	7,308,121		7,399,780		7,571,390		7,621,034		29,900,325
Operating income	1,629,012		1,386,626		1,717,943		1,571,493		6,305,074
Net income	1,291,324		1,140,720		1,268,649		1,145,548		4,846,241
Net income attributable to Accenture plc	1,274,720		1,124,449		1,249,516		1,130,427		4,779,112
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic	638,877,445		638,639,729		637,831,341		637,049,388		638,098,125
—Diluted	652,151,450		649,170,699		649,297,717		650,523,417		650,204,873
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic	$	2.00	$	1.76	$	1.96	$	1.77	$	7.49
—Diluted	$	1.96	$	1.73	$	1.93	$	1.74	$	7.36

Exhibit 10.28

ACCENTURE LLP

LEADERSHIP SEPARATION BENEFITS PLAN

PLAN DOCUMENT AND

SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION

ACCENTURE LLP

LEADERSHIP

SEPARATION BENEFITS PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS


			Page Number
INTRODUCTION			1
YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR SEPARATION BENEFITS			1
SEPARATION AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT			3
SEPARATION BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THE PLAN			3
PAYMENT TIMING			5
RETURN OF ACCENTURE PROPERTY/TIME REPORTS			5
IMPACT OF REEMPLOYMENT ON SEPARATION BENEFITS			6
REPAYMENTS AND FORFEITURES			7
OTHER PLANS			7
PLAN ADMINISTRATION			7
BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS			8
AMENDMENT / TERMINATION			8
NO ASSIGNMENT			8
NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS			8


NO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS RIGHTS			8
PLAN FUNDING			8
PLAN TYPE / APPLICABLE LAW			8
INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY PARTICIPANTS			9
WORDING			9
MISTAKE OF FACT			9
SEVERABILITY			9
WITHHOLDING			9
BENEFIT CLAIMS PROCEDURES			9
RIGHTS UNDER ERISA			10
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY ERISA			11
CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION			13
GLOSSARY OF TERMS			14

INTRODUCTION

The Accenture LLP Leadership Separation Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) is a plan maintained by Accenture LLP that provides Separation Benefits to eligible Managing Directors of Accenture LLP (and those of its Affiliates that have adopted the Plan with Accenture’s consent, including Accenture Financial Services). The Plan only applies to Managing Directors; other employees are covered by a different plan. This summary explains the main features of the Plan as in effect for individuals notified of their termination on or after the Restated Effective Date.

This document serves as both the Summary Plan Description for the Plan and the official Plan document. It explains the principal terms of the Plan in non-technical language. In the event of a conflict between the Plan and any other communications, the terms of the Plan will govern.

Capitalized terms used in the Plan are defined in a Glossary of Terms at the end of this document. To better understand your rights under the Plan, you should familiarize yourself with those terms.

The term “you” as used in the Plan refers to an employee who is eligible for the Plan or a Participant, as the context dictates. Receipt of this document does not guarantee that the recipient is in fact an eligible employee or a Participant under the Plan.

YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR SEPARATION BENEFITS

To be eligible for the Plan, you must meet all the described requirements. Employees who are eligible for Separation Benefits are called “Participants.”

You will become a Participant if (1) you are on Accenture’s regular payroll in the United States as a Managing Director or a Senior Managing Director on your Termination Date, (2) your employment with Accenture is involuntarily terminated, including a mutual managed departure, for reasons other than Cause (as determined by Accenture in its sole discretion), (3) you submit (and do not later revoke) a signed Separation Agreement to Accenture by the stated deadline (as further described below), and (4) none of the following applies to you:

•you are offered a Comparable Position with Accenture (or an Affiliate) prior to your Termination Date;

•you initiate the termination of your employment with Accenture, including but not limited to your resignation, voluntary termination following a change in the terms and conditions of your employment, job abandonment, disability, death, and inability or unwillingness to meet fundamental requirements for your position;

•prior to your Termination Date, you receive an offer of employment by a service provider, vendor, client, successor contractor or independent contractor of Accenture in a Comparable Position that primarily involves providing the same services that you were providing to/on behalf of Accenture;

•After receiving notice of employment termination, but while still employed, you fail to: (i) exhibit professional conduct in the workplace; (ii) adhere to all Accenture practices and policies; (iii) perform your regular job duties and responsibilities in accordance with required performance standards; (iv) successfully transition job activities; or (v) cooperate with Accenture personnel in matters relating to your position or termination;

•you request to return to employment with Accenture following a leave of absence, and Accenture determines that there are no available positions for which you are qualified; provided, however, this provision will not apply to you if you are returning from an extended medical leave, a leave of absence which has a legally-protected status (such as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave) or a leave of absence that is otherwise treated as protected by Accenture (such as future leave);

•in connection with a business transaction involving Accenture or an Affiliate (including, without limitation, a sale of assets of Accenture, an outsourcing transaction, or a contractual arrangement with a third party), you are offered a position with the other party to the transaction (or one of its affiliates) prior to your Termination Date;

•you fail to comply with the conditions below under “Return of Accenture Property/Time Reports;”

•after receiving notice from Accenture that your employment is being terminated, you terminate your employment prior to your Termination Date;

•you are an employee of an employer that has not adopted the Plan, including, but not limited to, Accenture Flex LLC;

•you participate in the Enhanced Equity and Retirement Benefits for SMDs;

•you are classified as a contractor or a temporary employee;

•you are a Puerto Rico resident and your employment terminates for “Just Cause” as defined by Puerto Rico law for reasons other than closing of operations, technological or reorganizational changes and/or reductions in force (residents of Puerto Rico may be eligible for legislatively-required severance outside of the terms of this Plan); or

•you fail to comply with any condition set forth in the Plan.

Though employees terminated for “Cause” or “Deficient Performance” are not eligible for Plan benefits, residents of Puerto Rico still may be eligible for legislatively-required severance payments, provided the circumstances of the separation do not meet the definition of “Just Cause” under P.R. Act No. 80.

Individuals performing services for Accenture who are not on Accenture’s regular payroll (e.g., independent contractors and staffing agency employees) are not eligible for Separation Benefits, regardless of any subsequent reclassification as an employee or joint employee of Accenture.

All determinations of eligibility for the Plan will be made by Accenture in its sole discretion.

SEPARATION AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT

You will be required to sign a Separation Agreement and all other documentation, which may include a document titled “Amendment to Restricted Share Unit and Other Grant Agreements” to become a Participant and receive Separation Benefits, provided that your status as a Participant will not be effective until any revocation rights that may apply to your signed Separation Agreement have expired. You are advised to consult a personal attorney to review the Separation Agreement.

You must submit a signed Separation Agreement to Accenture not earlier than your Termination Date and not after the deadline set forth in the Separation Agreement. You may have a right to revoke the Separation Agreement. If such a right exists, it will be indicated in the Separation Agreement. Any such revocation must be in writing and must be received by Accenture during the time frame set forth in the Separation Agreement. If you choose not to submit a signed Separation Agreement to Accenture or if you effectively revoke the signed Separation Agreement, you will still terminate employment as of your Termination Date but will not be a Participant and will not be eligible to receive Separation Benefits. As noted above, Separation Agreements will not be accepted prior to your Termination Date nor after the deadline set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Signed Separation Agreements (and any other accompanying documents to be signed) must be returned to Accenture using DocuSign or such other method specified in the Separation Agreement.

In the event you breach the provisions of the Separation Agreement, the payment of Separation Benefits will cease and Accenture will exercise, and the employee will be bound by, the remedies provided in the Separation Agreement.

SEPARATION BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THE PLAN

If you satisfy the Plan’s eligibility requirements, you will become a Participant. Participants will receive Separation Benefits consisting of Separation Pay (including a COBRA Payment) and Professional Outplacement Services, each as described below.

Separation Pay

The amount of Separation Pay that a Participant is entitled to receive depends upon the circumstances of their termination (i.e., whether they terminate for Performance Reasons), as described below.

Standard Package

Each Participant terminated other than for Performance Reasons is entitled to receive Separation Pay consisting of (1) a base benefit, (2) a variable benefit based on the Participant’s Years of Service, subject to a maximum set forth below, and (3) a COBRA Payment (more fully described below), as set forth in the table below.


Base Benefit	Variable Benefit	COBRA Payment
6 Months of Pay	1 Week of Pay for each complete Year of Service (rounded down to last complete Year of Service), but not to exceed 8 Weeks of Pay	$12,000

Performance Package

Each Participant terminated for Performance Reasons is entitled to receive Separation Pay consisting of (1) a base benefit, and (2) a COBRA payment, as set forth below:


Base Benefit			COBRA Payment
4 Months of Pay			$8,000

In all cases, any Separation Pay payable to you under the Plan under a Standard Package or a Performance Package will be reduced dollar for dollar by any amount required to be paid to you by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and/or any state or local law that is similar to the federal WARN Act.

COBRA Payment

The COBRA Payment will be paid whether or not the Participant is enrolled for coverage in the Active Medical Plan and whether or not the Participant elects COBRA Continuation Coverage. To receive COBRA Continuation Coverage, a Participant must elect such coverage in accordance with the terms of the Active Medical Plan and otherwise comply with the terms and conditions that apply.

Professional Outplacement Services

Each Participant, including a Participant terminated for Performance Reasons, is entitled to participate in a Managing Director Professional Outplacement Services program to be provided by an outside firm selected by Accenture. Each Participant will receive from Accenture separate, detailed information about the Professional Outplacement Services program, including the duration of the program, the types of available services, how to enroll, and the locations of available programs. No Participant may receive cash in lieu of the Professional Outplacement Services. A Participant must enroll in the Professional Outplacement Services program in order to participate; enrollment is not automatic. A Participant may enroll in the Professional Outplacement Services program after the date the Participant submits the Separation Agreement

or, in the case of a Participant entitled to revoke the Separation Agreement, upon expiration of the applicable revocation period. A Participant must enroll in the Professional Outplacement Services program no later than sixty (60) days after the Termination Date or, in the case of a Participant entitled to revoke the Separation Agreement, no later than sixty (60) days after the date the revocation period expires.

PAYMENT TIMING

Unless otherwise required by law and except as provided in the following sentence, Separation Pay will be paid in a single lump sum on the next regular payroll date following the date Accenture receives the signed Separation Agreement or, in the case of a Participant entitled to revoke the signed Separation Agreement, the next regular payroll date following the date the applicable revocation period expires (or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter in accordance with Accenture’s payroll procedures). If a Participant dies before receiving full payment of his Separation Pay, remaining unpaid amounts will be paid to their estate.

If a Participant is receiving short-term disability wage replacement benefits as of their Termination Date or scheduled to start receiving short-term disability wage replacement benefits no later than thirty (30) days following their Termination Date, the Participant’s Separation Pay will include additional Base Pay (as described below) for the lesser of (i) the number of weeks (if any) remaining in which the Participant was scheduled to receive short-term disability wage replacement benefits, or (ii) eight weeks. If the number of weeks in (or remaining in) the Participant’s short-term disability wage replacement benefits is not known prior to the payment of their Separation Pay, they will receive eight weeks of Base Pay. For purposes of this paragraph only, “Base Pay” is determined by Accenture in accordance with Accenture’s short-term disability wage replacement benefit, as set forth under the U.S. Leaves of Absence Policy (1018), as amended from time to time.

RETURN OF ACCENTURE PROPERTY/TIME REPORTS

As a condition of becoming a Participant and receiving Separation Benefits under the Plan, you must (1) return to Accenture all Accenture property (e.g., building keys, credit cards, documents and records, identification cards, office equipment, portable computers, mobile phones, parking cards, computer drives) and (2) return to Accenture’s clients all client property (e.g., building keys, credit cards, documents and records, identification cards, office equipment, portable computers, mobile phones, parking cards, computer drives). Any Accenture property and client property must be returned no later than your Termination Date. The following are also preconditions of receiving Separation Benefits:

•The balance of any expense against your Accenture personnel number must be zero.

•You must submit final time reports and all outstanding expense receipts.

•The unpaid balance of any Accenture-related credit cards or credit accounts issued to you, including a Corporate American Express card, must be zero. If you have a credit card or credit account balance, Accenture may require either: (1) payment of the outstanding balance within 60 days of the Termination Date; or (2) deduction of the outstanding balance from the Separation Benefits, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Accenture reserves the right, exercisable in its sole discretion, to reduce (on a dollar-for-dollar basis) the amount of any Separation Benefits payable to a Participant under the Plan by any disability, severance, separation, termination pay, or pay-in-lieu of notice amounts that Accenture pays or is required to pay to the Participant through insurance or otherwise under any plan or contract of Accenture (including the amount of any compensation payable and the value of any benefits to be provided during any notice period under an employment agreement with Accenture or any Affiliate) or under any federal or state law (other than unemployment compensation). In addition, Accenture reserves the right, exercisable in its sole discretion, to reduce the amount of Separation Benefits payable to a Participant under the Plan by the amount, if any, that the Participant owes Accenture (or an Affiliate).

IMPACT OF REEMPLOYMENT ON SEPARATION BENEFITS

If you accept a job offer from Accenture or an Affiliate – or, as a result of an exception to Policy 1420, you become a Contractor with Accenture or an Affiliate – after your Termination Date, and the date you begin employment or the contracting engagement (such date, the “Start Date”), as applicable, occurs prior to expiration of the Separation Pay Period, your entitlement to Separation Benefits will be affected as follows:

•Start Date Prior to Payment - If your Start Date occurs before your Separation Pay has been paid to you, your Separation Pay will be reduced to an amount equal to the number of weeks that passed from your Termination Date to your Start Date, and you will not be entitled to Professional Outplacement Services.

•Start Date After Payment - If your Start Date occurs after your Separation Pay has been paid to you, you must repay to Accenture a prorated amount of your Separation Pay within 15 days following your Start Date, but not the cost of any Professional Outplacement Services. The amount of your Separation Pay you are required to repay is equal to the total number of weeks represented by your Separation Pay less the number of weeks that passed from your Termination Date to your Start Date. Accenture, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to decide not to require repayment.

Note: If the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, determines that your new position is not a Comparable Position, the provisions above will apply to you, but you will be permitted to receive and retain 50% of the Severance Pay otherwise payable to you based on the chart above or the minimum benefit, if less, and the full Health Care Continuation Payment based on the chart above (i.e., without adjusting for the reduced weeks of Severance Pay).

REPAYMENTS AND FORFEITURES

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, a Participant is required to reimburse Accenture for the full amount of Separation Benefits received by the Participant under the Plan if the Participant subsequently discloses any of Accenture’s (or an Affiliate’s) trade secrets, violates any written covenants or agreements with Accenture or an Affiliate, including but not limited to non-compete and non-solicitation provisions in any employment or equity agreement, or otherwise engages in conduct that may adversely affect Accenture’s (or an Affiliate’s) reputation or business relations. In addition, the Participant will immediately forfeit any right to benefits under the Plan that have not yet been paid. Accenture will take such steps as it deems necessary or desirable to enforce the provisions of this subsection.

OTHER PLANS

The Plan supersedes and replaces all other severance or separation plans, programs, policies, or practices of Accenture, other than the Accenture United States Separation Benefits Plan.

Separation Benefits (if any) will not be included as eligible compensation for purposes of any of Accenture’s pay-based benefits, such as 401(k), profit sharing, retirement, life insurance, and long-term disability.

Payments or benefits provided to a Participant under any deferred compensation, savings, retirement, or other employee benefit plan of Accenture are governed solely by the terms of such plan. Nothing in this Plan limits Accenture’s right to, at any time or for any reason, modify, amend, or terminate any of Accenture’s employee benefit or compensation plans, programs, policies, or arrangements.

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Accenture LLP is responsible for the administration and operation of the Plan. Accenture LLP is the Plan’s “plan administrator” and “named fiduciary” (within the meaning of such terms under ERISA).

Accenture LLP may adopt from time to time such rules as may be necessary or desirable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the terms of the Plan. These rules will be applied on a uniform basis to similarly situated individuals.

In administering the Plan, Accenture LLP will have the authority, exercisable in its sole discretion, to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan and to make factual determinations thereunder, including the discretionary authority to determine the eligibility of employees (or other individuals) and the amount of benefits payable under the Plan. Any decisions made by Accenture are final and conclusive with respect to all questions concerning the Plan and are binding on all parties.

Accenture may delegate to one or more of its employees or other persons the responsibility for performing certain of Accenture’s duties under the terms of the Plan and may seek such expert advice as Accenture deems reasonably necessary with respect to the Plan.

BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS

No benefits will be provided to any individual under the Plan unless Accenture LLP decides in its sole discretion that the individual is entitled to benefits under the Plan.

AMENDMENT / TERMINATION

Accenture LLP reserves the right in its sole discretion to amend or terminate the Plan at any time by a written instrument adopted by an authorized officer or employee of Accenture LLP.

No employee, officer, director, or agent of Accenture has the authority to alter, vary or modify the terms of the Plan, except by means of an authorized written amendment to the Plan. No verbal or written representations contrary to the terms of the Plan and its written amendments are binding upon Accenture or the Plan.

NO ASSIGNMENT

Separation Benefits are not be subject to anticipation, alienation, pledge, sale, transfer, assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution, encumbrance, levy, or lien, and any attempt to cause such benefits to be so subjected will not be recognized, except to the extent required by applicable law or otherwise set forth in the Plan.

NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

The Plan does not confer employment rights upon any person. No person is entitled, by virtue of the Plan, to remain in the employ of Accenture or to be rehired, and nothing in the Plan restricts the right of Accenture to terminate the employment of any person at any time.

NO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS RIGHTS

Neither eligibility for, nor participation in, the Plan gives any employee a right or claim to any benefit under the Plan, unless such right or claim has specifically accrued under the terms of the Plan.

PLAN FUNDING

The Plan does not confer on any Participant (or any other individual) any right in or title to any assets, funds, or property of Accenture. Any benefits payable under the Plan are unfunded obligations of Accenture and will be paid from Accenture’s general assets.

PLAN TYPE / APPLICABLE LAW

The Plan is an unfunded welfare benefit plan for purposes of ERISA, a severance pay plan within the meaning of Department of Labor Reg. § 2510.3-2(b) and an involuntary separation pay program under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii).

The Plan is governed and will be construed in accordance with ERISA. To the extent not superseded by ERISA or other federal law, the laws of the state of Illinois will apply to the Plan.

INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY PARTICIPANTS

Each Participant must furnish to Accenture such documents, evidence, data, or other information as Accenture considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of administering the Plan. Benefits under the Plan for each Participant are provided on the condition that the Participant will furnish full, true, and complete data, evidence, or other information and that the Participant will promptly sign any document required under the Plan or requested by Accenture.

WORDING

Where the context permits, words in the plural will include the singular, and the singular will include the plural.

MISTAKE OF FACT

Any mistake of fact or misstatement of fact will be corrected when it becomes known and proper adjustment made by reason thereof. A Participant must repay to Accenture any benefits paid under this Plan by mistake of fact or law.

SEVERABILITY

In the event any provision of the Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had never been included in the Plan.

WITHHOLDING

Accenture reserves the right to withhold from any amounts payable under this Plan all federal, state, city, and local taxes as are legally required, as well as any other amounts authorized or required by Accenture policy including, but not limited to, withholding for garnishments and judgments or other court orders.

BENEFIT CLAIMS PROCEDURES

You do not need to apply for benefits under the Plan. However, if you wish to file a claim for benefits, you (or your authorized representative) may make a claim by filing a written description of your claim with Accenture LLP within 180 days of your Termination Date. Accenture LLP will notify you in writing if your claim is granted. If your claim is denied, Accenture LLP will notify you of its decision, setting forth the specific reasons for the denial, references to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based, additional information necessary to perfect the claim, if any, and a description of the procedure for review of the denial. Any written claim decision will be sent to you within 90 days (or 180 days if warranted by special circumstances) after Accenture LLP received your claim.

You (or your authorized representative) may request a review of a complete or partial denial of your claim for benefits. Any such request must be in writing and must be received by Accenture LLP within 60 days after you received the notice of the denial of your claim. You will be entitled to review pertinent Plan documents and submit written issues and comments to Accenture LLP. Within 60 days (or 120 days if warranted by special circumstances) after Accenture LLP receives your request for review, Accenture LLP will furnish you with written notice of its decision, setting forth the specific reasons for the decision and references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

You (or your authorized representative) may not challenge a decision of Accenture LLP in court or in any other administrative proceeding unless you have complied with the claim and appeal procedures described above and such procedures have been completed. If your claim for benefits is finally denied by Accenture LLP, you may only bring suit in court (or other administrative proceeding) if you file such action within 120 days after the date of the final denial of your claim by Accenture LLP. No action at law or in equity shall be brought to recover benefits under this Plan until the appeal rights herein provided have been exercised and the Plan benefits requested in such appeal have been denied in whole or in part.

All decisions and communications to Participants or other persons regarding a claim for benefits under the Plan shall be held strictly confidential by the Participant (or other claimant), Accenture LLP, and their agents.

RIGHTS UNDER ERISA

Each Participant in the Plan is entitled to certain rights and protections under ERISA. ERISA provides that Participants will be entitled to:

•Examine, without charge, at Accenture LLP’s offices, all documents governing the Plan, and a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 series) filed by Accenture LLP with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

•Upon written request to Accenture LLP, obtain copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan, a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 series), and an updated summary plan description. Accenture LLP may make a reasonable charge for the copies.

In addition to creating rights for Participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The people who operate the Plan, called “fiduciaries” of the Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of the Participants. No one, including Accenture or any other person, may fire any person or otherwise discriminate against a person in any way to prevent him or her from obtaining a benefit or exercising their rights under ERISA. If a claim for benefits is denied, in whole or in part, the claimant has the right to know why this was done, obtain copies of documents relating to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules.

Under ERISA, there are steps a person can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if a person requests a copy of the Plan documents or the Plan’s latest annual report from Accenture LLP and such person does not receive them within thirty days, they may file suit in a federal court. In such case, the court may require Accenture LLP to provide the requested materials and pay such person up to $110 per day until they receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of Accenture LLP. If a person has a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, they may file suit in a state or federal court. If it should happen that the fiduciaries misuse a plan’s money, or if an individual is discriminated against for asserting their rights, they may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor or may file suit in a federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If a person is successful in the lawsuit, the court may order the person sued to pay these cost fees. If the person filing the lawsuit loses, the court may order that person to pay these costs and fees; for instance, if it finds the claim to be frivolous.

If a person has any questions about the Plan, they should contact Accenture LLP. If that person has any questions about this statement or about ERISA, they should contact the nearest area office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, listed in the telephone directory, or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. A person also may obtain certain publications about the rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

INFORMATION REQUIRED BY ERISA


a.	Name of Plan	Accenture LLP Leadership Separation Benefits Plan
b.	Restated Effective Date	October 1, 2020
c.	Plan Year	January 1 – December 31
d.	Plan Number	702
e.	Type of Plan	The Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
f.	Plan Sponsor	Accenture LLP 161 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
g.	Plan Sponsor’s Identification No.	72-0542904
h.	Plan Administrator	Accenture LLP 161 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Attn: Toni L. Corban (973) 301-1350


i.	Agent for Service of Legal Process	General Counsel c/o Ronald J. Roberts Accenture LLP 161 North Clark Street 23P^rdP Floor Chicago, Illinois 60601
j.	Separation Agreements/Notices	Signed Separation Agreements or revocation notices should be sent to Accenture using DocuSign or such other method specified in the Separation Agreement.
		Any other notices or documents required to be given or filed with Accenture under the Plan will be properly given or filed if delivered or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, to Accenture at:
		Accenture LLP 161 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Attn: Toni L. Corban

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

WHEREAS, Accenture LLP desires to adopt and maintain this restated Accenture LLP Managing Director Separation Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of its eligible employees, effective as of the Restated Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, Accenture LLP, acting through its duly authorized representative, hereby restates the Plan, effective as of the Restated Effective Date, in its entirety in the form included hereto.

Christine R. Klunk

Executive Director HR – North America

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

“Accenture” means Accenture LLP and those of its Affiliates that have adopted the Plan with Accenture’s consent. Accenture LLP is the sponsor and administrator of the Plan.

“Active Medical Plan” means any or all of the Participating Medical Plan, Participating Dental Plan and Participating Vision Plan under the Accenture United States Group Health Plan, as amended from time to time.

“Affiliate” means an entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, Accenture or any other entity in which Accenture or an Affiliate has an interest and which has been designated as an Affiliate by Accenture, in its sole discretion. Examples of Affiliates include, but are not limited to, Accenture Federal Services, Avanade, and certain joint ventures set up by Accenture.

“Base Salary” means a Participant’s base compensation (as specified by Accenture), determined as of the Participant’s Termination Date, excluding overtime, bonus, incentive pay, or any other special compensation such as quarterly variable compensation and annual variable compensation. For purposes of determining Separation Pay (as described above under “Separation Benefits Provided under the Plan”), Base Salary of a Participant classified by Accenture as a part-time employee as of their Termination Date will reflect the part-time percentage in effect on their Termination Date.

“Cause” means “cause” as defined in any employment agreement then in effect between an employee and Accenture or an Affiliate, or if not defined therein, or if there is no such agreement, ”Cause” means the employee’s (i) embezzlement, misappropriation of corporate funds, or other acts of dishonesty; (ii) commission or conviction of any felony, or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or misdemeanor; (iii) engagement in any activity that the employee knows or should know could harm the business or reputation of Accenture or an Affiliate; (iv) failure to comply or adhere to Accenture’s or an Affiliate’s policies; (v) continued failure to meet performance standards as determined by Accenture or an Affiliate; or (vi) violation of any statutory, contractual, or common law duty or obligation to Accenture or an Affiliate, including, without limitation, the duty of loyalty and obligations under any employment agreement or its incorporated exhibits. The determination of the existence of Cause will be made by Accenture in good faith, and such determination is conclusive for purposes of the Plan.

“COBRA Continuation Coverage” means continued coverage after your Termination Date under the Active Medical Plan, pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA).

“COBRA Payment” means that portion of the Separation Pay that does not constitute the base benefit or variable benefit.

“Comparable Position” means a position that, as determined by Accenture, (i) is in the same metropolitan area as the employee’s current position, (ii) has compensation and benefits (in the aggregate) that are comparable to the aggregate compensation and benefits of the eligible employee’s current position, and (iii) would commence within ninety days following the eligible employee’s Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you change career tracks but remain in the same role, you will be considered in a Comparable Position, even if it results in a change to your benefits and/or compensation.

“Deficient Performance” means, as determined by Accenture in its sole discretion, an employee has (i) demonstrated significant performance deficiencies which have been documented, (ii) been given a written action plan for improving their performance, (iii) been given written documentation that describes the consequences of the individual’s failure to address deficiencies in their performance, or (iv) failed or been unwilling to meet job requirements related to travel. The term “Deficient Performance” excludes any reason determined by Accenture to constitute “Cause.”

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Month(s) of Pay” means the amount determined by dividing a Participant’s annual Base Salary by 12.

“Performance Reasons” means the Managing Director was terminated for Deficient Performance.

“Plan” means this Accenture LLP Leadership Separation Benefits Plan.

“Professional Outplacement Services” means the professional outplacement services that a Participant is entitled to receive (in addition to Separation Pay) in consideration for executing and, where applicable, not revoking, the Separation Agreement.

“Separation Agreement” means the agreement (in the form provided and approved by Accenture) that an eligible employee must execute, return to Accenture and not revoke (if revocation rights apply) in order to become a Participant.

“Separation Benefits” means the benefits to which a Participant is entitled under the terms of the Plan upon executing and, where applicable, not revoking, the Separation Agreement.

“Separation Pay” mean the base benefit, variable benefit and COBRA Payment that a Participant is entitled to receive (in addition to Professional Outplacement Services) in consideration for executing and, where applicable, not revoking the Separation Agreement.

“Separation Pay Period” means the period equal to the total number of weeks represented by your Separation Pay.

“Termination Date” means the date specified by Accenture for termination of an employee’s employment with Accenture.

“Week of Pay” means the amount determined by dividing a Participant’s annual Base Salary by 52.

“Years of Service” means, with respect to a Participant, each complete twelve-month period of the Participant’s service with Accenture or an Affiliate, beginning with the earlier of (a) the Participant’s most recent date of hire with a business entity which Accenture or an Affiliate acquired, or (b) the Participant’s last date of hire with Accenture or an Affiliate (based on the applicable payroll records) and ending on their Termination Date, unless otherwise noted in the Participant’s offer letter or employment agreement. Periods of service prior to a Participant’s last date of hire with the acquired entity, Accenture or an Affiliate, as applicable, will not be counted for purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise noted in the Participant’s offer letter or employment agreement. Years of Service will not include accrued but unused PTO, vacation time, sick leave, personal time, or any other paid or unpaid time off. Only complete Years of Service are counted as Years of Service. Participants are credited with their employment period with Affiliates when immediately joining Accenture (i.e., without any employment gap between the two companies), and such Participants are considered to have an unbroken service record with Accenture for purposes of the Plan.

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

Certain subsidiaries of the registrant and their subsidiaries are listed below. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K, the names of particular subsidiaries have, in certain instances, been omitted because, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute, as of the end of the year covered by this report, a “significant subsidiary” as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Name			Country of Organization
Sistemes Consulting S.L.			Andorra
Accenture SRL			Argentina
Accenture Service Center SRL			Argentina
Insitum Consultoría Argentina SRL			Argentina
Accenture Australia Pty Ltd			Australia
Accenture Australia Holdings Pty Ltd			Australia
Accenture Cloud Solutions Australia Pty Ltd			Australia
Accenture Cloud Solutions Pty Ltd			Australia
Accenture Solutions Pty Ltd			Australia
AlphaBeta Advisors Pty Ltd			Australia
Analytics 8 LP			Australia
Analytics 8 Pty Ltd			Australia
Apis Group Pty Ltd			Australia
Artio People Pty Ltd			Australia
Artio People (Payroll) Pty Ltd			Australia
Avanade Australia Pty Ltd			Australia
BCT Solutions Pty Ltd			Australia
Icon Integration Pty Ltd			Australia
Loud & Clear Creative Pty Ltd			Australia
Maud Corp Pty Ltd			Australia
The Monkeys Pty Ltd			Australia
Octo Technology Pty Ltd			Australia
Orbium Pty Ltd			Australia
Parker Fitzgerald Pty Ltd			Australia
PrimeQ Ltd			Australia
PrimeQ Australia Pty Ltd			Australia
Redcore Group Holdings Pty Ltd			Australia
Redcore Pty Ltd			Australia
Simian Pty Ltd			Australia
Troop Studios Pty Ltd			Australia
Zebra Worldwide Australia Pty Ltd			Australia
Accenture GmbH			Austria
Avanade Österreich GmbH			Austria
maihiro GmbH			Austria
Accenture Communications Infrastructure Solutions Ltd			Bangladesh
Accenture BPM S.C.R.L.			Belgium
Accenture NV/SA			Belgium
Accenture Technology Ventures SPRL			Belgium
Avanade Belgium SPRL			Belgium
Accenture Technologia, Consultoria e Outsourcing S.A.			Bolivia


Name			Country of Organization
Accenture (Botswana) (Proprietary) Limited			Botswana
Accenture Agência Interativa Ltda			Brazil
Accenture Consultoria de Industria e Consumo Ltda			Brazil
Accenture Consultoria de Recursos Naturais Ltda			Brazil
Accenture do Brasil Ltda			Brazil
Accenture Holding Brasil Ltda			Brazil
Accenture Servicos Administrativos Ltda			Brazil
Avanade do Brasil Ltda			Brazil
BPO Servicos Administrativos Ltda			Brazil
Concrete Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Ltda			Brazil
Concrete Solutions Ltda			Brazil
Decorado Marketplace Ltda-EPP			Brazil
Gapso Serviços de Informática Ltda			Brazil
New Content Editora e Produtora Ltda			Brazil
Organize Informação Ltda.			Brazil
Vivere Brasil Serviços e Soluções SA			Brazil
Accenture Bulgaria EOOD			Bulgaria
Accenture Business Services for Utilities Inc			Canada
Accenture Business Services of British Columbia Limited Partnership			Canada
Accenture Canada Holdings Inc			Canada
Accenture Inc			Canada
Accenture Nova Scotia Unlimited Liability Co.			Canada
Avanade Canada Inc			Canada
Callisto Integration Ltd.			Canada
Kurt Salmon Canada Ltd			Canada
PCO Innovation Canada Inc.			Canada
Accenture Chile Asesorias y Servicios Ltda			Chile
Neo Metrics Chile, S.A.			Chile
Shackleton Chile, S.A.			Chile
Accenture (China) Co., Ltd.			China
Accenture Enterprise Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China
Accenture (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.			China
Accenture Technology Solutions (Dalian) Co., Ltd.			China
Aorui Advertising (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China
Avanade (Guangzhou) Computer Technology Development Co., Ltd.			China
Beijing Zhidao Future Consulting Co., Ltd			China
Chengdu Mensa Advertising Co., Ltd.			China
CreativeDrive Digital Content Services (Shenzhen) Co, Ltd.			China
designaffairs Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China
FutureMove Automotive Co., Ltd.			China
FutureMove (Beijing) Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.			China
Hangzhou Aiyunzhe Technology Co., Ltd.			China
Hangzhou Qijia Cloud Computing Co., Ltd.			China
Inventor Advertisement (Beijing) Co., Ltd.			China
Mackevision CG Technology and Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China
Nanjing Demeng Advertising Co., Ltd.			China
Qi Jie Beijing Information Technologies Co., Ltd.			China
Shanghai Baiyue Advertising Co., Ltd.			China


Name			Country of Organization
Shun Zhe Technology Development Co., Ltd.			China
?What If! Shanghai Co., Ltd.			China
Zielpuls (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China
Accenture Ltda			Colombia
Insitum Consultoría Colombia SAS			Colombia
Accenture S.R.L.			Costa Rica
Accenture Services SRL			Costa Rica
Double Digit Limitada			Costa Rica
Lumenup S.A.			Costa Rica
Accenture Business and Technology Services LLC			Croatia
Accenture Services s.r.o.			Czech Republic
SinnerSchrader Praha s.r.o.			Czech Republic
Accenture A/S			Denmark
Avanade Denmark A/S			Denmark
Filmproduction ApS			Denmark
Hjaltelin Stahl K/S			Denmark
Odgaard ApS			Denmark
Pegasus Production K/S			Denmark
Accenture Ecuador S.A.			Ecuador
Accenture Egypt LLC			Egypt
Accenture Oy			Finland
Accenture Services Oy			Finland
Accenture Technology Solutions Oy			Finland
Avanade Finland Oy			Finland
Paja Finanssipalvelut Oy			Finland
Accenture Customer Services Distribution SASU			France
Accenture Holdings France SASU			France
Accenture Post Trade Processing SASU			France
Accenture SASU			France
Accenture Technology Solutions SASU			France
Altima SASU			France
Appaloosa Technology SASU			France
Avanade France SASU			France
Digiplug SASU			France
Enterprise System Partners SASU			France
Gekko SAS			France
Octo Technology SA			France
Sentelis SAS			France
Silveo Holding SASU			France
Zebra Worldwide SAS			France
2FI Systeme SAS			France
Accenture Cloud Services GmbH			Germany
Accenture Dienstleistungen GmbH			Germany
Accenture Digital Holdings GmbH			Germany
Accenture GmbH			Germany
Accenture Holding GmbH & Co. KG			Germany
Accenture Management GmbH			Germany
Accenture Services GmbH			Germany


Name			Country of Organization
Accenture Technology Solutions GmbH			Germany
Avanade Deutschland GmbH			Germany
designaffairs GmbH			Germany
ESR Labs AG			Germany
Kolle Rebbe GmbH			Germany
Mackevision Medien Design GmbH			Germany
maihiro GmbH			Germany
SinnerSchrader AG			Germany
SinnerSchrader Content GmbH			Germany
SinnerSchrader Deutschland GmbH			Germany
Zielpuls GmbH			Germany
Accenture Ghana Limited			Ghana
Accenture plc			Gibraltar
Accenture BPM Operations Support Services S.A.			Greece
Accenture Single Member S.A. Organization, Information, Technology & Business Development			Greece
Accenture Company Ltd			Hong Kong
Accenture Technology Solutions (HK) Co. Ltd.			Hong Kong
Altima Asia Ltd.			Hong Kong
Avanade Hong Kong Ltd			Hong Kong
AvantBiz Consulting Ltd			Hong Kong
designaffairs group China Co. Ltd.			Hong Kong
DMA Solutions Ltd			Hong Kong
Inventor Technology Ltd			Hong Kong
LemonXL Ltd			Hong Kong
Most Champion Ltd			Hong Kong
Orbium Ltd			Hong Kong
PacificLink iMedia Ltd			Hong Kong
Pixo Punch Ltd			Hong Kong
Seabury Aviation & Aerospace Asia (Hong Kong) Limited			Hong Kong
Vertical Retail Consulting Ltd.			Hong Kong
Accenture Hungary Holdings Kft			Hungary
Accenture Industrial Software Solutions Kft			Hungary
Accenture Tanacsado Kolatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag			Hungary
Accenture Solutions Private Limited			India
Altius Data Solutions Private Limited			India
Byte Prophecy Private Limited			India
DAZSI Systems (India) Pvt. Limited			India
Intrigo Systems India Pvt. Limited			India
Kogentix Technologies Private Limited			India
Silveo Consulting India Private Limited			India
SolutionsIQ India Consulting Services Private Limited			India
PT Accenture			Indonesia
PT Asta Catur Indra			Indonesia
PT Kogentix Teknologi Indonesia			Indonesia
Accenture Capital Designated Activity Company			Ireland
Accenture Defined Benefit Pension Plan Trustees Ltd			Ireland
Accenture Defined Contribution Pension Plan Trustees Ltd			Ireland
Accenture Finance Limited			Ireland


Name			Country of Organization
Accenture Finance II Ltd			Ireland
Accenture Global Capital Designated Activity Company			Ireland
Accenture Global Engagements Limited			Ireland
Accenture Global Holdings Ltd.			Ireland
Accenture Global Services Ltd			Ireland
Accenture Global Solutions Ltd			Ireland
Accenture International Limited			Ireland
Accenture Limited			Ireland
Accenture Participations II Limited			Ireland
Avanade Ireland Limited			Ireland
Enterprise System Partners Limited			Ireland
Exactside Limited			Ireland
Rothco Holdings Designated Activity Company			Ireland
Rothco Limited			Ireland
Tadata Creative Unlimited Company			Ireland
Tara Risk Designated Activity Company			Ireland
Accenture Ltd			Israel
Maglan Information Defense Technologies Research Ltd.			Israel
Accenture Finance and Accounting BPO Services S.p.A.			Italy
Accenture Finance and Accounting Services Srl			Italy
Accenture Financial Advanced Solution & Technology s.r.l.			Italy
Accenture HR Services S.p.A.			Italy
Accenture Managed Services SpA			Italy
Accenture Services and Technology Srl			Italy
Accenture SpA			Italy
Accenture Technology Solutions SRL			Italy
Accenture Outsourcing SRL			Italy
Avanade Italy SRL			Italy
Concert S.r.l			Italy
Fruendo S.r.l.			Italy
Nike Group S.p.A.			Italy
PLM Systems S.r.l.			Italy
Sutter Mills Italia S.r.l.			Italy
Accenture Japan Ltd			Japan
Avanade KK			Japan
IMJ Corporation			Japan
Mackevision Japan Co., Ltd.			Japan
Accenture East Africa Limited			Kenya
Accenture Sàrl			Luxembourg
Orbium Sàrl			Luxembourg
Accenture Sendirian Berhad			Malaysia
Accenture Solutions Sdn Bhd			Malaysia
Accenture Technology Solutions Sdn. Bhd.			Malaysia
Aspiro Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd			Malaysia
Avanade Malaysia Sdn Bhd			Malaysia
Hytracc Consulting Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.			Malaysia
NewsPage (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd			Malaysia
Seabury Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.			Malaysia


Name			Country of Organization
Accenture Customer Services Limited			Mauritius
Accenture Services (Mauritius) Ltd			Mauritius
Accenture Process (Mauritius) Ltd			Mauritius
Accenture S.C.			Mexico
Accenture Technology Solutions S.A. de C.V.			Mexico
Design Strategy and Research de México, S.A. de C.V.			Mexico
Insitum Consultoría S.A. de C.V.			Mexico
Operaciones Accenture S.A. de C.V.			Mexico
Servicios Técnicos de Programación Accenture S.C.			Mexico
Accenture Maghreb S.a.r.l.			Morocco
Accenture Services Morocco SA			Morocco
Octo Technology SA			Morocco
Accenture Mozambique Limitada			Mozambique
ACN Consulting Co Ltd			Myanmar
Accenture Australia Holding B.V.			Netherlands
Accenture Branch Holdings B.V.			Netherlands
Accenture BV			Netherlands
Accenture Central Europe B.V.			Netherlands
Accenture Holdings B.V.			Netherlands
Accenture International BV			Netherlands
Accenture Korea BV			Netherlands
Accenture Middle East BV			Netherlands
Accenture Minority I BV			Netherlands
Accenture Participations BV			Netherlands
Accenture Technology Ventures BV			Netherlands
Altius Data Solutions B.V			Netherlands
Avanade Netherlands BV			Netherlands
Callisto Integration Europe B.V.			Netherlands
Enterprise System Partners B.V.,			Netherlands
VanBerlo B.V.			Netherlands
Accenture NZ Limited			New Zealand
Cloud Sherpas New Zealand Ltd.			New Zealand
DayNine Consulting (New Zealand) Limited			New Zealand
Icon Integration (NZ) Limited			New Zealand
PrimeQ NZ Pty Ltd			New Zealand
Redcore (New Zealand) Limited			New Zealand
Accenture Ltd			Nigeria
Accenture AS			Norway
Accenture Services AS			Norway
Avanade Norway AS			Norway
Hytracc Consulting AS			Norway
Accenture Panama Inc			Panama
Double Digit Pty, SA			Panama
Accenture Peru SRL.			Peru
Accenture Technology Solutions SRL			Peru
Accenture Inc			Philippines
Accenture Healthcare Processing Inc			Philippines
Cloudsherpas, Inc			Philippines


Name			Country of Organization
Orbium Inc.			Philippines
Search Technologies BPO, Inc			Philippines
Zenta Global Philippines Inc			Philippines
Accenture Delivery Poland S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Accenture Operations S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Accenture Services S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Accenture Solutions S.p. z o.o			Poland
Accenture Sp. z o.o.			Poland
Avanade Poland S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Orbium International S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Orbium Services S.p. z o.o.			Poland
Accenture 2 Business Process Services S.A.			Portugal
Accenture Consultores de Gestao S.A.			Portugal
Accenture Technology Solutions - Soluções Informáticas Integradas, S.A.			Portugal
Tech - Avanade Portugal, Unipessoal Lda			Portugal
Accenture Puerto Rico LLC			Puerto Rico
Accenture Industrial Software Solutions SA			Romania
Accenture Managed Services SRL			Romania
Accenture Services SRL			Romania
Accenture OOO			Russia
Accenture Saudi Arabia Limited			Saudi Arabia
Accenture Pte Ltd			Singapore
Accenture SG Services Pte Ltd			Singapore
Accenture Solutions Pte Ltd			Singapore
Avanade Asia Pte Ltd			Singapore
Brand Learning Pte Limited			Singapore
CreativeDrive Singapore PTE. LTD.			Singapore
Kogentix Singapore Pte. Ltd			Singapore
Mackevision Singapore Pte. Ltd.			Singapore
NewsPage Pte Ltd			Singapore
Orbium Pte. Ltd.			Singapore
Redcore (Asia) Pte Ltd			Singapore
?What If! Innovation Singapore Holdings Pte			Singapore
Yesler Singapore Pte Ltd			Singapore
Accenture Services s.r.o.			Slovak Republic
Accenture s.r.o.			Slovak Republic
Accenture Technology Solutions Slovakia s.r.o.			Slovak Republic
Accenture Africa Pty Ltd			South Africa
Accenture Mzansi (Pty) Ltd			South Africa
Accenture Services Pty Ltd			South Africa
Accenture (South Africa) Pty Ltd			South Africa
Accenture Technology Solutions Pty Ltd			South Africa
Avanade South Africa Pty Ltd			South Africa
Zebra Worldwide Media (Pty) Ltd			South Africa
Mackevision Korea Ltd			South Korea
Accenture Holdings (Iberia) S.L.			Spain
Accenture Outsourcing Services, S.A.			Spain
Accenture S.L.			Spain


Name			Country of Organization
Avanade Spain SL			Spain
CustomerWorks Europe SL			Spain
Energuia Web, S.A.			Spain
Informatica de Euskadi S.L.			Spain
ITBS Servicios Bancarios de Tecnología de la Información SL			Spain
Shackleton SLU			Spain
Tecnilogica Ecosistemas, S.A.			Spain
Accenture Lanka (Private) Ltd			Sri Lanka
Accenture AB			Sweden
Accenture Services AB			Sweden
Avanade Sweden AB			Sweden
Accenture AG			Switzerland
Accenture Services AG			Switzerland
Avanade Schweiz GmbH			Switzerland
Orbium AG			Switzerland
Orbium Holding AG			Switzerland
Orbium International AG			Switzerland
Orbium Licences AG			Switzerland
Accenture Co Ltd			Taiwan
Accenture Consulting Services Ltd Tanzania			Tanzania
Accenture Co., Ltd			Thailand
Accenture Solutions Co., Ltd			Thailand
Accenture Technology Solutions (Thailand) Co., Ltd			Thailand
IT One Company Limited			Thailand
AGS Business and Technology Services Limited			Trinidad and Tobago
Accenture Danismanlik Limited Sirketi			Turkey
Accenture Industrial Software Limited Liability Company (Accenture Endüstriyel Yazılım Çözümleri Limited Şirketi)			Turkey
Enterprise System Partners Bilisim Danismanlik Ticaret Anonim Sirketi			Turkey
Accenture Cloud Software Solutions Ltd			United Kingdom
Accenture HR Services Ltd			United Kingdom
Accenture Post-Trade Processing Limited			United Kingdom
Accenture Systems Integration Limited			United Kingdom
Accenture (UK) Ltd			United Kingdom
Adaptly UK Limited			United Kingdom
Allen International Consulting Group Ltd			United Kingdom
Altius Consulting Limited			United Kingdom
Avanade Europe Holdings Ltd			United Kingdom
Avanade Europe Services Ltd			United Kingdom
Avanade UK Ltd			United Kingdom
Bow & Arrow Limited			United Kingdom
Brand Learning Group Limited			United Kingdom
Brand Learning Partners Limited			United Kingdom
Callisto Integration Europe Ltd.			United Kingdom
Certus Solutions Consulting Services Ltd			United Kingdom
Cloudpoint Limited			United Kingdom
Context Information Security Limited			United Kingdom
CreativeDrive EMEA Ltd.			United Kingdom


Name			Country of Organization
CreativeDrive UK Group LTD			United Kingdom
Cutting Edge Solutions Ltd			United Kingdom
Droga5 UK Ltd.			United Kingdom
Energy Management Brokers Ltd.			United Kingdom
Farah BidCo Limited			United Kingdom
Farah MidCo Limited			United Kingdom
Farah Topco Limited			United Kingdom
GenFour Limited			United Kingdom
Happen GP Limited			United Kingdom
Happen Ltd			United Kingdom
Imagine Broadband (USA) Ltd			United Kingdom
Infusion Development UK Limited			United Kingdom
K Comms Group Limited			United Kingdom
Kaper Communications Limited			United Kingdom
Karma Communications Debtco Limited			United Kingdom
Karma Communications Group Limited			United Kingdom
Karma Communications Holdings Limited			United Kingdom
Karmarama Comms Limited			United Kingdom
Karmarama Limited			United Kingdom
Kogentix Ltd			United Kingdom
Kream Comms Limited			United Kingdom
Mackevision UK Ltd			United Kingdom
Mudano Limited			United Kingdom
Nice Agency Limited			United Kingdom
Orbium Consulting Ltd			United Kingdom
Parker Fitzgerald International Limited			United Kingdom
Parker Fitzgerald Limited			United Kingdom
Parker Fitzgerald Services Limited			United Kingdom
Parker Fitzgerald Solutions Limited			United Kingdom
Pragsis Bidoop UK Ltd			United Kingdom
Seabury Aviation & Aerospace (UK) Limited			United Kingdom
Search Technologies Limited			United Kingdom
?What If! China Holdings Ltd			United Kingdom
?What If! Holdings Limited			United Kingdom
?What If! Limited			United Kingdom
Yesler Limited			United Kingdom
Zebra Worldwide Group Limited			United Kingdom
Accenture 2 LLC			United States
Accenture Capital Inc			United States
Accenture Cloud Solutions LLC			United States
Accenture Credit Services LLC			United States
Accenture Federal Services LLC			United States
Accenture Flex LLC			United States
Accenture GP LLC			United States
Accenture Inc			United States
Accenture Insurance Services LLC			United States
Accenture International LLC			United States
Accenture LLC			United States


Name			Country of Organization
Accenture LLP			United States
Accenture State Healthcare Services LLC			United States
Accenture Sub LLC			United States
Accenture Sub II Inc.			United States
Adaptly, LLC			United States
Altitude LLC			United States
ASM Research LLC			United States
Avanade Holdings LLC			United States
Avanade Inc			United States
Avanade International Corporation			United States
BABCN LLC			United States
Callisto Integration LLC			United States
Capital Consultancy Services, Inc.			United States
Clarity Solution Group, LLC			United States
Clearhead Group, LLC			United States
Cloud Sherpas (GA) LLC			United States
Computer Research and Telecommunications LLC			United States
Context Information Security LLC			United States
Creative Drive LLC			United States
Creative Drive US, LLC			United States
DayNine Consulting LLC			United States
DAZ Systems, LLC			United States
Declarative Holdings, LLC			United States
Decora Marketplace LLC			United States
Déjà Vu Security LLC			United States
Designaffairs, LLC			United States
Droga5, LLC			United States
Droga5 Studios, LLC			United States
Enaxis Consulting, L.P.			United States
Enterprise System Partners Global Corporation			United States
First Annapolis Consulting, LLC			United States
Imagine Broadband USA LLC			United States
Intrigo Systems, LLC			United States
Investtech Systems Consulting LLC			United States
Knowledgent Group LLC			United States
Kogentix LLC			United States
KSC Studio, L.L.C			United States
Kurt Salmon US LLC			United States
Mackevision Corporation			United States
MCG US Holdings LLC			United States
Measuretek LLC			United States
Meredith Specialty LLC			United States
Meredith Xcelerated Marketing Corporation			United States
Mortgage Cadence LLC			United States
Nytec, LLC			United States
Pia Communications LLC			United States
Procurian LLC			United States
Procurian USA LLC			United States


Name			Country of Organization
Proquire LLC			United States
Radiant Services, LLC			United States
Revolutionary Security LLC			United States
Sandbox Studio, LLC			United States
SCI WDSFMS Services, LLC			United States
Seabury Corporate Advisors LLC			United States
Search Technologies International LLC			United States
Search Technologies LLC			United States
Solutions IQ, LLC			United States
Totem Creative LLC			United States
Wire Stone, LLC			United States
Yesler, LLC			United States
Zenta Mortgage Services LLC			United States
Zenta Recoveries Inc			United States
Zenta US Holdings Inc.			United States
?What If! USA LLC			United States
Accenture Uruguay SRL			Uruguay
Accenture C.A			Venezuela
Accenture Vietnam Co., LTD			Vietnam
Accenture Zambia Limited			Zambia

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Accenture plc:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-236196, No. 333-222927, No. 333-210973, No. 333-188134, No. 333-164737 and No. 333-65376-99) on Form S-8 of Accenture plc of our report dated October 22, 2020, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Accenture plc as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2020, which report appears in the August 31, 2020 annual report on Form 10-K of Accenture plc.

Our report refers to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases, and related updates, which established Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842, Leases.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

October 22, 2020

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Accenture plc:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-236196, No. 333-222927, No. 333-210973, No. 333-188134, No. 333-164737 and No. 333-65376-99) on Form S-8 of Accenture plc of our report dated October 22, 2020, with respect to the statements of financial condition of the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2020, and the related notes, which report appears in an Exhibit to the August 31, 2020 annual report on Form 10-K of Accenture plc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

October 22, 2020

Exhibit 31.1

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I, Julie Sweet, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Accenture plc for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 22, 2020

/s/ Julie Sweet

Julie Sweet

Chief Executive Officer of Accenture plc
(principal executive officer)

Exhibit 31.2

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I, KC McClure, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Accenture plc for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof;

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 22, 2020

/s/ KC McClure

KC McClure

Chief Financial Officer of Accenture plc
(principal financial officer)

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of the Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Accenture plc (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Julie Sweet, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: October 22, 2020

/s/ Julie Sweet

Julie Sweet

Chief Executive Officer of Accenture plc
(principal executive officer)

Exhibit 32.2

Certification of the Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Accenture plc (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, KC McClure, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: October 22, 2020

/s/ KC McClure

KC McClure

Chief Financial Officer of Accenture plc
(principal financial officer)

Exhibit 99.1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants of the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Accenture plc:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the Plan) as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for each of the years in the three‑year period ended August 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Plan as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and changes in plan equity for each of the years in the three‑year period ended August 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2010.

Chicago, Illinois

October 22, 2020

AMENDED AND RESTATED ACCENTURE PLC 2010 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

August 31, 2020 and 2019


	2020		2019
Contributions receivable	$	215,347,488	$	185,351,695
Plan equity	$	215,347,488	$	185,351,695

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

AMENDED AND RESTATED ACCENTURE PLC 2010 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND CHANGES IN PLAN EQUITY

For the Years Ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018


	2020		2019		2018
Participant contributions	$	1,009,824,309	$	888,350,481	$	784,566,715
Participant withdrawals	(30,966,777)		(25,123,961)		(22,341,955)
Purchases of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares	(948,861,739)		(842,447,581)		(747,252,840)
Net additions	$	29,995,793	$	20,778,939	$	14,971,920
Plan equity at beginning of year	185,351,695		164,572,756		149,600,836
Plan equity at end of year	$	215,347,488	$	185,351,695	$	164,572,756

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

AMENDED AND RESTATED ACCENTURE PLC 2010 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. PLAN DESCRIPTION

The following description of the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes. Participants in the Plan should refer to the Plan document for more detailed and complete information. Under the Plan, there are two programs through which participants may purchase shares: (1) the Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) and (2) the Voluntary Equity Investment Program (the “VEIP”).

General

Under the Plan, which was approved by the shareholders of Accenture plc (the “Company”) at their February 4, 2010 meeting, and approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) on December 10, 2009, the Company was authorized to issue or transfer up to 45,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (“Shares”) of the Company. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”), which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part as it determines, provided, however, that the Board may, in its sole discretion, take any action designated to the Committee under the Plan as it may deem necessary. The Company pays all expenses of the Plan. The Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of unissued Shares or previously issued Shares that have been reacquired.

At its October 30, 2015 meeting, the Board delegated to the Committee the authority to approve the issuance of an additional 45,000,000 Shares of the Company under the Plan. At its December 4, 2015 meeting, the Committee approved the issuance of an additional 45,000,000 Shares under the Plan, subject to shareholder approval. The Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the February 3, 2016 annual general meeting.

The Plan provides eligible employees of the Company or of a participating subsidiary with an opportunity to purchase Shares at a purchase price established by the Committee, which shall in no event be less than 85% of the fair market value of a Share on the purchase date.

The fair market value on a given date is defined as the arithmetic mean of the high and low prices of the Shares as reported on such date on the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading, or, if no sale of Shares shall have been reported on the composite tape of any national securities exchange on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales of the Shares have been so reported or quoted shall be used.

In general, any individual who is an employee of the Company or of a participating subsidiary is eligible to participate in the Plan, except that the Committee may exclude employees (either individually or by reference to a subset thereof) from participation (1) whose customary employment is less than five months per calendar year or 20 hours or less per week; (2) who own shares equaling 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of shares of the Company or any subsidiary; or (3) who are highly compensated employees under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The Plan does not currently qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Code and therefore receipt of the Shares will be a taxable event to the participant. The Plan is not subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Contributions

Payroll deductions will generally be made from the compensation paid to each participant during an offering period in a whole percentage as elected by the participant but not to exceed the maximum percentage of the participant’s eligible compensation (or maximum dollar amount) as permitted by the Committee. Under the ESPP, the maximum whole percentage is 10% (up to a maximum of $7,500 per offering period). Under the VEIP, eligible participants may choose to contribute up to 30% of their eligible compensation towards the purchase of Shares. The amount of the contributions is based on pre-tax cash compensation, but contributions are deducted from after-tax pay each pay period. The Committee retains the discretion to impose an aggregate participation limit under the VEIP. If aggregate participant contributions are projected to exceed such limit, contributions will stop and participants will be refunded contributions not used to purchase Shares. In fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, there was no aggregate participation limit under the VEIP.

A participant may elect his or her percentage of payroll deductions, and change that election, prior to the end of the applicable enrollment period as determined by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a participant cannot change the rate of payroll deductions once an offering period has commenced. All payroll deductions made with respect to a participant are credited to the participant’s payroll deduction account and are deposited with the general funds of the Company. All funds of participants received or held by the Company under the Plan before purchase or issuance of the Shares are held without liability for interest or other increment (unless otherwise required by law). Under the Plan, the ESPP offering periods in fiscal 2020 included the six-month periods ended November 1, 2019 and May 1, 2020. The current offering period commenced on May 2, 2020 and will end on November 1, 2020. The VEIP has a calendar year offering period, as well as a limited mid-year enrollment period, and monthly contribution periods in which shares are purchased on the 5th of the subsequent month.

Share Purchases

As soon as practicable following the end of each ESPP offering period or VEIP contribution period, the number of Shares purchased by each participant is deposited into a brokerage account established in the participant’s name. Dividends that are declared on the Shares held in the brokerage account are paid in cash or reinvested. A summary of information with respect to share purchases was as follows:


Purchase Date	Offering Type	Number of Participants	Number of Shares Purchased	Purchase Price
August 5, 2020	VEIP	6,422	154,212	$	228.43
July 5, 2020	VEIP	6,394	159,307	$	216.68
June 5, 2020	VEIP	6,430	167,481	$	207.26
May 5, 2020	VEIP	6,480	188,794	$	182.45
May 1, 2020	ESPP	77,652	1,576,243	$	153.96
April 5, 2020	VEIP	6,524	225,442	$	153.50
March 5, 2020	VEIP	6,638	195,144	$	184.19
February 5, 2020	VEIP	6,661	167,540	$	212.44
January 5, 2020	VEIP	5,853	351,499	$	208.81
December 5, 2019	VEIP	5,875	443,138	$	199.46
November 5, 2019	VEIP	5,936	177,544	$	186.74
November 1, 2019	ESPP	70,859	1,285,291	$	159.14
October 5, 2019	VEIP	5,952	163,655	$	187.96
September 5, 2019	VEIP	5,989	155,207	$	199.13
Total Shares Purchased in fiscal 2020			5,410,497
August 5, 2019	VEIP	6,040	166,263	$	187.62
July 5, 2019	VEIP	5,931	162,403	$	190.00
June 5, 2019	VEIP	5,974	171,952	$	179.37
May 5, 2019	VEIP	6,036	176,022	$	177.24
May 1, 2019	ESPP	67,413	1,371,786	$	154.97
April 5, 2019	VEIP	6,077	176,495	$	177.73
March 5, 2019	VEIP	6,129	194,316	$	163.22
February 5, 2019	VEIP	6,189	201,253	$	156.98
January 5, 2019	VEIP	5,406	513,688	$	139.42
December 5, 2018	VEIP	5,416	447,916	$	166.23
November 5, 2018	VEIP	5,448	184,730	$	157.85
November 1, 2018	ESPP	64,761	1,339,472	$	134.58
October 5, 2018	VEIP	5,471	162,223	$	171.13
September 5, 2018	VEIP	5,509	165,298	$	168.40
Total Shares Purchased in fiscal 2019			5,433,817
August 5, 2018	VEIP	5,562	176,856	$	159.95
July 5, 2018	VEIP	5,531	172,118	$	164.01
June 5, 2018	VEIP	5,579	179,166	$	159.71
May 5, 2018	VEIP	5,626	190,731	$	152.15
May 1, 2018	ESPP	60,894	1,507,477	$	128.38
April 5, 2018	VEIP	5,674	197,977	$	151.04
March 5, 2018	VEIP	5,716	189,099	$	158.33
February 5, 2018	VEIP	5,765	192,197	$	155.00
January 5, 2018	VEIP	4,811	552,517	$	156.93
December 5, 2017	VEIP	4,808	166,963	$	147.63
November 5, 2017	VEIP	4,845	171,040	$	143.90
November 1, 2017	ESPP	57,009	1,355,593	$	120.98
October 5, 2017	VEIP	4,875	182,925	$	135.82
September 5, 2017	VEIP	4,898	193,697	$	129.75
Total Shares Purchased in fiscal 2018			5,428,356

As of August 31, 2020, 64,956,222 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares had been issued under the Plan.

Withdrawals

Each participant may withdraw from participation in respect of an offering period (either current or future) or from the Plan under such terms and conditions established by the Committee in its sole discretion. Upon a participant’s withdrawal, all accumulated payroll deductions in the participant’s Plan account are returned without interest (to the extent permitted by applicable local law). A participant is not entitled to any Shares with respect to the applicable offering period, except under the VEIP for those shares purchased in contribution periods prior to withdrawal. A participant is permitted to participate in subsequent offering periods pursuant to terms and conditions established by the Committee in its sole discretion.

Adjustments

The number of Shares issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan (or pursuant to outstanding purchase rights) is subject to adjustment on account of share splits, share dividends and other changes in the Shares. In the event of a change in control of the Company, the Committee may take any actions it deems necessary or desirable with respect to any purchase rights as of the date of consummation of the change in control.

Plan Amendment and Termination

The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, provided, however, that no amendment, alteration or discontinuation will be made that would increase the total number of Shares authorized for the Plan without prior shareholder consent, or, without a participant’s consent, would materially adversely affect the participant’s rights and obligations under the Plan. The Plan will terminate upon the earliest of: (1) the termination of the Plan by the Board; (2) the issuance of all of the Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan; or (3) December 10, 2024. The Board has not initiated actions to terminate the Plan, and unless otherwise noted, has not amended the Plan.

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan’s management to use estimates and assumptions that affect the accompanying financial statements and disclosures. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

As of August 31, 2020, contributions receivable represents accrued payroll deductions from participants with respect to the ESPP offering period beginning May 2, 2020 and ending November 1, 2020, as well as the VEIP contribution period beginning August 1, 2020 and ending August 31, 2020. As of August 31, 2019, contributions receivable represents accrued payroll deductions from participants with respect to the ESPP offering period beginning May 2, 2019 and ending November 1, 2019, as well as the VEIP contribution period beginning August 1, 2019 and ending August 31, 2019. These payroll deductions are held by Accenture plc and/or its affiliates.

Plan equity represents net assets available for future share purchases or participant withdrawals.

During fiscal 2020, the Plan began recording contributions receivable on the earned, but not yet withheld, portion of employee earnings rather than upon withholding. The fiscal 2019 and 2018 financial statements have been revised to include additional contributions receivable of $9.8 million at August 31, 2019, additional participant contributions of $0.8 million and $0.6 million for 2019 and 2018, respectively, and additional withdrawals of ($0.2) million and $0.1 million for 2019 and 2018, respectively, to conform with this presentation. Further, the plan equity at the beginning of the period for 2018 was revised to include additional contributions of $8.3 million from 2017.

3. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated events and transactions subsequent to the Plan’s statement of financial condition date. Based on this evaluation, the Company is not aware of any events or transactions that occurred subsequent to the Plan’s statement of financial condition date but prior to filing that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

v3.20.2

Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Oct. 08, 2020

Feb. 28, 2020

Document Information [Line Items]

Document Annual Report true

Entity Emerging Growth Company false

Entity Shell Company false

Security Exchange Name NYSE

Title of 12(b) Security Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share

Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code L2

Document Transition Report false

Document Type 10-K

Amendment Flag false

Document Period End Date Aug. 31, 2020

Entity File Number 001-34448

Document Fiscal Year Focus 2020

Document Fiscal Period Focus FY

Trading Symbol ACN

Entity Registrant Name Accenture plc

Entity Address, Address Line One 1 Grand Canal Square

Entity Address, Address Line Two Grand Canal Harbour

Entity Central Index Key 0001467373

Current Fiscal Year End Date --08-31

Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer

Entity Public Float $ 115,077,476,776

Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes

Entity Current Reporting Status Yes

Entity Voluntary Filers No

Entity Interactive Data Current Yes

Entity Small Business false

Documents Incorporated by Reference [Text Block] Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to the
registrant’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on
February 3, 2021, will be incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K in
response to Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III. The definitive proxy
statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the
registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2020.

Entity Tax Identification Number 98-0627530

Entity Address, City or Town Dublin

Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 2

Entity Address, Country IE

Country Region 353

City Area Code 1

Local Phone Number 646-2000

ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true

Class A Ordinary Shares

Document Information [Line Items]

Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 658,883,029

Class X Ordinary Shares

Document Information [Line Items]

Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 527,509

v3.20.2

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

CURRENT ASSETS:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 8,415,330,000 $ 6,126,853,000

Short-term investments 94,309,000 3,313,000

Receivables and contract assets 7,846,892,000 8,095,071,000

Other current assets 1,393,225,000 1,225,364,000

Total current assets 17,749,756,000 15,450,601,000

NON-CURRENT ASSETS:

Contract assets 43,257,000 71,002,000

Investments 324,514,000 240,313,000

Property and equipment, net 1,545,568,000 1,391,166,000

Lease assets 3,183,346,000 0

Goodwill 7,709,820,000 6,205,550,000

Deferred contract costs 723,168,000 681,492,000

Deferred tax assets 4,153,146,000 4,349,464,000

Other non-current assets 1,646,018,000 1,400,292,000

Total non-current assets 19,328,837,000 14,339,279,000

TOTAL ASSETS 37,078,593,000 29,789,880,000

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Current portion of long-term debt and bank borrowings 7,820,000 6,411,000

Accounts payable 1,349,874,000 1,646,641,000

Deferred revenues 3,636,741,000 3,188,835,000

Accrued payroll and related benefits 5,083,950,000 4,890,542,000

Income taxes payable 453,542,000 378,017,000

Lease liabilities 756,057,000 0

Accrued consumption taxes 662,409,000 446,699,000

Other accrued liabilities 712,197,000 504,751,000

Total current liabilities 12,662,590,000 11,061,896,000

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Long-term debt 54,052,000 16,247,000

Deferred revenues 690,931,000 565,224,000

Retirement obligation 1,859,444,000 1,765,914,000

Deferred tax liabilities 179,703,000 133,232,000

Income taxes payable 930,695,000 892,688,000

Lease liabilities 2,667,584,000 0

Other non-current liabilities 534,421,000 526,988,000

Total non-current liabilities 6,916,830,000 3,900,293,000

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Restricted share units 1,585,302,000 1,411,903,000

Additional paid-in capital 7,167,227,000 5,804,448,000

Treasury shares, at cost: Ordinary, 40,000 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019; Class A ordinary, 24,383,369 and 18,964,863 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively (2,565,761,000) (1,388,376,000)

Retained earnings 12,375,533,000 10,421,538,000

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,561,837,000) (1,840,577,000)

Total Accenture plc shareholders’ equity 17,000,536,000 14,409,008,000

Noncontrolling interests 498,637,000 418,683,000

Total shareholders’ equity 17,499,173,000 14,827,691,000

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 37,078,593,000 29,789,880,000

Ordinary Shares

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Ordinary shares, value 57,000 57,000

Class A Ordinary Shares

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Ordinary shares, value 15,000 15,000

Class X Ordinary Shares

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Ordinary shares, value $ 0 $ 0

v3.20.2

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical)

Aug. 31, 2020

$ / shares

shares

Aug. 31, 2020

€ / shares

shares

Aug. 31, 2019

$ / shares

shares

Aug. 31, 2019

€ / shares

shares

Ordinary Shares

Ordinary shares, par value | € / shares € 1 € 1.00

Ordinary shares, shares authorized 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000

Ordinary shares, shares issued 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000

Treasury shares, ordinary shares 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000

Class A Ordinary Shares

Ordinary shares, par value | $ / shares $ 0.0000225 $ 0.0000225

Ordinary shares, shares authorized 20,000,000,000 20,000,000,000 20,000,000,000 20,000,000,000

Ordinary shares, shares issued 658,548,895 658,548,895 654,739,267 654,739,267

Treasury shares, ordinary shares 24,383,369 24,383,369 18,964,863 18,964,863

Class X Ordinary Shares

Ordinary shares, par value | $ / shares $ 0.0000225 $ 0.0000225

Ordinary shares, shares authorized 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000

Ordinary shares, shares issued 527,509 527,509 609,404 609,404

Ordinary shares, shares outstanding 527,509 527,509 609,404 609,404

v3.20.2

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

REVENUES:

Revenues $ 44,327,039,000 $ 43,215,013,000 $ 40,992,534,000

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Cost of services 30,350,881,000 29,900,325,000 28,499,170,000

Sales and marketing 4,625,929,000 4,447,456,000 4,196,201,000

General and administrative costs 2,836,585,000 2,562,158,000 2,398,384,000

Total operating expenses 37,813,395,000 36,909,939,000 35,093,755,000

OPERATING INCOME 6,513,644,000 6,305,074,000 5,898,779,000

Interest income 69,331,000 87,508,000 56,337,000

Interest expense (33,071,000) (22,963,000) (19,539,000)

Other income (expense), net 224,427,000 (117,822,000) (127,484,000)

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES 6,774,331,000 6,251,797,000 5,808,093,000

Income tax expense 1,589,018,000 1,405,556,000 1,593,499,000

Net Income 5,185,313,000 4,846,241,000 4,214,594,000

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. ^[1] (6,325,000) (6,694,000) (95,063,000)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests – other (71,149,000) (60,435,000) (59,624,000)

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC $ 5,107,839,000 $ 4,779,112,000 $ 4,059,907,000

Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:

Basic (in shares) 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742

Diluted (in shares) 647,797,003 650,204,873 655,296,150

Earnings per Class A ordinary share:

Basic (in dollars per share) $ 8.03 $ 7.49 $ 6.46

Diluted (in dollars per share) 7.89 7.36 6.34

Cash dividends per share (in dollars per share) $ 3.20 $ 2.92 $ 2.66

[1] Diluted earnings per share assumes the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis and the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests prior to March 13, 2018, when these were redeemed for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

v3.20.2

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Net Income $ 5,185,313,000 $ 4,846,241,000 $ 4,214,594,000

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX:

Foreign currency translation 197,696,000 (132,707,000) (305,225,000)

Defined benefit plans 57,100,000 (253,039,000) 21,335,000

Cash flow hedges 24,721,000 123,003,000 (198,645,000)

Investments (777,000) (1,663,000) 1,148,000

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC 278,740,000 (264,406,000) (481,387,000)

Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 8,243,000 (6,749,000) (2,233,000)

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 5,472,296,000 4,575,086,000 3,730,974,000

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC 5,386,579,000 4,514,706,000 3,578,520,000

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests 85,717,000 60,380,000 152,454,000

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME $ 5,472,296,000 $ 4,575,086,000 $ 3,730,974,000

v3.20.2

CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY STATEMENTS - USD ($)

Total

Retained Earnings

Ordinary Shares

Class A Ordinary Shares

Class X Ordinary Shares

Restricted Share Units

Additional Paid-in Capital

Treasury Shares

Retained Earnings

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Total Accenture plc Shareholder's Equity

Noncontrolling Interests

Treasury Stock, Value

Beginning Balance at Aug. 31, 2017 $ 9,710,200,000 $ 57,000 $ 14,000 $ 0 $ 1,095,026,000 $ 3,516,399,000 $ (1,649,090,000) $ 7,081,855,000 $ (1,094,784,000) $ 8,949,477,000 $ 760,723,000

Beginning Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2017 40,000 638,966,000 20,531,000

Beginning Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2017 (23,449,000)

Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]

Net Income 4,214,594,000 4,059,907,000 4,059,907,000 154,687,000

Other comprehensive income (loss) (483,620,000) (481,387,000) (481,387,000) (2,233,000)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (2,554,084,000) 49,766,000 $ (2,554,084,000) (2,504,318,000) (49,766,000)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares) (16,706,000)

Cancellation of treasury shares 0 (206,782,000) $ 1,582,067,000 (1,375,285,000) 0

Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares) (11,621,000) 11,621,000

Share-based compensation expense 976,908,000 913,801,000 63,107,000 976,908,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (85,010,000) (80,169,000) (80,169,000) (4,841,000)

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (in shares) (821,000)

Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:

Employee share programs 753,146,000 (829,085,000) 1,132,024,000 $ 504,159,000 (68,656,000) 738,442,000 14,704,000

Employee share programs (in shares) 10,077,000 4,201,000

Upon redemption of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares (in shares) 25,906,000

Upon redemption of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares 0 $ 1,000 $ (19,054,000) 408,652,000 408,653,000 (408,653,000)

Dividends (1,708,724,000) 54,881,000 (1,725,953,000) (1,671,072,000) (37,652,000)

Other, net (98,822,000) (12,233,000) (19,455,000) (31,688,000) (67,134,000)

Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2018 10,724,588,000 $ 57,000 $ 15,000 $ 0 1,234,623,000 4,870,764,000 $ (2,116,948,000) 7,952,413,000 (1,576,171,000) 10,364,753,000 359,835,000

Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2018 (24,333,000)

Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2018 40,000 663,328,000 656,000

Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]

Net Income 4,846,241,000 4,779,112,000 4,779,112,000 67,129,000

Other comprehensive income (loss) (271,155,000) (264,406,000) (264,406,000) (6,749,000)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (2,669,336,000) 3,302,000 $ (2,669,336,000) (2,666,034,000) (3,302,000)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares) (16,431,000)

Cancellation of treasury shares 0 (326,092,000) $ 2,745,321,000 (2,419,229,000) 0

Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares) (17,599,000) 17,599,000

Share-based compensation expense 1,093,253,000 1,023,794,000 69,459,000 1,093,253,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (21,778,000) (21,768,000) (21,768,000) (10,000)

Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures 9,010,000 4,160,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (in shares) (47,000)

Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:

Employee share programs 848,445,000 (903,526,000) 1,219,600,000 (121,250,000) 847,411,000 1,034,000 $ 652,587,000

Dividends (1,864,353,000) 57,012,000 (1,918,737,000) (1,861,725,000) (2,628,000)

Other, net 3,810,000 (10,817,000) 14,411,000 3,594,000 216,000

Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2019 14,827,691,000 $ 2,137,976,000 $ 57,000 $ 15,000 $ 0 1,411,903,000 5,804,448,000 $ (1,388,376,000) 10,421,538,000 (1,840,577,000) 14,409,008,000 418,683,000

Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2019 (19,005,000)

Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2019 40,000 654,739,000 609,000

Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:

Noncontrolling interests 418,683,000 3,158,000

Retained earnings 10,421,538,000 $ 2,134,818,000

Net Income 5,185,313,000 5,107,839,000 5,107,839,000 77,474,000

Other comprehensive income (loss) 286,983,000 278,740,000 278,740,000 8,243,000

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares $ (2,894,253,000) 3,116,000 $ (2,894,253,000) (2,891,137,000) (3,116,000)

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares) (14,730,030) (14,730,000)

Cancellation of treasury shares $ 0 (108,670,000) $ 1,056,145,000 (947,475,000) 0

Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares) 5,526,491,000 (5,526,000) 5,526,000

Share-based compensation expense $ 1,197,806,000 1,118,284,000 79,522,000 1,197,806,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares 81,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares 21,594,000 21,594,000 21,594,000

Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (21,594,000)

Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures 9,336,000 3,786,000

Employee share programs 955,308,000 (1,022,144,000) 1,409,627,000 $ 660,723,000 (93,912,000) 954,294,000 1,014,000

Dividends (2,037,733,000) 77,259,000 (2,112,457,000) (2,035,198,000) (2,535,000)

Other, net (348,000) 778,000 778,000 (1,126,000)

Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2020 17,499,173,000 $ 57,000 $ 15,000 $ 0 $ 1,585,302,000 $ 7,167,227,000 $ (2,565,761,000) $ 12,375,533,000 $ (1,561,837,000) $ 17,000,536,000 $ 498,637,000

Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2020 (24,423,000)

Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2020 40,000 658,549,000 528,000

Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:

Noncontrolling interests 498,637,000

Retained earnings $ 12,375,533,000

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS STATEMENTS - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net Income $ 5,185,313,000 $ 4,846,241,000 $ 4,214,594,000

Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities—

Depreciation, amortization and other 1,773,124,000 892,760,000 926,776,000

Share-based compensation expense 1,197,806,000 1,093,253,000 976,908,000

Deferred tax expense (benefit) 170,951,000 (96,360,000) 94,000,000

Other, net (243,867,000) (87,522,000) 7,609,000

Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions—

Receivables and contract assets, current and non-current 721,500,000 (526,297,000) (710,804,000)

Other current and non-current assets (503,482,000) (489,817,000) (510,102,000)

Accounts payable (359,682,000) 177,186,000 (167,971,000)

Deferred revenues, current and non-current 236,207,000 258,067,000 176,853,000

Accrued payroll and related benefits (7,845,000) 386,930,000 646,416,000

Income taxes payable, current and non-current 55,198,000 (162,916,000) 183,933,000

Other current and non-current liabilities (10,071,000) 335,428,000 188,479,000

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 8,215,152,000 6,626,953,000 6,026,691,000

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchases of property and equipment (599,132,000) (599,009,000) (619,187,000)

Purchases of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired (1,531,599,000) (1,193,071,000) (657,546,000)

Proceeds from sales of businesses and investments 230,393,000 27,951,000 20,197,000

Other investing, net 5,819,000 8,553,000 6,932,000

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (1,894,519,000) (1,755,576,000) (1,249,604,000)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Proceeds from issuance of shares 955,308,000 848,445,000 753,146,000

Purchases of shares (2,915,847,000) (2,691,114,000) (2,639,094,000)

Proceeds from (repayments of) long-term debt, net (6,719,000) (4,772,000) (4,195,000)

Cash dividends paid (2,037,733,000) (1,864,353,000) (1,708,724,000)

Other, net (44,101,000) (55,377,000) (110,161,000)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (4,049,092,000) (3,767,171,000) (3,709,028,000)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 16,936,000 (38,713,000) (133,559,000)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 2,288,477,000 1,065,493,000 934,500,000

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period 6,126,853,000 5,061,360,000 4,126,860,000

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period 8,415,330,000 6,126,853,000 5,061,360,000

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Interest paid 28,493,000 22,624,000 19,673,000

Income taxes paid, net $ 1,360,030,000 $ 1,587,273,000 $ 1,373,244,000

v3.20.2

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Description of Business and Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business
Accenture plc is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations. We serve clients in three geographic markets: North America, Europe and Growth Markets (Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East). Our geographic markets bring together capabilities from across the organization, with digital skills and industry and functional expertise throughout, to deliver tangible value to our clients.
Basis of Presentation
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Accenture plc, an Irish company, and our controlled subsidiary companies. Accenture plc is an Irish public limited company, which operates its business through its subsidiaries. Prior to March 13, 2018, Accenture plc’s only business was to hold ordinary and deferred shares in, and to act as the controlling shareholder of, its subsidiary, Accenture Holdings plc, an Irish public limited company. We operated our business through Accenture Holdings plc and subsidiaries of Accenture Holdings plc. Accenture plc controlled Accenture Holdings plc’s management and operations and consolidated Accenture Holdings plc’s results in our Consolidated Financial Statements.
On March 13, 2018, Accenture Holdings plc merged with and into Accenture plc, with Accenture plc as the surviving entity. As a result, all of the assets and liabilities of Accenture Holdings plc were acquired by Accenture plc, and Accenture Holdings plc ceased to exist. In connection with this internal merger, shareholders of Accenture Holdings plc (other than Accenture entities that held shares of Accenture Holdings plc), who primarily consisted of current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees, received one Class A ordinary share of Accenture plc for each share of Accenture Holdings plc that they owned, and Accenture plc redeemed all Class X ordinary shares of Accenture plc owned by such shareholders.
The shares of Accenture Holdings plc (for applicable periods) and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. held by persons other than us are treated as a noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The noncontrolling interest percentage was less than 1% as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal year, which ends on August 31. For example, a reference to “fiscal 2020” means the 12-month period that ended on August 31, 2020. All references to quarters, unless otherwise noted, refer to the quarters of our fiscal year.
The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that we may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from those estimates.
Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five industry groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources. See Note 7 (Goodwill and Intangible Assets) and Note 16 (Segment Reporting) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding the change in our reportable segments.
Revenue Recognition
We account for revenue in accordance with FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which we adopted on September 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method.
Performance Obligations
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the client and is the unit of accounting in Topic 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, we allocate the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price. The primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus a margin approach, under which we forecast our expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then add an appropriate margin for that distinct good or service based on margins for similar services sold on a standalone basis. While determining relative standalone selling price and identifying separate performance obligations require judgment, generally relative standalone selling prices and the separate performance obligations are readily identifiable as we sell those performance obligations unaccompanied by other performance obligations. Contract modifications are routine in the performance of our contracts. Contracts are often modified to account for changes in the contract specifications, requirements or duration. If a contract modification results in the addition of performance obligations priced at a standalone selling price or if the post-modification services are distinct from the services provided prior to the modification, the modification is accounted for separately. If the modified services are not distinct, they are accounted for as part of the existing contract.
Our revenues are derived from contracts for outsourcing services, technology integration consulting services and non-technology integration consulting services. These contracts have different terms based on the scope, performance obligations and complexity of the engagement, which frequently require us to make judgments and estimates in recognizing revenues. We have many types of contracts, including time-and-materials contracts, fixed-price contracts, fee-per-transaction contracts and contracts with multiple fee types.
The nature of our contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including incentive fees. Many contracts include incentives or penalties related to costs incurred, benefits produced or adherence to schedules that may increase the variability in revenues and margins earned on such contracts. These variable amounts generally are awarded or refunded upon achievement of or failure to achieve certain performance metrics, milestones or cost targets and can be based upon client discretion. We include these variable fees in the estimated transaction price when there is a basis to reasonably estimate the amount of the fee and it is not probable a significant reversal of revenue will occur. These estimates reflect the expected value of the variable fee and are based on an assessment of our anticipated performance, historical experience and other information available at the time.
Our performance obligations are satisfied over time as work progresses or at a point in time. The majority of our revenues are recognized over time based on the extent of progress towards satisfying our performance obligations. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the contract and the nature of the services to be provided.
Outsourcing Contracts
Our outsourcing contracts typically span several years. Revenues are generally recognized on outsourcing contracts over time because our clients benefit from the services as they are performed. Outsourcing contracts require us to provide a series of distinct services each period over the contract term. Revenues from unit-priced contracts are recognized as transactions are processed. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g., time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms.
Technology Integration Consulting Services
Revenues from contracts for technology integration consulting services where we design/redesign, build and implement new or enhanced systems and related processes for our clients are recognized over time as control of the system is transferred continuously to the client. Contracts for technology integration consulting services generally span six months to two years. Generally, revenue, including estimated fees, is recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client.
Non-Technology Integration Consulting Services
Our contracts for non-technology integration consulting services are typically less than a year in duration. Revenues are generally recognized over time as our clients benefit from the services as they are performed, or the contract, for which the related services lack an alternative use, includes termination provisions enabling payment for performance completed to date. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g. time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms. Revenues from fixed-price contracts are generally recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client. For non-technology integration consulting contracts which do not qualify to recognize revenue over time, we recognize revenues at a point in time when the client obtains control of the promised good or service.
Contract Estimates
Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are continuously monitored over the lives of our contracts, and recorded revenues and cost estimates are subject to revision as the contract progresses. If at any time the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on a technology integration consulting contract, we recognize the loss in the quarter it first becomes probable and reasonably estimable.
Contract Balances
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in Receivables, Contract assets, and Deferred revenues (Contract liabilities) on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Amounts are billed as work progresses in accordance with agreed-upon contractual terms, either at periodic intervals (e.g., monthly or quarterly) or upon achievement of contractual milestones. Our receivables are rights to consideration that are conditional only upon the passage of time as compared to our contract assets, which are rights to consideration conditional upon additional factors. When we bill or receive payments from our clients before revenue is recognized, we record Contract liabilities. Contract assets and liabilities are reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.
For some outsourcing contracts, we receive payments for transition or set-up activities, which are deferred and recognized as revenue as the services are provided. These advance payments are typically not a significant financing component because they are used to meet working capital demands in the early stages of a contract and to protect us from the other party failing to complete its obligations under the contract. We elected the practical expedient to report revenues net of any revenue-based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transactions.
Employee Share-Based Compensation Arrangements
Share-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period for awards of equity instruments to employees based on the grant date fair value of those awards expected to ultimately vest. Forfeitures are estimated on the date of grant and revised if actual or expected forfeiture activity differs materially from original estimates.
Income Taxes
We calculate and provide for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, measured using enacted tax rates, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. We establish liabilities or reduce assets when we believe tax positions are not more likely than not of being sustained if challenged. Recognized tax positions are measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Each fiscal quarter, we evaluate tax positions and adjust the related tax assets and liabilities in light of changing facts and circumstances. We release stranded tax effects from Accumulated other comprehensive loss using the specific identification approach for our defined benefit plans and the portfolio approach for other items.
Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts
Assets and liabilities of non-U.S. subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at fiscal year-end exchange rates. Revenue and expense items are translated at average foreign currency exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal year. Translation adjustments are included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss. Gains and losses arising from intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature are reported in the same manner as translation adjustments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of all cash balances and liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, including certificates of deposit and time deposits. As a result of certain subsidiaries’ cash management systems, checks issued but not presented to the banks for payment may create negative book cash balances. Such negative balances are classified as Current portion of long term debt and bank borrowings.
Allowances for Client Receivables
We record our client receivables at their face amounts less allowances. On a periodic basis, we evaluate our receivables and establish allowances based on historical experience and other currently available information. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, total allowances recorded for client receivables were $40,277 and $45,538, respectively. The allowance reflects our best estimate of collectibility risks on outstanding receivables. In limited circumstances, we agree to extend financing to certain clients. The terms vary by contract, but generally payment for services is contractually linked to the achievement of specified performance milestones.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Our financial instruments, consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, foreign currency exchange rate instruments and client receivables, are exposed to concentrations of credit risk. We place our cash and cash equivalents and foreign exchange instruments with highly-rated financial institutions, limit the amount of credit exposure with any one financial institution and conduct ongoing evaluations of the credit worthiness of the financial institutions with which we do business. Client receivables are dispersed across many different industries and countries; therefore, concentrations of credit risk are limited.
Investments
All available-for-sale securities and liquid investments with an original maturity greater than three months but less than one year are considered to be Short-term investments. Non-current investments consist of equity securities in publicly-traded and privately-held companies and are accounted for using either the equity or fair value measurement alternative method of accounting (for investments without readily determinable fair values). Investments are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment. If an investment is deemed to have experienced an other-than-temporary decline below its cost basis, we reduce the carrying amount of the investment to its estimated fair value.
Our non-current investments are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Equity method investments $ 240,446 $ 108,342
Investments without readily determinable fair values 84,068 131,971
Total non-current investments $ 324,514 $ 240,313
For investments in which we can exercise significant influence but do not control, we use the equity method of accounting. Equity method investments are initially recorded at cost and our proportionate share of gains and losses of the investee are included as a component of other income (expense), net. Our equity method investments consist primarily of an investment in Duck Creek Technologies. As of August 31, 2020, the carrying amount of our investment was $230,219 and the estimated fair value of our approximately 22% ownership was $956,308.
For equity securities without a readily determinable fair value, we use the fair value measurement alternative and measure the securities at cost less impairment, if any, plus or minus observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Computers, related equipment and software 2 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures 5 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements Lesser of lease term or 15 years
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired entity over the fair value of net assets acquired. We review the recoverability of goodwill by reportable operating segment annually, or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist. Based on the results of our annual impairment analysis, we determined that no impairment existed as of August 31, 2020 or 2019, as each reportable segment’s estimated fair value substantially exceeded its carrying value.
Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets, including deferred contract costs and identifiable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets or groups of assets is assessed based on a comparison of the carrying amount to the estimated future net cash flows. If estimated future undiscounted net cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the asset is considered impaired and a loss is recorded equal to the amount required to reduce the carrying amount to fair value.
Intangible assets with finite lives are generally amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated economic useful lives, ranging from one to sixteen years.
Operating Expenses
Selected components of operating expenses are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Research and development costs $ 870,611 $ 799,734 $ 790,779
Advertising costs (1) 57,658 85,521 78,464
Provision for (release of) doubtful accounts (2) 147 974 (1,060)
(1)Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.
(2)For additional information, see “Allowances for Client Receivables.”
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02 and related updates (“Topic 842”)
On September 1, 2019, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, and related updates (“Topic 842”) using the effective date method. Prior period amounts were not adjusted. The primary impact of adoption is the requirement for lessees to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by both operating and finance leases. Enhanced quantitative and qualitative disclosures about leasing arrangements are also required. We elected the package of practical expedients which does not require reassessment of prior conclusions related to identifying leases, lease classification or initial direct costs. We also elected the practical expedient to combine lease and non-lease components, accounting for the combined components as a single lease component, for our office real estate and automobile leases. The standard did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Income Statement.
The impact of adopting Topic 842 on our Consolidated Balance Sheets is as follows:
Balance Sheet Balance as of August 31, 2019 Adjustments due to ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842) Balance as of September 1, 2019
CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets $ 1,225,364 $ (38,666) $ 1,186,698
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Lease assets — 3,169,608 3,169,608
Other non-current assets 1,400,292 (10,333) 1,389,959
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities — 699,399 699,399
Other accrued liabilities 951,450 (703) 950,747
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities — 2,666,344 2,666,344
Other non-current liabilities 526,988 (244,431) 282,557
See Note 8 (Leases) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
FASB ASU No. 2018-15 (“Subtopic 350-40”)
On September 1, 2019, we prospectively adopted FASB ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. ASU 2018-15 clarifies and aligns the accounting and capitalization of implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements that are service arrangements with the accounting for implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software under ASC No. 350-40. Implementation costs that are currently capitalized in software licensing arrangements (e.g. costs to configure the software) will be capitalized in cloud computing arrangements, and costs expensed in software license arrangements (e.g. data conversion, training, and business process re-engineering) will be expensed in cloud computing arrangements. The adoption did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

v3.20.2

REVENUES
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Revenues [Abstract]

Revenue from Contract with Customer Revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue
See Note 16 (Segment Reporting) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for our disaggregated revenues.
Remaining Performance Obligations
We had remaining performance obligations of approximately $20 billion as of each of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our remaining performance obligations represent the amount of transaction price for which work has not been performed and revenue has not been recognized. The majority of our contracts are terminable by the client on short notice with little or no termination penalties, and some without notice. Only the non-cancelable portion of these contracts is included in our performance obligations. Additionally, our performance obligations only include variable consideration if we assess it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty is resolved. Based on the terms of our contracts, a significant portion of what we consider contract bookings is not included in our remaining performance obligations. We expect to recognize approximately 67% of our remaining performance obligations as of August 31, 2020 as revenue in fiscal 2021, an additional 15% in fiscal 2022, and the balance thereafter.
Contract Estimates
Adjustments in contract estimates related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in prior periods were immaterial for fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Contract Balances
Deferred transition revenues were $690,931 and $563,245 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in Non-current deferred revenues. Costs related to these activities are also deferred and are expensed as the services are provided. Generally, deferred amounts are protected in the event of early termination of the contract and are monitored regularly for impairment. Impairment losses are recorded when projected remaining undiscounted operating cash flows of the related contract are not sufficient to recover the carrying amount of contract assets. Deferred transition costs were $723,168 and $681,492 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in Deferred contract costs. Deferred transition amortization expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $300,680, $274,814 and $333,118, respectively.
The following table provides information about the balances of our Receivables, Contract assets and Contract liabilities (Deferred revenues):
As of August 31, 2020 As of August 31, 2019
Receivables, net of allowance $ 7,192,110 $ 7,467,338
Contract assets (current) 654,782 627,733
Receivables and contract assets (current) 7,846,892 8,095,071
Contract assets (non-current) 43,257 71,002
Deferred revenues (current) 3,636,741 3,188,835
Deferred revenues (non-current) 690,931 565,224
Changes in the contract asset and liability balances during fiscal 2020, were a result of normal business activity and not materially impacted by any other factors.
Revenues recognized during fiscal 2020 that were included in Deferred revenues as of August 31, 2019 were $2.8 billion. Revenues recognized during fiscal 2019 that were included in Deferred revenues as of September 1, 2018 were $2.9 billion.

v3.20.2

EARNINGS PER SHARE
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE Earnings Per Share
Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Basic Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742
Basic earnings per share $ 8.03 $ 7.49 $ 6.46
Diluted Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (1) 6,325 6,694 95,063
Net income for diluted earnings per share calculation $ 5,114,164 $ 4,785,806 $ 4,154,970
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742
Class A ordinary shares issuable upon redemption/exchange of noncontrolling interests (1) 787,429 892,654 14,716,884
Diluted effect of employee compensation related to Class A ordinary shares 10,599,773 11,111,679 11,948,075
Diluted effect of share purchase plans related to Class A ordinary shares 109,888 102,415 179,449
Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares 647,797,003 650,204,873 655,296,150
Diluted earnings per share $ 7.89 $ 7.36 $ 6.34
(1)Diluted earnings per share assumes the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis and the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests prior to March 13, 2018, when these were redeemed for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

v3.20.2

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Accenture plc:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Foreign currency translation
    Beginning balance $ (1,207,975) $ (1,075,268) $ (770,043)
             Foreign currency translation 207,566 (138,680) (310,548)
             Income tax benefit (expense) (1,719) (607) 3,354
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (8,151) 6,580 1,969
             Foreign currency translation, net of tax 197,696 (132,707) (305,225)
    Ending balance (1,010,279) (1,207,975) (1,075,268)
Defined benefit plans
    Beginning balance (672,323) (419,284) (440,619)
             Actuarial gains (losses) 22,414 (379,090) 19,862
             Pension settlement 3,757 793 3,030
             Prior service costs arising during the period — (2,105) (28,696)
             Reclassifications into net periodic pension and
post-retirement expense (1) 55,035 32,985 34,972
             Income tax benefit (expense) (24,041) 94,052 (7,799)
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (65) 326 (34)
             Defined benefit plans, net of tax 57,100 (253,039) 21,335
    Ending balance (615,223) (672,323) (419,284)
Cash flow hedges
    Beginning balance 38,993 (84,010) 114,635
             Unrealized gain (loss) 72,437 209,017 (169,958)
             Reclassification adjustments into Cost of services (48,545) (48,333) (93,105)
             Income tax benefit (expense) 857 (37,522) 64,118
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (28) (159) 300
             Cash flow hedges, net of tax 24,721 123,003 (198,645)
    Ending balance (2) 63,714 38,993 (84,010)
Investments
    Beginning balance 728 2,391 1,243
             Unrealized gain (loss) (778) (1,970) 1,455
             Income tax benefit (expense) — 305 (305)
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests 1 2 (2)
             Investments, net of tax (777) (1,663) 1,148
    Ending balance (49) 728 2,391
Accumulated other comprehensive loss $ (1,561,837) $ (1,840,577) $ (1,576,171)
(1)As of August 31, 2020, $54,285 of net losses is expected to be reclassified into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense recognized in cost of services, sales and marketing, general and administrative costs and non-operating expenses in the next twelve months.
(2)As of August 31, 2020, $62,257 of net unrealized gains related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is expected to be reclassified into cost of services in the next twelve months.

v3.20.2

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and Equipment
The components of Property and equipment, net are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Buildings and land $ 61 $ 56
Computers, related equipment and software 1,978,380 1,723,623
Furniture and fixtures 456,136 394,671
Leasehold improvements 1,424,722 1,228,845
Property and equipment, gross 3,859,299 3,347,195
Total accumulated depreciation (2,313,731) (1,956,029)
Property and equipment, net $ 1,545,568 $ 1,391,166
Depreciation expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $482,054, $440,796 and $423,471, respectively.

v3.20.2

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Business Combination, Goodwill [Abstract]

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND DIVESTITURE Business Combinations
We completed a number of individually immaterial acquisitions during fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018. These acquisitions were completed primarily to expand our services and solutions offerings. The table below gives additional details related to these acquisitions:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Total consideration $ 1,513,910 $ 1,170,044 $ 596,148
Goodwill 1,352,839 920,696 431,087
Intangible assets 377,060 282,144 140,403
The intangible assets primarily consist of customer-related intangibles, which are being amortized over one to thirteen years. The goodwill was allocated among our reportable operating segments and is partially deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

v3.20.2

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] Goodwill And Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable operating segment are as follows:
August 31,
2018 Additions/
Adjustments Foreign
Currency
Translation August 31,
2019 Additions/
Adjustments Foreign
Currency
Translation August 31,
2020
GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS (1)
North America $ 3,440,285 $ 534,269 $ (1,198) $ 3,973,356 $ 628,458 $ 2,627 $ 4,604,441
Europe 1,357,688 297,548 (86,013) 1,569,223 420,413 148,452 2,138,088
Growth Markets 585,039 92,925 (14,993) 662,971 289,598 14,722 967,291
Total $ 5,383,012 $ 924,742 $ (102,204) $ 6,205,550 $ 1,338,469 $ 165,801 $ 7,709,820
(1)Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.
Goodwill includes immaterial adjustments related to prior period acquisitions.
Intangible Assets
Our definite-lived intangible assets by major asset class are as follows:
August 31, 2019 August 31, 2020
Intangible Asset Class Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount
Customer-related $ 1,013,976 $ (358,130) $ 655,846 $ 1,319,332 $ (495,367) $ 823,965
Technology 119,686 (45,851) 73,835 150,765 (55,543) 95,222
Patents 127,796 (66,167) 61,629 129,295 (66,954) 62,341
Other 78,344 (28,875) 49,469 82,676 (34,986) 47,690
Total $ 1,339,802 $ (499,023) $ 840,779 $ 1,682,068 $ (652,850) $ 1,029,218
Total amortization related to our intangible assets was $239,664, $177,150 and $170,187 for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Estimated future amortization related to intangible assets held as of August 31, 2020 is as follows:
Fiscal Year Estimated Amortization
2021 $ 214,120
2022 172,641
2023 154,297
2024 127,673
2025 108,068
Thereafter 252,419
Total $ 1,029,218

v3.20.2

LEASES
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block] Leases
We account for leases in accordance with Topic 842. See Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to these Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our adoption.
As a lessee, substantially all of our lease obligation is for office real estate. Our significant judgments used in determining our lease obligation include whether a contract is or contains a lease and the determination of the discount rate used to calculate the lease liability. We elected the practical expedient not to separate lease and associated non-lease components, accounting for them as a single combined lease component, for our office real estate and automobile leases.
Our leases may include the option to extend or terminate before the end of the contractual term and are often non-cancelable or cancelable only by the payment of penalties. Our lease assets and liabilities include these options in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that they will be exercised. In certain cases, we sublease excess office real estate to third-party tenants.
Lease assets and liabilities recognized at the lease commencement date are determined predominantly as the present value of the payments due over the lease term. Since we cannot determine the implicit rate in our leases, we use our incremental borrowing rate on that date to calculate the present value. Our incremental borrowing rate approximates the rate at which we could borrow, on a secured basis for a similar term, an amount equal to our lease payments in a similar economic environment.
Effective September 1, 2019, when we are the lessee, all leases are recognized as lease liabilities and associated lease assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Lease liabilities represent our obligation to make payments arising from the lease. Lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and may also include advance payments, initial direct costs or lease incentives. Payments that depend upon an index or rate, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), are included in the recognition of lease assets and liabilities at the commencement-date rate. Other variable payments, such as common area maintenance, property and other taxes, utilities and insurance that are based on the lessor’s cost, are recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement in the period incurred.
As of August 31, 2020, we had no material finance leases. Operating lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease costs are as follows:
Fiscal 2020
Operating lease cost $ 749,233
Variable lease cost 181,612
Sublease income (27,192)
$ 903,653
Supplemental information related to operating lease transactions is as follows:
Fiscal 2020
Lease liability payments $ 725,892
Lease assets obtained in exchange for liabilities $ 592,026
As of August 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.3 years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.2%.
The following maturity analysis presents future undiscounted cash outflows for operating leases as of August 31, 2020:
Lease Payments Sublease Receipts
2021 $ 770,640 $ (19,415)
2022 652,652 (10,296)
2023 549,069 (9,888)
2024 456,020 (9,256)
2025 371,856 (7,341)
Thereafter 1,148,600 (26,289)
Total lease payments (receipts) 3,948,837 $ (82,485)
Less interest (525,196)
Total lease liabilities $ 3,423,641
As of August 31, 2020, we have entered into leases that have not yet commenced with future lease payments of $541 million that are not reflected in the table above. These leases are primarily related to office real estate and will commence in or before fiscal 2022 with lease terms of up to 16 years.
Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of August 31, 2019, which were accounted for in accordance with Topic 840, are as follows:
Lease Payments Sublease Receipts
2020 $ 688,020 $ (24,884)
2021 597,307 (17,908)
2022 516,544 (8,535)
2023 428,481 (7,541)
2024 363,107 (7,184)
Thereafter 1,246,097 (30,708)
$ 3,839,556 $ (96,760)

v3.20.2

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Financial Instruments
Derivatives
In the normal course of business, we use derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk. Derivative transactions are governed by a uniform set of policies and procedures covering areas such as authorization, counterparty exposure and hedging practices. Positions are monitored using techniques such as market value and sensitivity analyses. We do not enter into derivative transactions for trading purposes. We classify cash flows from our derivative programs as cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Cash Flows Statements.
Certain derivatives give rise to credit risks from the possible non-performance by counterparties. Credit risk is generally limited to the fair value of those contracts that are favorable to us, and the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk, based on the gross fair value of our derivative financial instruments that are in an asset position, was $154,749 as of August 31, 2020.
We utilize standard counterparty master agreements containing provisions for the netting of certain foreign currency transaction obligations and for set-off of certain obligations in the event of an insolvency of one of the parties to the transaction. These provisions may reduce our potential overall loss resulting from the insolvency of a counterparty and reduce a counterparty’s potential overall loss resulting from our insolvency. Additionally, these agreements contain early termination provisions triggered by adverse changes in a counterparty’s credit rating, thereby enabling us to accelerate settlement of a transaction prior to its contractual maturity and potentially decrease our realized loss on an open transaction. Similarly, a decrement in our credit rating could trigger a counterparty’s early termination rights, thereby enabling a counterparty to accelerate settlement of a transaction prior to its contractual maturity and potentially increase our realized loss on an open transaction. The aggregate fair value of our derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a liability position as of August 31, 2020 was $39,018.
Our derivative financial instruments consist of deliverable and non-deliverable foreign currency forward contracts. Fair values for derivative financial instruments are based on prices computed using third-party valuation models and are classified as Level 2 in accordance with the three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements. All of the significant inputs to the third-party valuation models are observable in active markets. Inputs include current market-based parameters such as forward rates and yield curves. For additional information related to the three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements, see Note 12 (Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans) to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
Cash Flow Hedges
Certain of our subsidiaries are exposed to currency risk through their use of our global delivery resources. To mitigate this risk, we use foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the foreign exchange risk of the forecasted intercompany expenses denominated in foreign currencies for up to three years in the future. We have designated these derivatives as cash flow hedges. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we held no derivatives that were designated as fair value or net investment hedges.
In order for a derivative to qualify for hedge accounting, the derivative must be formally designated as a fair value, cash flow or net investment hedge by documenting the relationship between the derivative and the hedged item. The documentation includes a description of the hedging instrument, the hedged item, the risk being hedged, our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge, the method for assessing the effectiveness of the hedge and the method for measuring hedge ineffectiveness. Additionally, the hedge relationship must be expected to be highly effective at offsetting changes in either the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item at both inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis.
For a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the change in estimated fair value of a hedging instrument is recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as a separate component of Shareholders’ Equity and is reclassified into Cost of services in the Consolidated Income Statements during the period in which the hedged transaction is recognized. The amounts related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges that were reclassified into Cost of services were net gains of $48,545, $48,333 and $93,105 during fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of a cash flow hedge is recognized immediately in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Income Statements and for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, was not material. In addition, we did not discontinue any cash flow hedges during fiscal 2020, 2019 or 2018.
Other Derivatives
We also use foreign currency forward contracts, which have not been designated as hedges, to hedge balance sheet exposures, such as intercompany loans. These instruments are generally short-term in nature, with typical maturities of less than one year, and are subject to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. Realized gains or losses and changes in the estimated fair value of these derivatives were a net gain of $111,623, for fiscal 2020 and net losses of $112,113 and $114,076 for fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Gains and losses on these contracts are recorded in Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Income Statements and are offset by gains and losses on the related hedged items.
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
The notional and fair values of all derivative instruments are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Assets
Cash Flow Hedges
Other current assets $ 75,871 $ 53,033
Other non-current assets 50,914 49,525
Other Derivatives
Other current assets 27,964 8,059
Total assets $ 154,749 $ 110,617
Liabilities
Cash Flow Hedges
Other accrued liabilities $ 13,614 $ 18,826
Other non-current liabilities 13,576 8,770
Other Derivatives
Other accrued liabilities 11,828 32,195
Total liabilities $ 39,018 $ 59,791
Total fair value $ 115,731 $ 50,826
Total notional value $ 9,600,691 $ 8,709,917
We utilize standard counterparty master agreements containing provisions for the netting of certain foreign currency transaction obligations and for the set-off of certain obligations in the event of an insolvency of one of the parties to the transaction. In the Consolidated Balance Sheets, we record derivative assets and liabilities at gross fair value. The potential effect of netting derivative assets against liabilities under the counterparty master agreements is as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Net derivative assets $ 129,520 $ 88,811
Net derivative liabilities 13,789 37,985
Total fair value $ 115,731 $ 50,826

v3.20.2

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS Borrowings and Indebtedness
As of August 31, 2020, we had the following borrowing facilities, including the issuance of letters of credit, to support general working capital purposes:
Facility
Amount Borrowings
Under
Facilities
Syndicated loan facility (1) $ 1,000,000 $ —
364-day syndicated loan facility (2) 1,000,000 —
Separate, uncommitted, unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities (3) 903,674 —
Local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit (4) 245,762 —
Total $ 3,149,436 $ —
(1)On December 10, 2019, we replaced our $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 22, 2020 with a $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 10, 2024. This facility provides unsecured, revolving borrowing capacity for general working capital purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. Financing is provided under this facility at the prime rate or at the London Interbank Offered Rate, plus a spread. We continue to be in compliance with relevant covenant terms. The facility is subject to annual commitment fees. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under the facility.
(2)On June 17, 2020, we entered into a $1,000,000 364-day syndicated loan facility, which matures on June 16, 2021. As of August 31, 2020 we had no borrowings under the facility. In the event of a loan drawn against this facility, the lenders have the option to require us to repay the loan by issuing public debt within 45 days of their request.
(3)We maintain separate, uncommitted and unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities. These facilities provide local currency financing for the majority of our operations. Interest rate terms on the revolving facilities are at market rates prevailing in the relevant local markets. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under these facilities.
(4)We also maintain local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit for those locations that cannot access our global facilities. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had borrowings under these various facilities of $0 and $2,458, respectively.
Under the borrowing facilities described above, we had an aggregate of $487,795 and $390,295 of letters of credit outstanding as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In addition, we had total outstanding debt of $61,872 and $22,658 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES Income Taxes
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Current taxes
U.S. federal $ 99,280 $ 159,578 $ 70,050
U.S. state and local 26,425 86,113 3,574
Non-U.S. 1,292,362 1,256,225 1,425,875
Total current tax expense 1,418,067 1,501,916 1,499,499
Deferred taxes
U.S. federal 21,532 (143,217) 219,034
U.S. state and local 8,525 (39,588) 57,044
Non-U.S. 140,894 86,445 (182,078)
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense 170,951 (96,360) 94,000
Total $ 1,589,018 $ 1,405,556 $ 1,593,499
The components of Income before income taxes are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
U.S. sources $ 1,352,968 $ 853,173 $ 645,943
Non-U.S. sources 5,421,363 5,398,624 5,162,150
Total $ 6,774,331 $ 6,251,797 $ 5,808,093
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which significantly changed U.S. tax law. The Tax Act lowered the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018, resulting in a blended U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 25.7% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2018 and a U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 21.0% for our fiscal year ended August 31, 2019. During fiscal 2018, we recognized tax expense of $177,651 due primarily to the remeasurement of our net deferred tax assets at the new, lower rates.
The reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 21.0 % 21.0 % 25.7 %
U.S. state and local taxes, net 1.7 1.5 1.1
Non-U.S. operations taxed at other rates 0.7 1.1 (6.1)
Final determinations (1) (1.9) (3.4) (1.9)
Other net activity in unrecognized tax benefits
2.4 3.2 5.8
Excess tax benefits from share based payments (1.9) (1.2) (2.3)
Changes in tax laws and rates (0.2) — 4.4
Other, net 1.7 0.3 0.7
Effective income tax rate 23.5 % 22.5 % 27.4 %
(1)Final determinations include final agreements with tax authorities and expirations of statutes of limitations.
As of August 31, 2020, we had not recognized a deferred tax liability on $798,654 of undistributed earnings for certain foreign subsidiaries, because these earnings are intended to be indefinitely reinvested. If such earnings were distributed, some countries may impose additional taxes. The unrecognized deferred tax liability (the amount payable if distributed) is approximately $40,000.
Portions of our operations are subject to reduced tax rates or are free of tax under various tax holidays which expire between fiscal 2022 and 2025. The income tax benefits attributable to the tax status of these subsidiaries were estimated to be approximately $38,000, $95,000 and $103,000 in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities due to enacted changes in tax laws and tax rates did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate in fiscal 2020 or 2019.
The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities included the following:
August 31, 2020
August 31, 2019 (1)
Deferred tax assets
Pensions $ 443,231 $ 446,920
Revenue recognition 115,287 115,529
Compensation and benefits 574,349 623,986
Share-based compensation 334,061 292,045
Tax credit carryforwards 659,835 527,748
Net operating loss carryforwards 159,506 175,196
Deferred amortization deductions 828,098 798,852
Indirect effects of unrecognized tax benefits 279,105 302,093
Licenses and other intangibles 1,752,612 1,958,738
Leases 729,787 27,857
Other 280,883 210,642
Total deferred tax assets 6,156,754 5,479,606
Valuation allowance (757,799) (606,765)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance 5,398,955 4,872,841
Deferred tax liabilities
Investments in subsidiaries (169,752) (182,186)
Intangibles (298,181) (234,098)
Leases (669,005) (17)
Other (288,574) (240,308)
Total deferred tax liabilities (1,425,512) (656,609)
Net deferred tax assets $ 3,973,443 $ 4,216,232
(1)Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
We recorded valuation allowances of $757,799 and $606,765 as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, against deferred tax assets principally associated with certain tax credit and tax net operating loss carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. For all other deferred tax assets, we believe it is more likely than not that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to realize these deferred tax assets. During fiscal 2020, we recorded a net increase of $151,034 in the valuation allowance. The majority of this change related to valuation allowances on certain tax credit carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. During fiscal 2019, we recorded a net increase of $154,990 in the valuation allowance. The majority of this change related to valuation allowances on certain tax credit carryforwards, as we believe it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized.
We had tax credit carryforwards as of August 31, 2020 of $659,835, of which $24,933 will expire between 2021 and 2030, $470 will expire between 2031 and 2040, and $634,432 has an indefinite carryforward period. We had net operating loss carryforwards as of August 31, 2020 of $721,168. Of this amount, $124,845 expires between 2021 and 2030, $18,617 expires between 2031 and 2040, and $577,706 has an indefinite carryforward period.
As of August 31, 2020, we had $1,238,945 of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $934,183, if recognized, would favorably affect our effective tax rate. As of August 31, 2019, we had $1,233,014 of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $908,522, if recognized, would favorably affect our effective tax rate. The remaining unrecognized tax benefits as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 of $304,762 and $324,492, respectively, represent items recorded as offsetting tax benefits associated with the correlative effects of potential transfer pricing adjustments, state income taxes and timing adjustments.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019
Balance, beginning of year $ 1,233,014 $ 1,210,520
Additions for tax positions related to the current year 168,938 211,671
Additions for tax positions related to prior years 58,977 354,890
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years (177,812) (262,055)
Statute of limitations expirations (51,477) (146,732)
Settlements with tax authorities (11,602) (103,384)
Foreign currency translation 18,907 (31,896)
Balance, end of year $ 1,238,945 $ 1,233,014
For the year ended August 31, 2019, most of the additions for tax positions related to prior years are for items that had no net impact to the consolidated financial statements.
We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in our Income tax expense. During fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recognized expense of $21,140, $8,645 and $37,230 in interest and penalties, respectively. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits of $129,597 ($118,533, net of tax benefits) and $114,566 ($105,852, net of tax benefits) were reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
We have participated in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Compliance Assurance Process (“CAP”) program since fiscal 2016. CAP tax years are examined by the IRS on a contemporaneous basis so that most issues are resolved prior to filing the tax return. We are currently under audit in numerous state and non-U.S. tax jurisdictions. However, with limited exceptions, we are no longer subject to income tax audits by those taxing authorities for years before 2013. Although the outcome of tax audits is always uncertain and could result in significant cash tax payments, we do not believe the outcome of these audits will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. We believe that it is reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $283,000 or increase by approximately $405,000 in the next 12 months as a result of settlements, lapses of statutes of limitations, tax audit activity and other adjustments. The majority of these amounts relate to transfer pricing matters in both U.S. and non-U.S. tax jurisdictions.

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS Retirement and Profit Sharing Plans
Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Plans
In the United States and certain other countries, we maintain and administer defined benefit retirement plans and postretirement medical plans for certain current, retired and resigned employees. In addition, our U.S. defined benefit pension plans include a frozen plan for former pre-incorporation partners, which is unfunded. Benefits under the employee retirement plans are primarily based on years of service and compensation during the years immediately preceding retirement or termination of participation in the plan. The defined benefit pension disclosures include our U.S. and material non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans.
Assumptions
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the defined benefit pension obligations as of August 31 and the net periodic pension expense are as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2018 August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019 August 31, 2018
U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation 2.50 % 2.27 % 3.00 % 2.24 % 4.00 % 3.29 % 2.51 % 3.00 % 3.98 %
Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense 3.00 % 2.24 % 4.00 % 3.29 % 3.75 % 2.83 % 3.00 % 3.98 % 3.73 %
Long term rate of return on plan assets 4.25 % 2.81 % 4.25 % 3.02 % 4.25 % 3.56 % 3.45 % 3.18 % 3.64 %
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation 2.21 % 4.04 % 2.23 % 4.02 % 2.23 % 3.67 % N/A N/A N/A
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense 2.23 % 4.02 % 2.23 % 3.67 % 2.25 % 3.63 % N/A N/A N/A
We utilize a full yield curve approach to estimate the service and interest cost components by applying specific spot rates along the yield curve used in the determination of the benefit obligation to the relevant projected cash flows. This approach provides a correlation between projected benefit cash flows and the corresponding yield curve spot rates and provides a precise measurement of service and interest costs. The discount rate assumptions are based on the expected duration of the benefit payments for each of our defined benefit pension and postretirement plans as of the annual measurement date and are subject to change each year.
The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets should, over time, approximate the actual long-term returns on defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets and is based on historical returns and the future expectations for returns for each asset class, as well as the target asset allocation of the asset portfolio.
Assumed U.S. Health Care Cost Trend
Our U.S. postretirement plan assumed annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of health care benefits is 6.4% for the plan year ending June 30, 2021. The rate is assumed to decrease on a straight-line basis to 4.5% for the plan year ending June 30, 2038 and remain at that level thereafter. A one percentage point increase in the assumed health care cost trend rates would increase the benefit obligation by $119,602, while a one percentage point decrease would reduce the benefit obligation by $92,093.
Pension and Postretirement Expense
Pension expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $168,367, $137,030 and $125,320, respectively. Postretirement expense for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements. The service cost component of pension and postretirement expense is included in operating expenses while the other components of net benefit cost are included in Other income (expense), net.
Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets and Funded Status
The changes in the benefit obligations, plan assets and funded status of our pension and postretirement benefit plans for fiscal 2020 and 2019 are as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year $ 383,557 $ 2,166,377 $ 331,916 $ 1,772,712 $ 576,596 $ 535,632
Service cost 3,080 108,871 3,100 88,913 22,142 18,056
Interest cost 9,771 44,395 12,364 52,466 15,647 20,498
Participant contributions — 12,521 — 11,989 — —
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers — 14 — 28,510 — —
Amendments — — — 2,105 — —
Curtailment — — — (6,477) — —
Pension settlement — (188) — (9,343) — —
Actuarial (gain) loss 26,495 (12,278) 50,002 379,173 46,630 16,880
Benefits paid (14,637) (94,136) (13,825) (85,624) (12,115) (13,637)
Exchange rate impact — 131,829 — (68,047) 428 (833)
Benefit obligation, end of year $ 408,266 $ 2,357,405 $ 383,557 $ 2,166,377 $ 649,328 $ 576,596
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year $ 257,280 $ 1,214,062 $ 210,576 $ 1,127,376 $ 31,920 $ 28,713
Actual return on plan assets 27,911 46,815 50,397 97,845 2,079 4,924
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers — — — 25,347 — —
Employer contributions 10,635 88,068 10,131 81,531 9,942 11,920
Participant contributions — 12,521 — 11,989 — —
Pension settlement — — — (8,801) — —
Benefits paid (14,637) (94,136) (13,824) (85,624) (12,115) (13,637)
Exchange rate impact — 89,049 — (35,601) — —
Other — (672) — — — —
Fair value of plan assets, end of year $ 281,189 $ 1,355,707 $ 257,280 $ 1,214,062 $ 31,826 $ 31,920
Funded status, end of year $ (127,077) $ (1,001,698) $ (126,277) $ (952,315) $ (617,502) $ (544,676)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets $ 3,232 $ 67,341 $ 6,707 $ 67,396 $ — $ —
Current liabilities (10,213) (42,990) (10,473) (33,981) (1,169) (1,257)
Non-current liabilities (120,096) (1,026,049) (122,511) (985,730) (616,333) (543,419)
Funded status, end of year $ (127,077) $ (1,001,698) $ (126,277) $ (952,315) $ (617,502) $ (544,676)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The pre-tax accumulated net loss and prior service (credit) cost recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Net loss $ 108,796 $ 605,635 $ 106,328 $ 633,619 $ 160,067 $ 121,798
Prior service (credit) cost — 20,056 — 21,954 15,114 19,427
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax $ 108,796 $ 625,691 $ 106,328 $ 655,573 $ 175,181 $ 141,225
Funded Status for Defined Benefit Plans
The accumulated benefit obligation for defined benefit pension plans as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation $ 401,822 $ 2,135,566 $ 376,886 $ 1,964,148
The following information is provided for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets and for defined benefit pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of August 31, 2020 and 2019:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligation $ 130,309 $ 1,644,895 $ 132,984 $ 1,514,448 $ 649,328 $ 576,596
Fair value of plan assets — 575,857 — 494,065 31,826 31,920
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Accumulated benefit obligation $ 130,309 $ 1,438,234 $ 132,984 $ 1,300,082
Fair value of plan assets — 575,857 — 465,935
Investment Strategies
U.S. Pension Plans
The overall investment objective of the defined benefit pension plans is to match the duration of the plans’ assets to the plans’ liabilities while managing risk in order to meet current defined benefit pension obligations. The plans’ future prospects, their current financial conditions, our current funding levels and other relevant factors suggest that the plans can tolerate some interim fluctuations in market value and rates of return in order to achieve long-term objectives without undue risk to the plans’ ability to meet their current benefit obligations. We recognize that asset allocation of the defined benefit pension plans’ assets is an important factor in determining long-term performance. Actual asset allocations at any point in time may vary from the target asset allocations and will be dictated by current and anticipated market conditions, required cash flows
and investment decisions of the investment committee and the pension plans’ investment funds and managers. Ranges are established to provide flexibility for the asset allocation to vary around the targets without the need for immediate rebalancing.
Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Plan assets in non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans conform to the investment policies and procedures of each plan and to relevant legislation. The pension committee or trustee of each plan regularly, but at least annually, reviews the investment policy and the performance of the investment managers. In certain countries, the trustee is also required to consult with us. Asset allocation decisions are made to provide risk adjusted returns that align with the overall investment strategy for each plan. Generally, the investment return objective of each plan is to achieve a total annualized rate of return that exceeds inflation over the long term by an amount based on the target asset allocation mix of that plan. In certain countries, plan assets are invested in funds that are required to hold a majority of assets in bonds, with a smaller proportion in equities. Also, certain plan assets are entirely invested in contracts held with the plan insurer, which determines the strategy. Defined benefit pension plans in certain countries are unfunded.
Risk Management
Plan investments are exposed to risks including market, interest rate and operating risk. In order to mitigate significant concentrations of these risks, the assets are invested in a diversified portfolio primarily consisting of fixed income instruments and equities. To minimize asset volatility relative to the liabilities, plan assets allocated to debt securities appropriately match the duration of individual plan liabilities. Equities are diversified between U.S. and non-U.S. index funds and are intended to achieve long term capital appreciation. Plan asset allocation and investment managers’ guidelines are reviewed on a regular basis.
Plan Assets
Our target allocation for fiscal 2020 and weighted-average plan assets allocations as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 by asset category for defined benefit pension plans are as follows:
2021 Target
Allocation 2020 2019
U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Asset Category
Equity securities — % 26 % — % 19 % — % 19 %
Debt securities 100 51 96 59 95 59
Cash and short-term investments — 2 4 2 5 2
Insurance contracts — 16 — 16 — 17
Other — 5 — 4 — 3
Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the entity.
The three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements is based on whether the inputs to those measurements are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. The fair-value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available and consists of the following levels:
•Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
•Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and
•Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.
The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2020 are as follows:
Non-U.S. Plans
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities $ — $ 259,776 $ — $ 259,776
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities 163,602 — — 163,602
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities 20,639 — — 20,639
Mutual fund debt securities — 611,028 — 611,028
Cash and short-term investments 13,858 14,509 — 28,367
Insurance contracts — 79,575 140,305 219,880
Other — 52,415 — 52,415
Total $ 198,099 $ 1,017,303 $ 140,305 $ 1,355,707
The level 3 assets are primarily invested in an insurance buy-in contract in a Non-U.S. plan. The fair value of the assets is set to an actuarially calculated present value of the underlying liabilities.
The U.S. Plans have $313,015 in Level 2 assets, primarily made up of U.S. corporate debt securities of $185,981 and U.S. government, state and local debt securities of $75,583.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2020:
Level 3 Assets Fiscal 2020
Beginning balance $ 133,421
Changes in fair value 6,884
Ending Balance $ 140,305
The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2019 are as follows:
Non-U.S. Plans
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities $ — $ 226,386 $ — $ 226,386
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities 125,332 — — 125,332
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities 19,562 — — 19,562
Mutual fund debt securities — 569,712 — 569,712
Cash and short-term investments 9,799 9,426 — 19,225
Insurance contracts — 76,219 133,421 209,640
Other — 44,205 — 44,205
Total $ 154,693 $ 925,948 $ 133,421 $ 1,214,062
The level 3 assets are primarily invested in an insurance buy-in contract in a Non-U.S. plan. The fair value of the assets is set to an actuarially calculated present value of the underlying liabilities.
The U.S. Plans have $289,200 in Level 2 assets, primarily made up of U.S. corporate debt securities of $166,756 and U.S. government, state and local debt securities of $71,745.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2019:
Level 3 Assets Fiscal 2019
Beginning balance $ 114,960
Purchases, sales and settlements 17,428
Changes in fair value 1,033
Ending Balance $ 133,421
Expected Contributions
Generally, annual contributions are made at such times and in amounts as required by law and may, from time to time, exceed minimum funding requirements. We estimate we will pay approximately $106,001 in fiscal 2021 related to contributions to our U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans and benefit payments related to the unfunded frozen plan for former pre-incorporation partners. We have not determined whether we will make additional voluntary contributions for our defined benefit pension plans. Our postretirement plan contributions in fiscal 2021 are not expected to be material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Estimated Future Benefit Payments
Benefit payments for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
2021 $ 14,678 $ 106,299 $ 12,335
2022 15,416 103,597 13,990
2023 16,195 116,624 15,737
2024 16,959 115,224 17,769
2025 17,743 126,526 19,826
2026-2030 98,570 643,025 134,072
Defined Contribution Plans
In the United States and certain other countries, we maintain and administer defined contribution plans for certain current, retired and resigned employees. Total expenses recorded for defined contribution plans were $557,888, $530,501 and $485,736 in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

v3.20.2

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION Share-Based Compensation
Share Incentive Plans
The Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan, as amended and approved by our shareholders in 2020 (the “Amended 2010 SIP”), is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Accenture and provides for the grant of nonqualified share options, incentive stock options, restricted share units and other share-based awards. A maximum of 114,000,000 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares are currently authorized for awards under the Amended 2010 SIP. As of August 31, 2020, there were 25,216,854 shares available for future grants. Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares covered by awards that terminate, lapse or are cancelled may again be used to satisfy awards under the Amended 2010 SIP. We issue new Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and shares from treasury for shares delivered under the Amended 2010 SIP.
A summary of information with respect to share-based compensation is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Total share-based compensation expense included in Net income $ 1,197,806 $ 1,093,253 $ 976,908
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in Net income 430,290 356,062 404,124
Restricted Share Units
Under the Amended 2010 SIP, participants may be, and previously under the predecessor 2001 Share Incentive Plan were, granted restricted share units, each of which represent an unfunded, unsecured right to receive an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share on the date specified in the participant’s award agreement. The fair value of the awards is based on our stock price on the date of grant. The restricted share units granted under these plans are subject to cliff or graded vesting, generally ranging from two to five years. For awards with graded vesting, compensation expense is recognized over the vesting term of each separately vesting portion. Compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis for awards with cliff vesting. Restricted share unit activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:
Number of Restricted
Share Units Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2019 19,002,115 $ 136.66
Granted (1) 7,543,339 206.05
Vested (2) (7,698,685) 138.55
Forfeited (1,106,838) 148.29
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2020 17,739,931 $ 164.62
(1)The weighted average grant-date fair value for restricted share units granted for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $206.05, $144.52 and $153.33, respectively.
(2)The total grant-date fair value of restricted share units vested for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,066,622, $914,206 and $842,002, respectively.
As of August 31, 2020, there was $1,083,367 of total unrecognized restricted share unit compensation expense related to nonvested awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.2 years. As of August 31, 2020, there were 553,907 restricted share units vested but not yet delivered as Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.
Employee Share Purchase Plan
2010 ESPP
The Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “2010 ESPP”) is a nonqualified plan that provides eligible employees of Accenture plc and its designated affiliates with an opportunity to purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares through payroll deductions. Under the 2010 ESPP, eligible employees may purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares through the Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) or the Voluntary Equity Investment Program (the “VEIP”). Under the ESPP, eligible employees may elect to contribute 1% to 10% of their eligible compensation during each semi-annual offering period (up to $7.5 per offering period) to purchase Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at a discount. Under the VEIP, eligible members of Accenture Leadership may elect to contribute up to 30% of their eligible compensation towards the monthly purchase of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at fair market value. At the end of the VEIP program year, Accenture Leadership participants who did not withdraw from the program will be granted restricted share units under the Amended 2010 SIP equal to 50% of the number of shares purchased during that year and held by the participant as of the grant date.
A maximum of 90,000,000 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares may be issued under the 2010 ESPP. As of August 31, 2020, we had issued 64,956,222 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under the 2010 ESPP. We issued 5,410,497, 5,433,817 and 5,428,356 shares to employees in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, under the 2010 ESPP.

v3.20.2

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Shareholders’ Equity
Accenture plc
Ordinary Shares
We have 40,000 authorized ordinary shares, par value €1 per share. Each ordinary share of Accenture plc entitles its holder to receive payments upon a liquidation of Accenture plc; however a holder of an ordinary share is not entitled to vote on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of Accenture plc or to receive dividends.
Class A Ordinary Shares
An Accenture plc Class A ordinary share entitles its holder to one vote per share, and holders of those shares do not have cumulative voting rights. Each Class A ordinary share entitles its holder to a pro rata part of any dividend at the times and in the amounts, if any, which Accenture plc’s Board of Directors from time to time determines to declare, subject to any preferred dividend rights attaching to any preferred shares. Each Class A ordinary share is entitled on a winding-up of Accenture plc to be paid a pro rata part of the value of the assets of Accenture plc remaining after payment of its liabilities, subject to any preferred rights on liquidation attaching to any preferred shares.
Class X Ordinary Shares
Most of our pre-incorporation partners who received Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares in connection with our transition to a corporate structure received a corresponding number of Accenture plc Class X ordinary shares. An Accenture plc Class X ordinary share entitles its holder to one vote per share, and holders of those shares do not have cumulative voting rights. A Class X ordinary share does not entitle its holder to receive dividends, and holders of those shares are not entitled to be paid any amount upon a winding-up of Accenture plc. Accenture plc may redeem, at its option, any Class X ordinary share for a redemption price equal to the par value of the Class X ordinary share. Accenture plc has separately agreed with the original holders of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares not to redeem any Class X ordinary share of such holder if the redemption would reduce the number of Class X ordinary shares held by that holder to a number that is less than the number of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares owned by that holder, as the case may be. Accenture plc will redeem Class X ordinary shares upon the redemption or exchange of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares so that the aggregate number of Class X ordinary shares outstanding at any time does not exceed the aggregate number of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares outstanding. Class X ordinary shares are not transferable without the consent of Accenture plc.
Equity of Subsidiaries Redeemable or Exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares
Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares
Pre-incorporation partners resident in Canada and New Zealand received Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares in connection with our transition to a corporate structure. Holders of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares may exchange their shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares at any time on a one-for-one basis. We may, at our option, satisfy this exchange with cash at a price per share generally equal to the market price of an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share at the time of the exchange. Each exchangeable share of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. entitles its holder to receive distributions equal to any distributions to which an Accenture plc Class A ordinary share entitles its holder.
Share Purchases and Redemptions
The Board of Directors of Accenture plc has authorized funding for our publicly announced open-market share purchase program for acquiring Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and for purchases and redemptions of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares held by current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees. As of August 31, 2020, our aggregate available authorization was $1,314,762 for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and these other share purchase programs.
Our share purchase activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:
Accenture plc Class A
Ordinary Shares Accenture Canada
Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares
Shares Amount Shares Amount
Open-market share purchases (1) 11,983,661 $ 2,337,732 — $ —
Other share purchase programs — — 100,795 21,594
Other purchases (2) 2,746,369 556,521 — —
Total 14,730,030 $ 2,894,253 100,795 $ 21,594
(1)We conduct a publicly announced open-market share purchase program for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. These shares are held as treasury shares by Accenture plc and may be utilized to provide for select employee benefits, such as equity awards to our employees.
(2)During fiscal 2020, as authorized under our various employee equity share plans, we acquired Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares primarily via share withholding for payroll tax obligations due from employees and former employees in connection with the delivery of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under those plans. These purchases of shares in connection with employee share plans do not affect our aggregate available authorization for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and the other share purchase programs.
Cancellation of Treasury Shares
During fiscal 2020, we cancelled 5,526,491 Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares that were held as treasury shares and had an aggregate cost of $1,056,145. The effect of the cancellation of these treasury shares was recognized in Class A ordinary shares and Additional paid-in capital with the residual recorded in Retained earnings. There was no effect on total shareholders’ equity as a result of this cancellation.
Dividends
Our dividend activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:
Dividend Per
Share Accenture plc Class A
Ordinary Shares Accenture Canada
Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares Total Cash
Outlay
Dividend Payment Date Record Date Cash Outlay Record Date Cash Outlay
November 15, 2019 $ 0.80 October 17, 2019 $ 507,725 October 15, 2019 $ 656 $ 508,381
February 14, 2020 0.80 January 16, 2020 510,604 January 14, 2020 634 511,238
May 15, 2020 0.80 April 16, 2020 508,283 April 14, 2020 630 508,913
August 14, 2020 0.80 July 16, 2020 508,586 July 14, 2020 615 509,201
Total Dividends $ 2,035,198 $ 2,535 $ 2,037,733
The payment of the cash dividends also resulted in the issuance of an immaterial number of additional restricted share units to holders of restricted share units.
Subsequent Events
On September 23, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.88 per share on our Class A ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on October 13, 2020 payable on November 13, 2020. The payment of the cash dividend will result in the issuance of an immaterial number of additional restricted share units to holders of restricted share units.
On September 20, 2020, the Board of Directors of Accenture plc approved $5,000,000 in additional share repurchase authority bringing Accenture’s total outstanding authority to $6,314,762.

v3.20.2

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments Contingencies and Guarantees [Text Block] Commitments and Contingencies
Indemnifications and Guarantees
In the normal course of business and in conjunction with certain client engagements, we have entered into contractual arrangements through which we may be obligated to indemnify clients with respect to certain matters. These arrangements with clients can include provisions whereby we have joint and several liability in relation to the performance of certain contractual obligations along with third parties also providing services and products for a specific project. In addition, our consulting arrangements may include warranty provisions that our solutions will substantially operate in accordance with the applicable system requirements. Indemnification provisions are also included in arrangements under which we agree to hold the indemnified party harmless with respect to third-party claims related to such matters as title to assets sold or licensed or certain intellectual property rights.
Typically, we have contractual recourse against third parties for certain payments we made in connection with arrangements where third-party nonperformance has given rise to the client’s claim. Payments we made under any of the arrangements described above are generally conditioned on the client making a claim, which may be disputed by us typically under dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular arrangement. The limitations of liability under these arrangements may be expressly limited or may not be expressly specified in terms of time and/or amount.
As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, our aggregate potential liability to our clients for expressly limited guarantees involving the performance of third parties was approximately $832,000 and $794,000, respectively, of which all but approximately $87,000 and $128,000, respectively, may be recovered from the other third parties if we are obligated to make payments to the indemnified parties as a consequence of a performance default by the other third parties. For arrangements with unspecified limitations, we cannot reasonably estimate the aggregate maximum potential liability, as it is inherently difficult to predict the maximum potential amount of such payments, due to the conditional nature and unique facts of each particular arrangement.
To date, we have not been required to make any significant payment under any of the arrangements described above. We have assessed the current status of performance/payment risk related to arrangements with limited guarantees, warranty obligations, unspecified limitations and/or indemnification provisions and believe that any potential payments would be immaterial to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Legal Contingencies
As of August 31, 2020, we or our present personnel had been named as a defendant in various litigation matters. We and/or our personnel also from time to time are involved in investigations by various regulatory or legal authorities concerning matters arising in the course of our business around the world. Based on the present status of these matters, including the putative class action lawsuit discussed below, management believes the range of reasonably possible losses in addition to amounts accrued, net of insurance recoveries, will not have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
On July 24, 2019, Accenture was named in a putative class action lawsuit filed by consumers of Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The complaint alleges negligence by us, and seeks monetary damages, costs and attorneys’ fees and other related relief, relating to a data security incident involving unauthorized access to the reservations database of Starwood Worldwide Resorts, Inc. (“Starwood”), which was acquired by Marriott on September 23, 2016. Since 2009, we have provided certain IT infrastructure outsourcing services to Starwood. We believe the lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend it. We cannot reasonably estimate a range of loss, if any, at this time.

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING Segment Reporting
Operating segments are components of an enterprise where separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
Our chief operating decision makers are our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Our operating segments are managed separately because each operating segment represents a strategic business unit providing consulting and outsourcing services to clients across different industries.
Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, North America, Europe and Growth Markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The change is designed to help us better serve our clients and continue to scale our business. Prior to this change, our reportable segments were our five operating groups, Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources, which we now refer to as our industry groups.
Amounts are attributed to geographic markets based on where clients are located. Information regarding our geographic markets is as follows:
Fiscal 2020 North America Europe Growth Markets Total
Revenues $ 20,982,253 $ 14,402,142 $ 8,942,644 $ 44,327,039
Depreciation and amortization (1) 348,761 341,245 332,393 1,022,399
Operating income 3,169,648 1,799,431 1,544,565 6,513,644
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,585,659 1,079,904 620,083 4,285,646
Property & equipment, net 499,976 389,968 655,624 1,545,568
Fiscal 2019
Revenues (3) $ 19,986,136 $ 14,695,749 $ 8,533,128 $ 43,215,013
Depreciation and amortization (1) 303,762 294,902 294,096 892,760
Operating income 3,107,437 2,013,245 1,184,392 6,305,074
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,923,320 1,355,827 814,358 5,093,505
Property & equipment, net 395,782 354,491 640,893 1,391,166
Fiscal 2018
Revenues (3) (4) $ 18,460,395 $ 14,650,637 $ 7,881,502 $ 40,992,534
Depreciation and amortization (1) 318,538 309,752 298,486 926,776
Operating income (4) 2,708,674 2,167,463 1,022,642 5,898,779
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,469,098 1,402,971 896,653 4,768,722
Property & equipment, net 375,237 319,737 569,046 1,264,020
(1)Amounts include depreciation on property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets controlled by each reportable segment, as well as an allocation for amounts they do not directly control.
(2)We do not allocate total assets by reportable segment. Reportable segment assets directly attributable to a reportable segment and provided to the chief operating decision makers include receivables and current and non-current contract assets, deferred contract costs and current and non-current deferred revenues.
(3)Effective September 1, 2019 we revised the reporting of our geographic markets for the movement of one country from Growth Markets to Europe. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
(4)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and FASB ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
Our business in the United States represented 45%, 44% and 43% of our consolidated revenues during fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. No other country individually comprised 10% or more of our consolidated revenues during these periods. Business in Ireland, our country of domicile, represented approximately 1% of our consolidated revenues during each of fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018.
We conduct business in Ireland and in the following countries that hold 10% or more of our total consolidated Property and equipment, net:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019 August 31, 2018
United States 27 % 26 % 27 %
India 18 18 19
Ireland 7 7 7

Revenues by industry group and type of work are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018 (1)
INDUSTRY GROUPS
Communications, Media & Technology $ 8,883,173 $ 8,757,250 $ 8,229,842
Financial Services 8,518,136 8,493,819 8,565,695
Health & Public Service 8,022,704 7,160,787 6,877,779
Products 12,272,036 12,004,934 11,337,863
Resources 6,611,544 6,771,976 5,942,012
Other 19,446 26,247 39,343
Total $ 44,327,039 $ 43,215,013 $ 40,992,534
TYPE OF WORK
Consulting $ 24,227,024 $ 24,177,428 $ 22,978,798
Outsourcing 20,100,015 19,037,585 18,013,736
Total $ 44,327,039 $ 43,215,013 $ 40,992,534
(1)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation. In addition, we updated industry group results for fiscal 2018 to include an acquisition previously categorized within other.

v3.20.2

QUARTERLY DATA
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

QUARTERLY DATA Quarterly Data (unaudited)
Fiscal 2020 First
Quarter Second
Quarter Third
Quarter Fourth
Quarter Annual
Revenues $ 11,358,958 $ 11,141,505 $ 10,991,305 $ 10,835,271 $ 44,327,039
Cost of services 7,711,199 7,782,334 7,462,617 7,394,731 30,350,881
Operating income 1,767,263 1,488,945 1,712,733 1,544,703 6,513,644
Net income 1,375,168 1,252,082 1,252,639 1,305,424 5,185,313
Net income attributable to Accenture plc 1,356,968 1,234,740 1,228,202 1,287,929 5,107,839
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic 635,722,309 637,485,626 636,146,240 635,887,742 636,299,913
—Diluted 649,389,444 648,833,880 645,607,914 647,867,307 647,797,003
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic $ 2.13 $ 1.94 $ 1.93 $ 2.03 $ 8.03
—Diluted $ 2.09 $ 1.91 $ 1.90 $ 1.99 $ 7.89
Fiscal 2019 First
Quarter Second
Quarter Third
Quarter Fourth
Quarter Annual
Revenues $ 10,605,546 $ 10,454,129 $ 11,099,688 $ 11,055,650 $ 43,215,013
Cost of services 7,308,121 7,399,780 7,571,390 7,621,034 29,900,325
Operating income 1,629,012 1,386,626 1,717,943 1,571,493 6,305,074
Net income 1,291,324 1,140,720 1,268,649 1,145,548 4,846,241
Net income attributable to Accenture plc 1,274,720 1,124,449 1,249,516 1,130,427 4,779,112
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic 638,877,445 638,639,729 637,831,341 637,049,388 638,098,125
—Diluted 652,151,450 649,170,699 649,297,717 650,523,417 650,204,873
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic $ 2.00 $ 1.76 $ 1.96 $ 1.77 $ 7.49
—Diluted $ 1.96 $ 1.73 $ 1.93 $ 1.74 $ 7.36

v3.20.2

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Accenture plc, an Irish company, and our controlled subsidiary companies. Accenture plc is an Irish public limited company, which operates its business through its subsidiaries. Prior to March 13, 2018, Accenture plc’s only business was to hold ordinary and deferred shares in, and to act as the controlling shareholder of, its subsidiary, Accenture Holdings plc, an Irish public limited company. We operated our business through Accenture Holdings plc and subsidiaries of Accenture Holdings plc. Accenture plc controlled Accenture Holdings plc’s management and operations and consolidated Accenture Holdings plc’s results in our Consolidated Financial Statements.
On March 13, 2018, Accenture Holdings plc merged with and into Accenture plc, with Accenture plc as the surviving entity. As a result, all of the assets and liabilities of Accenture Holdings plc were acquired by Accenture plc, and Accenture Holdings plc ceased to exist. In connection with this internal merger, shareholders of Accenture Holdings plc (other than Accenture entities that held shares of Accenture Holdings plc), who primarily consisted of current and former members of Accenture Leadership and their permitted transferees, received one Class A ordinary share of Accenture plc for each share of Accenture Holdings plc that they owned, and Accenture plc redeemed all Class X ordinary shares of Accenture plc owned by such shareholders.
The shares of Accenture Holdings plc (for applicable periods) and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. held by persons other than us are treated as a noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The noncontrolling interest percentage was less than 1% as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal year, which ends on August 31. For example, a reference to “fiscal 2020” means the 12-month period that ended on August 31, 2020. All references to quarters, unless otherwise noted, refer to the quarters of our fiscal year.

Use of Estimates The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that we may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition
Revenue Recognition
We account for revenue in accordance with FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which we adopted on September 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method.
Performance Obligations
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the client and is the unit of accounting in Topic 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, we allocate the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price. The primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus a margin approach, under which we forecast our expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then add an appropriate margin for that distinct good or service based on margins for similar services sold on a standalone basis. While determining relative standalone selling price and identifying separate performance obligations require judgment, generally relative standalone selling prices and the separate performance obligations are readily identifiable as we sell those performance obligations unaccompanied by other performance obligations. Contract modifications are routine in the performance of our contracts. Contracts are often modified to account for changes in the contract specifications, requirements or duration. If a contract modification results in the addition of performance obligations priced at a standalone selling price or if the post-modification services are distinct from the services provided prior to the modification, the modification is accounted for separately. If the modified services are not distinct, they are accounted for as part of the existing contract.
Our revenues are derived from contracts for outsourcing services, technology integration consulting services and non-technology integration consulting services. These contracts have different terms based on the scope, performance obligations and complexity of the engagement, which frequently require us to make judgments and estimates in recognizing revenues. We have many types of contracts, including time-and-materials contracts, fixed-price contracts, fee-per-transaction contracts and contracts with multiple fee types.
The nature of our contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including incentive fees. Many contracts include incentives or penalties related to costs incurred, benefits produced or adherence to schedules that may increase the variability in revenues and margins earned on such contracts. These variable amounts generally are awarded or refunded upon achievement of or failure to achieve certain performance metrics, milestones or cost targets and can be based upon client discretion. We include these variable fees in the estimated transaction price when there is a basis to reasonably estimate the amount of the fee and it is not probable a significant reversal of revenue will occur. These estimates reflect the expected value of the variable fee and are based on an assessment of our anticipated performance, historical experience and other information available at the time.
Our performance obligations are satisfied over time as work progresses or at a point in time. The majority of our revenues are recognized over time based on the extent of progress towards satisfying our performance obligations. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the contract and the nature of the services to be provided.
Outsourcing Contracts
Our outsourcing contracts typically span several years. Revenues are generally recognized on outsourcing contracts over time because our clients benefit from the services as they are performed. Outsourcing contracts require us to provide a series of distinct services each period over the contract term. Revenues from unit-priced contracts are recognized as transactions are processed. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g., time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms.
Technology Integration Consulting Services
Revenues from contracts for technology integration consulting services where we design/redesign, build and implement new or enhanced systems and related processes for our clients are recognized over time as control of the system is transferred continuously to the client. Contracts for technology integration consulting services generally span six months to two years. Generally, revenue, including estimated fees, is recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client.
Non-Technology Integration Consulting Services
Our contracts for non-technology integration consulting services are typically less than a year in duration. Revenues are generally recognized over time as our clients benefit from the services as they are performed, or the contract, for which the related services lack an alternative use, includes termination provisions enabling payment for performance completed to date. When contractual billings represent an amount that corresponds directly with the value provided to the client (e.g. time-and-materials contracts), revenues are recognized as amounts become billable in accordance with contract terms. Revenues from fixed-price contracts are generally recognized using costs incurred to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying our performance obligations. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with, and thereby best depicts, the transfer of control to the client. For non-technology integration consulting contracts which do not qualify to recognize revenue over time, we recognize revenues at a point in time when the client obtains control of the promised good or service.
Contract Estimates
Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are continuously monitored over the lives of our contracts, and recorded revenues and cost estimates are subject to revision as the contract progresses. If at any time the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on a technology integration consulting contract, we recognize the loss in the quarter it first becomes probable and reasonably estimable.
Contract Balances
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in Receivables, Contract assets, and Deferred revenues (Contract liabilities) on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Amounts are billed as work progresses in accordance with agreed-upon contractual terms, either at periodic intervals (e.g., monthly or quarterly) or upon achievement of contractual milestones. Our receivables are rights to consideration that are conditional only upon the passage of time as compared to our contract assets, which are rights to consideration conditional upon additional factors. When we bill or receive payments from our clients before revenue is recognized, we record Contract liabilities. Contract assets and liabilities are reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheet on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.
For some outsourcing contracts, we receive payments for transition or set-up activities, which are deferred and recognized as revenue as the services are provided. These advance payments are typically not a significant financing component because they are used to meet working capital demands in the early stages of a contract and to protect us from the other party failing to complete its obligations under the contract. We elected the practical expedient to report revenues net of any revenue-based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transactions.

Employee Share-Based Compensation Arrangements Employee Share-Based Compensation Arrangements Share-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period for awards of equity instruments to employees based on the grant date fair value of those awards expected to ultimately vest. Forfeitures are estimated on the date of grant and revised if actual or expected forfeiture activity differs materially from original estimates.

Income Taxes Income Taxes We calculate and provide for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, measured using enacted tax rates, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. We establish liabilities or reduce assets when we believe tax positions are not more likely than not of being sustained if challenged. Recognized tax positions are measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Each fiscal quarter, we evaluate tax positions and adjust the related tax assets and liabilities in light of changing facts and circumstances. We release stranded tax effects from Accumulated other comprehensive loss using the specific identification approach for our defined benefit plans and the portfolio approach for other items.

Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts Assets and liabilities of non-U.S. subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at fiscal year-end exchange rates. Revenue and expense items are translated at average foreign currency exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal year. Translation adjustments are included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss. Gains and losses arising from intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature are reported in the same manner as translation adjustments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of all cash balances and liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, including certificates of deposit and time deposits. As a result of certain subsidiaries’ cash management systems, checks issued but not presented to the banks for payment may create negative book cash balances. Such negative balances are classified as Current portion of long term debt and bank borrowings.

Client Receivables, Unbilled Services and Allowances Allowances for Client Receivables We record our client receivables at their face amounts less allowances. On a periodic basis, we evaluate our receivables and establish allowances based on historical experience and other currently available information. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, total allowances recorded for client receivables were $40,277 and $45,538, respectively. The allowance reflects our best estimate of collectibility risks on outstanding receivables. In limited circumstances, we agree to extend financing to certain clients. The terms vary by contract, but generally payment for services is contractually linked to the achievement of specified performance milestones.

Concentrations of Credit Risk Concentrations of Credit Risk Our financial instruments, consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, foreign currency exchange rate instruments and client receivables, are exposed to concentrations of credit risk. We place our cash and cash equivalents and foreign exchange instruments with highly-rated financial institutions, limit the amount of credit exposure with any one financial institution and conduct ongoing evaluations of the credit worthiness of the financial institutions with which we do business. Client receivables are dispersed across many different industries and countries; therefore, concentrations of credit risk are limited.

Investments
Investments
All available-for-sale securities and liquid investments with an original maturity greater than three months but less than one year are considered to be Short-term investments. Non-current investments consist of equity securities in publicly-traded and privately-held companies and are accounted for using either the equity or fair value measurement alternative method of accounting (for investments without readily determinable fair values). Investments are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment. If an investment is deemed to have experienced an other-than-temporary decline below its cost basis, we reduce the carrying amount of the investment to its estimated fair value.
Our non-current investments are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Equity method investments $ 240,446 $ 108,342
Investments without readily determinable fair values 84,068 131,971
Total non-current investments $ 324,514 $ 240,313
For investments in which we can exercise significant influence but do not control, we use the equity method of accounting. Equity method investments are initially recorded at cost and our proportionate share of gains and losses of the investee are included as a component of other income (expense), net. Our equity method investments consist primarily of an investment in Duck Creek Technologies. As of August 31, 2020, the carrying amount of our investment was $230,219 and the estimated fair value of our approximately 22% ownership was $956,308.
For equity securities without a readily determinable fair value, we use the fair value measurement alternative and measure the securities at cost less impairment, if any, plus or minus observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer.

Property and Equipment
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Computers, related equipment and software 2 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures 5 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements Lesser of lease term or 15 years

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Policy Goodwill Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired entity over the fair value of net assets acquired. We review the recoverability of goodwill by reportable operating segment annually, or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist. Based on the results of our annual impairment analysis, we determined that no impairment existed as of August 31, 2020 or 2019, as each reportable segment’s estimated fair value substantially exceeded its carrying value.

Long-Lived Assets
Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets, including deferred contract costs and identifiable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets or groups of assets is assessed based on a comparison of the carrying amount to the estimated future net cash flows. If estimated future undiscounted net cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the asset is considered impaired and a loss is recorded equal to the amount required to reduce the carrying amount to fair value.
Intangible assets with finite lives are generally amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated economic useful lives, ranging from one to sixteen years.

v3.20.2

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Operating Cost and Expense, by Component [Table Text Block]
Selected components of operating expenses are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Research and development costs $ 870,611 $ 799,734 $ 790,779
Advertising costs (1) 57,658 85,521 78,464
Provision for (release of) doubtful accounts (2) 147 974 (1,060)
(1)Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.
(2)For additional information, see “Allowances for Client Receivables.”

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Table Text Block]
The impact of adopting Topic 842 on our Consolidated Balance Sheets is as follows:
Balance Sheet Balance as of August 31, 2019 Adjustments due to ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842) Balance as of September 1, 2019
CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets $ 1,225,364 $ (38,666) $ 1,186,698
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Lease assets — 3,169,608 3,169,608
Other non-current assets 1,400,292 (10,333) 1,389,959
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities — 699,399 699,399
Other accrued liabilities 951,450 (703) 950,747
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lease liabilities — 2,666,344 2,666,344
Other non-current liabilities 526,988 (244,431) 282,557

Investment
Our non-current investments are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Equity method investments $ 240,446 $ 108,342
Investments without readily determinable fair values 84,068 131,971
Total non-current investments $ 324,514 $ 240,313

v3.20.2

REVENUES (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Contract Balances [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]
The following table provides information about the balances of our Receivables, Contract assets and Contract liabilities (Deferred revenues):
As of August 31, 2020 As of August 31, 2019
Receivables, net of allowance $ 7,192,110 $ 7,467,338
Contract assets (current) 654,782 627,733
Receivables and contract assets (current) 7,846,892 8,095,071
Contract assets (non-current) 43,257 71,002
Deferred revenues (current) 3,636,741 3,188,835
Deferred revenues (non-current) 690,931 565,224

v3.20.2

EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Basic Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742
Basic earnings per share $ 8.03 $ 7.49 $ 6.46
Diluted Earnings per share
Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (1) 6,325 6,694 95,063
Net income for diluted earnings per share calculation $ 5,114,164 $ 4,785,806 $ 4,154,970
Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742
Class A ordinary shares issuable upon redemption/exchange of noncontrolling interests (1) 787,429 892,654 14,716,884
Diluted effect of employee compensation related to Class A ordinary shares 10,599,773 11,111,679 11,948,075
Diluted effect of share purchase plans related to Class A ordinary shares 109,888 102,415 179,449
Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares 647,797,003 650,204,873 655,296,150
Diluted earnings per share $ 7.89 $ 7.36 $ 6.34
(1)Diluted earnings per share assumes the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis and the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests prior to March 13, 2018, when these were redeemed for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

v3.20.2

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Accenture plc:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Foreign currency translation
    Beginning balance $ (1,207,975) $ (1,075,268) $ (770,043)
             Foreign currency translation 207,566 (138,680) (310,548)
             Income tax benefit (expense) (1,719) (607) 3,354
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (8,151) 6,580 1,969
             Foreign currency translation, net of tax 197,696 (132,707) (305,225)
    Ending balance (1,010,279) (1,207,975) (1,075,268)
Defined benefit plans
    Beginning balance (672,323) (419,284) (440,619)
             Actuarial gains (losses) 22,414 (379,090) 19,862
             Pension settlement 3,757 793 3,030
             Prior service costs arising during the period — (2,105) (28,696)
             Reclassifications into net periodic pension and
post-retirement expense (1) 55,035 32,985 34,972
             Income tax benefit (expense) (24,041) 94,052 (7,799)
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (65) 326 (34)
             Defined benefit plans, net of tax 57,100 (253,039) 21,335
    Ending balance (615,223) (672,323) (419,284)
Cash flow hedges
    Beginning balance 38,993 (84,010) 114,635
             Unrealized gain (loss) 72,437 209,017 (169,958)
             Reclassification adjustments into Cost of services (48,545) (48,333) (93,105)
             Income tax benefit (expense) 857 (37,522) 64,118
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (28) (159) 300
             Cash flow hedges, net of tax 24,721 123,003 (198,645)
    Ending balance (2) 63,714 38,993 (84,010)
Investments
    Beginning balance 728 2,391 1,243
             Unrealized gain (loss) (778) (1,970) 1,455
             Income tax benefit (expense) — 305 (305)
             Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests 1 2 (2)
             Investments, net of tax (777) (1,663) 1,148
    Ending balance (49) 728 2,391
Accumulated other comprehensive loss $ (1,561,837) $ (1,840,577) $ (1,576,171)
(1)As of August 31, 2020, $54,285 of net losses is expected to be reclassified into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense recognized in cost of services, sales and marketing, general and administrative costs and non-operating expenses in the next twelve months.
(2)As of August 31, 2020, $62,257 of net unrealized gains related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is expected to be reclassified into cost of services in the next twelve months.

v3.20.2

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Components of Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Computers, related equipment and software 2 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures 5 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements Lesser of lease term or 15 years
The components of Property and equipment, net are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Buildings and land $ 61 $ 56
Computers, related equipment and software 1,978,380 1,723,623
Furniture and fixtures 456,136 394,671
Leasehold improvements 1,424,722 1,228,845
Property and equipment, gross 3,859,299 3,347,195
Total accumulated depreciation (2,313,731) (1,956,029)
Property and equipment, net $ 1,545,568 $ 1,391,166

v3.20.2

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block] The table below gives additional details related to these acquisitions:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Total consideration $ 1,513,910 $ 1,170,044 $ 596,148
Goodwill 1,352,839 920,696 431,087
Intangible assets 377,060 282,144 140,403

v3.20.2

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable operating segment are as follows:
August 31,
2018 Additions/
Adjustments Foreign
Currency
Translation August 31,
2019 Additions/
Adjustments Foreign
Currency
Translation August 31,
2020
GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS (1)
North America $ 3,440,285 $ 534,269 $ (1,198) $ 3,973,356 $ 628,458 $ 2,627 $ 4,604,441
Europe 1,357,688 297,548 (86,013) 1,569,223 420,413 148,452 2,138,088
Growth Markets 585,039 92,925 (14,993) 662,971 289,598 14,722 967,291
Total $ 5,383,012 $ 924,742 $ (102,204) $ 6,205,550 $ 1,338,469 $ 165,801 $ 7,709,820
(1)Effective March 1, 2020, we began managing our business under a new growth model through our three geographic markets, which became our reportable segments in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.
Goodwill includes immaterial adjustments related to prior period acquisitions.

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]
Our definite-lived intangible assets by major asset class are as follows:
August 31, 2019 August 31, 2020
Intangible Asset Class Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount
Customer-related $ 1,013,976 $ (358,130) $ 655,846 $ 1,319,332 $ (495,367) $ 823,965
Technology 119,686 (45,851) 73,835 150,765 (55,543) 95,222
Patents 127,796 (66,167) 61,629 129,295 (66,954) 62,341
Other 78,344 (28,875) 49,469 82,676 (34,986) 47,690
Total $ 1,339,802 $ (499,023) $ 840,779 $ 1,682,068 $ (652,850) $ 1,029,218

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]
Total amortization related to our intangible assets was $239,664, $177,150 and $170,187 for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Estimated future amortization related to intangible assets held as of August 31, 2020 is as follows:
Fiscal Year Estimated Amortization
2021 $ 214,120
2022 172,641
2023 154,297
2024 127,673
2025 108,068
Thereafter 252,419
Total $ 1,029,218

v3.20.2

LEASES (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lease, Cost
As of August 31, 2020, we had no material finance leases. Operating lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease costs are as follows:
Fiscal 2020
Operating lease cost $ 749,233
Variable lease cost 181,612
Sublease income (27,192)
$ 903,653

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases
Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of August 31, 2019, which were accounted for in accordance with Topic 840, are as follows:
Lease Payments Sublease Receipts
2020 $ 688,020 $ (24,884)
2021 597,307 (17,908)
2022 516,544 (8,535)
2023 428,481 (7,541)
2024 363,107 (7,184)
Thereafter 1,246,097 (30,708)
$ 3,839,556 $ (96,760)

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity
The following maturity analysis presents future undiscounted cash outflows for operating leases as of August 31, 2020:
Lease Payments Sublease Receipts
2021 $ 770,640 $ (19,415)
2022 652,652 (10,296)
2023 549,069 (9,888)
2024 456,020 (9,256)
2025 371,856 (7,341)
Thereafter 1,148,600 (26,289)
Total lease payments (receipts) 3,948,837 $ (82,485)
Less interest (525,196)
Total lease liabilities $ 3,423,641

acn_Supplementalinformationrelatedtooperatingleasetransactions
Supplemental information related to operating lease transactions is as follows:
Fiscal 2020
Lease liability payments $ 725,892
Lease assets obtained in exchange for liabilities $ 592,026

v3.20.2

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Notional and Fair Values of All Derivative Instruments
The notional and fair values of all derivative instruments are as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Assets
Cash Flow Hedges
Other current assets $ 75,871 $ 53,033
Other non-current assets 50,914 49,525
Other Derivatives
Other current assets 27,964 8,059
Total assets $ 154,749 $ 110,617
Liabilities
Cash Flow Hedges
Other accrued liabilities $ 13,614 $ 18,826
Other non-current liabilities 13,576 8,770
Other Derivatives
Other accrued liabilities 11,828 32,195
Total liabilities $ 39,018 $ 59,791
Total fair value $ 115,731 $ 50,826
Total notional value $ 9,600,691 $ 8,709,917

OffsettingDerivativeAssetsandLiabilities [Table Text Block]
We utilize standard counterparty master agreements containing provisions for the netting of certain foreign currency transaction obligations and for the set-off of certain obligations in the event of an insolvency of one of the parties to the transaction. In the Consolidated Balance Sheets, we record derivative assets and liabilities at gross fair value. The potential effect of netting derivative assets against liabilities under the counterparty master agreements is as follows:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
Net derivative assets $ 129,520 $ 88,811
Net derivative liabilities 13,789 37,985
Total fair value $ 115,731 $ 50,826

v3.20.2

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Amounts of Borrowing Facilities and Borrowings Under Facilities, Table
As of August 31, 2020, we had the following borrowing facilities, including the issuance of letters of credit, to support general working capital purposes:
Facility
Amount Borrowings
Under
Facilities
Syndicated loan facility (1) $ 1,000,000 $ —
364-day syndicated loan facility (2) 1,000,000 —
Separate, uncommitted, unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities (3) 903,674 —
Local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit (4) 245,762 —
Total $ 3,149,436 $ —
(1)On December 10, 2019, we replaced our $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 22, 2020 with a $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 10, 2024. This facility provides unsecured, revolving borrowing capacity for general working capital purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. Financing is provided under this facility at the prime rate or at the London Interbank Offered Rate, plus a spread. We continue to be in compliance with relevant covenant terms. The facility is subject to annual commitment fees. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under the facility.
(2)On June 17, 2020, we entered into a $1,000,000 364-day syndicated loan facility, which matures on June 16, 2021. As of August 31, 2020 we had no borrowings under the facility. In the event of a loan drawn against this facility, the lenders have the option to require us to repay the loan by issuing public debt within 45 days of their request.
(3)We maintain separate, uncommitted and unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities. These facilities provide local currency financing for the majority of our operations. Interest rate terms on the revolving facilities are at market rates prevailing in the relevant local markets. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under these facilities.
(4)We also maintain local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit for those locations that cannot access our global facilities. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had borrowings under these various facilities of $0 and $2,458, respectively.

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Current and Deferred Income Taxes by Period
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Current taxes
U.S. federal $ 99,280 $ 159,578 $ 70,050
U.S. state and local 26,425 86,113 3,574
Non-U.S. 1,292,362 1,256,225 1,425,875
Total current tax expense 1,418,067 1,501,916 1,499,499
Deferred taxes
U.S. federal 21,532 (143,217) 219,034
U.S. state and local 8,525 (39,588) 57,044
Non-U.S. 140,894 86,445 (182,078)
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense 170,951 (96,360) 94,000
Total $ 1,589,018 $ 1,405,556 $ 1,593,499

Components of Income Before Income Taxes
The components of Income before income taxes are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
U.S. sources $ 1,352,968 $ 853,173 $ 645,943
Non-U.S. sources 5,421,363 5,398,624 5,162,150
Total $ 6,774,331 $ 6,251,797 $ 5,808,093

Reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to effective tax rate [Table Text Block]
The reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 21.0 % 21.0 % 25.7 %
U.S. state and local taxes, net 1.7 1.5 1.1
Non-U.S. operations taxed at other rates 0.7 1.1 (6.1)
Final determinations (1) (1.9) (3.4) (1.9)
Other net activity in unrecognized tax benefits
2.4 3.2 5.8
Excess tax benefits from share based payments (1.9) (1.2) (2.3)
Changes in tax laws and rates (0.2) — 4.4
Other, net 1.7 0.3 0.7
Effective income tax rate 23.5 % 22.5 % 27.4 %
(1)Final determinations include final agreements with tax authorities and expirations of statutes of limitations.

Components of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities
The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities included the following:
August 31, 2020
August 31, 2019 (1)
Deferred tax assets
Pensions $ 443,231 $ 446,920
Revenue recognition 115,287 115,529
Compensation and benefits 574,349 623,986
Share-based compensation 334,061 292,045
Tax credit carryforwards 659,835 527,748
Net operating loss carryforwards 159,506 175,196
Deferred amortization deductions 828,098 798,852
Indirect effects of unrecognized tax benefits 279,105 302,093
Licenses and other intangibles 1,752,612 1,958,738
Leases 729,787 27,857
Other 280,883 210,642
Total deferred tax assets 6,156,754 5,479,606
Valuation allowance (757,799) (606,765)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance 5,398,955 4,872,841
Deferred tax liabilities
Investments in subsidiaries (169,752) (182,186)
Intangibles (298,181) (234,098)
Leases (669,005) (17)
Other (288,574) (240,308)
Total deferred tax liabilities (1,425,512) (656,609)
Net deferred tax assets $ 3,973,443 $ 4,216,232

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019
Balance, beginning of year $ 1,233,014 $ 1,210,520
Additions for tax positions related to the current year 168,938 211,671
Additions for tax positions related to prior years 58,977 354,890
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years (177,812) (262,055)
Statute of limitations expirations (51,477) (146,732)
Settlements with tax authorities (11,602) (103,384)
Foreign currency translation 18,907 (31,896)
Balance, end of year $ 1,238,945 $ 1,233,014

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2020:
Level 3 Assets Fiscal 2020
Beginning balance $ 133,421
Changes in fair value 6,884
Ending Balance $ 140,305

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 assets for fiscal 2019:
Level 3 Assets Fiscal 2019
Beginning balance $ 114,960
Purchases, sales and settlements 17,428
Changes in fair value 1,033
Ending Balance $ 133,421

Schedule of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine the Fiscal Year-End Pension Benefit
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the defined benefit pension obligations as of August 31 and the net periodic pension expense are as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2018 August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019 August 31, 2018
U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation 2.50 % 2.27 % 3.00 % 2.24 % 4.00 % 3.29 % 2.51 % 3.00 % 3.98 %
Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense 3.00 % 2.24 % 4.00 % 3.29 % 3.75 % 2.83 % 3.00 % 3.98 % 3.73 %
Long term rate of return on plan assets 4.25 % 2.81 % 4.25 % 3.02 % 4.25 % 3.56 % 3.45 % 3.18 % 3.64 %
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation 2.21 % 4.04 % 2.23 % 4.02 % 2.23 % 3.67 % N/A N/A N/A
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense 2.23 % 4.02 % 2.23 % 3.67 % 2.25 % 3.63 % N/A N/A N/A

Schedule of Changes in Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets and Funded Status
The changes in the benefit obligations, plan assets and funded status of our pension and postretirement benefit plans for fiscal 2020 and 2019 are as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year $ 383,557 $ 2,166,377 $ 331,916 $ 1,772,712 $ 576,596 $ 535,632
Service cost 3,080 108,871 3,100 88,913 22,142 18,056
Interest cost 9,771 44,395 12,364 52,466 15,647 20,498
Participant contributions — 12,521 — 11,989 — —
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers — 14 — 28,510 — —
Amendments — — — 2,105 — —
Curtailment — — — (6,477) — —
Pension settlement — (188) — (9,343) — —
Actuarial (gain) loss 26,495 (12,278) 50,002 379,173 46,630 16,880
Benefits paid (14,637) (94,136) (13,825) (85,624) (12,115) (13,637)
Exchange rate impact — 131,829 — (68,047) 428 (833)
Benefit obligation, end of year $ 408,266 $ 2,357,405 $ 383,557 $ 2,166,377 $ 649,328 $ 576,596
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year $ 257,280 $ 1,214,062 $ 210,576 $ 1,127,376 $ 31,920 $ 28,713
Actual return on plan assets 27,911 46,815 50,397 97,845 2,079 4,924
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers — — — 25,347 — —
Employer contributions 10,635 88,068 10,131 81,531 9,942 11,920
Participant contributions — 12,521 — 11,989 — —
Pension settlement — — — (8,801) — —
Benefits paid (14,637) (94,136) (13,824) (85,624) (12,115) (13,637)
Exchange rate impact — 89,049 — (35,601) — —
Other — (672) — — — —
Fair value of plan assets, end of year $ 281,189 $ 1,355,707 $ 257,280 $ 1,214,062 $ 31,826 $ 31,920
Funded status, end of year $ (127,077) $ (1,001,698) $ (126,277) $ (952,315) $ (617,502) $ (544,676)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets $ 3,232 $ 67,341 $ 6,707 $ 67,396 $ — $ —
Current liabilities (10,213) (42,990) (10,473) (33,981) (1,169) (1,257)
Non-current liabilities (120,096) (1,026,049) (122,511) (985,730) (616,333) (543,419)
Funded status, end of year $ (127,077) $ (1,001,698) $ (126,277) $ (952,315) $ (617,502) $ (544,676)

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The pre-tax accumulated net loss and prior service (credit) cost recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Net loss $ 108,796 $ 605,635 $ 106,328 $ 633,619 $ 160,067 $ 121,798
Prior service (credit) cost — 20,056 — 21,954 15,114 19,427
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax $ 108,796 $ 625,691 $ 106,328 $ 655,573 $ 175,181 $ 141,225

Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligation
The accumulated benefit obligation for defined benefit pension plans as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation $ 401,822 $ 2,135,566 $ 376,886 $ 1,964,148

Schedule of Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets
The following information is provided for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets and for defined benefit pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of August 31, 2020 and 2019:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019 August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligation $ 130,309 $ 1,644,895 $ 132,984 $ 1,514,448 $ 649,328 $ 576,596
Fair value of plan assets — 575,857 — 494,065 31,826 31,920

Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets
August 31,
2020 August 31,
2019
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Accumulated benefit obligation $ 130,309 $ 1,438,234 $ 132,984 $ 1,300,082
Fair value of plan assets — 575,857 — 465,935

Schedule of Weighted-Average Plan Assets Allocation
Our target allocation for fiscal 2020 and weighted-average plan assets allocations as of August 31, 2020 and 2019 by asset category for defined benefit pension plans are as follows:
2021 Target
Allocation 2020 2019
U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S.
Plans Non-U.S.
Plans
Asset Category
Equity securities — % 26 % — % 19 % — % 19 %
Debt securities 100 51 96 59 95 59
Cash and short-term investments — 2 4 2 5 2
Insurance contracts — 16 — 16 — 17
Other — 5 — 4 — 3
Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %

Schedule of Fair Value of Plan Assets
The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2020 are as follows:
Non-U.S. Plans
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities $ — $ 259,776 $ — $ 259,776
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities 163,602 — — 163,602
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities 20,639 — — 20,639
Mutual fund debt securities — 611,028 — 611,028
Cash and short-term investments 13,858 14,509 — 28,367
Insurance contracts — 79,575 140,305 219,880
Other — 52,415 — 52,415
Total $ 198,099 $ 1,017,303 $ 140,305 $ 1,355,707

The fair values of defined benefit pension and postretirement plan assets as of August 31, 2019 are as follows:
Non-U.S. Plans
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity
Mutual fund equity securities $ — $ 226,386 $ — $ 226,386
Fixed Income
Non-U.S. government debt securities 125,332 — — 125,332
Non-U.S. corporate debt securities 19,562 — — 19,562
Mutual fund debt securities — 569,712 — 569,712
Cash and short-term investments 9,799 9,426 — 19,225
Insurance contracts — 76,219 133,421 209,640
Other — 44,205 — 44,205
Total $ 154,693 $ 925,948 $ 133,421 $ 1,214,062

Estimated Future Benefit Payments
Benefit payments for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid as follows:
Pension Plans Postretirement Plans
U.S. Plans Non-U.S.
Plans U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
2021 $ 14,678 $ 106,299 $ 12,335
2022 15,416 103,597 13,990
2023 16,195 116,624 15,737
2024 16,959 115,224 17,769
2025 17,743 126,526 19,826
2026-2030 98,570 643,025 134,072

v3.20.2

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Summary of Share-Based Compensation
A summary of information with respect to share-based compensation is as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018
Total share-based compensation expense included in Net income $ 1,197,806 $ 1,093,253 $ 976,908
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in Net income 430,290 356,062 404,124

Restricted Share Units
Number of Restricted
Share Units Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2019 19,002,115 $ 136.66
Granted (1) 7,543,339 206.05
Vested (2) (7,698,685) 138.55
Forfeited (1,106,838) 148.29
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2020 17,739,931 $ 164.62
(1)The weighted average grant-date fair value for restricted share units granted for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $206.05, $144.52 and $153.33, respectively.
(2)The total grant-date fair value of restricted share units vested for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,066,622, $914,206 and $842,002, respectively.

v3.20.2

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Share purchase and redemption activity
Our share purchase activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:
Accenture plc Class A
Ordinary Shares Accenture Canada
Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares
Shares Amount Shares Amount
Open-market share purchases (1) 11,983,661 $ 2,337,732 — $ —
Other share purchase programs — — 100,795 21,594
Other purchases (2) 2,746,369 556,521 — —
Total 14,730,030 $ 2,894,253 100,795 $ 21,594
(1)We conduct a publicly announced open-market share purchase program for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. These shares are held as treasury shares by Accenture plc and may be utilized to provide for select employee benefits, such as equity awards to our employees.
(2)During fiscal 2020, as authorized under our various employee equity share plans, we acquired Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares primarily via share withholding for payroll tax obligations due from employees and former employees in connection with the delivery of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under those plans. These purchases of shares in connection with employee share plans do not affect our aggregate available authorization for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and the other share purchase programs.

Dividends Declared
Our dividend activity during fiscal 2020 is as follows:
Dividend Per
Share Accenture plc Class A
Ordinary Shares Accenture Canada
Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares Total Cash
Outlay
Dividend Payment Date Record Date Cash Outlay Record Date Cash Outlay
November 15, 2019 $ 0.80 October 17, 2019 $ 507,725 October 15, 2019 $ 656 $ 508,381
February 14, 2020 0.80 January 16, 2020 510,604 January 14, 2020 634 511,238
May 15, 2020 0.80 April 16, 2020 508,283 April 14, 2020 630 508,913
August 14, 2020 0.80 July 16, 2020 508,586 July 14, 2020 615 509,201
Total Dividends $ 2,035,198 $ 2,535 $ 2,037,733

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reportable Operating Segments
Amounts are attributed to geographic markets based on where clients are located. Information regarding our geographic markets is as follows:
Fiscal 2020 North America Europe Growth Markets Total
Revenues $ 20,982,253 $ 14,402,142 $ 8,942,644 $ 44,327,039
Depreciation and amortization (1) 348,761 341,245 332,393 1,022,399
Operating income 3,169,648 1,799,431 1,544,565 6,513,644
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,585,659 1,079,904 620,083 4,285,646
Property & equipment, net 499,976 389,968 655,624 1,545,568
Fiscal 2019
Revenues (3) $ 19,986,136 $ 14,695,749 $ 8,533,128 $ 43,215,013
Depreciation and amortization (1) 303,762 294,902 294,096 892,760
Operating income 3,107,437 2,013,245 1,184,392 6,305,074
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,923,320 1,355,827 814,358 5,093,505
Property & equipment, net 395,782 354,491 640,893 1,391,166
Fiscal 2018
Revenues (3) (4) $ 18,460,395 $ 14,650,637 $ 7,881,502 $ 40,992,534
Depreciation and amortization (1) 318,538 309,752 298,486 926,776
Operating income (4) 2,708,674 2,167,463 1,022,642 5,898,779
Net assets as of August 31 (2) 2,469,098 1,402,971 896,653 4,768,722
Property & equipment, net 375,237 319,737 569,046 1,264,020
(1)Amounts include depreciation on property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets controlled by each reportable segment, as well as an allocation for amounts they do not directly control.
(2)We do not allocate total assets by reportable segment. Reportable segment assets directly attributable to a reportable segment and provided to the chief operating decision makers include receivables and current and non-current contract assets, deferred contract costs and current and non-current deferred revenues.
(3)Effective September 1, 2019 we revised the reporting of our geographic markets for the movement of one country from Growth Markets to Europe. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
(4)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and FASB ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation.

Concentration of Assets by Country
We conduct business in Ireland and in the following countries that hold 10% or more of our total consolidated Property and equipment, net:
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2019 August 31, 2018
United States 27 % 26 % 27 %
India 18 18 19
Ireland 7 7 7

RevenuesByTypeOfWork [Table Text Block]
Revenues by industry group and type of work are as follows:
Fiscal
2020 2019 2018 (1)
INDUSTRY GROUPS
Communications, Media & Technology $ 8,883,173 $ 8,757,250 $ 8,229,842
Financial Services 8,518,136 8,493,819 8,565,695
Health & Public Service 8,022,704 7,160,787 6,877,779
Products 12,272,036 12,004,934 11,337,863
Resources 6,611,544 6,771,976 5,942,012
Other 19,446 26,247 39,343
Total $ 44,327,039 $ 43,215,013 $ 40,992,534
TYPE OF WORK
Consulting $ 24,227,024 $ 24,177,428 $ 22,978,798
Outsourcing 20,100,015 19,037,585 18,013,736
Total $ 44,327,039 $ 43,215,013 $ 40,992,534
(1)Effective September 1, 2018, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). Prior period amounts have been revised to conform with the current period presentation. In addition, we updated industry group results for fiscal 2018 to include an acquisition previously categorized within other.

v3.20.2

QUARTERLY DATA (Tables)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information
Fiscal 2020 First
Quarter Second
Quarter Third
Quarter Fourth
Quarter Annual
Revenues $ 11,358,958 $ 11,141,505 $ 10,991,305 $ 10,835,271 $ 44,327,039
Cost of services 7,711,199 7,782,334 7,462,617 7,394,731 30,350,881
Operating income 1,767,263 1,488,945 1,712,733 1,544,703 6,513,644
Net income 1,375,168 1,252,082 1,252,639 1,305,424 5,185,313
Net income attributable to Accenture plc 1,356,968 1,234,740 1,228,202 1,287,929 5,107,839
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic 635,722,309 637,485,626 636,146,240 635,887,742 636,299,913
—Diluted 649,389,444 648,833,880 645,607,914 647,867,307 647,797,003
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic $ 2.13 $ 1.94 $ 1.93 $ 2.03 $ 8.03
—Diluted $ 2.09 $ 1.91 $ 1.90 $ 1.99 $ 7.89
Fiscal 2019 First
Quarter Second
Quarter Third
Quarter Fourth
Quarter Annual
Revenues $ 10,605,546 $ 10,454,129 $ 11,099,688 $ 11,055,650 $ 43,215,013
Cost of services 7,308,121 7,399,780 7,571,390 7,621,034 29,900,325
Operating income 1,629,012 1,386,626 1,717,943 1,571,493 6,305,074
Net income 1,291,324 1,140,720 1,268,649 1,145,548 4,846,241
Net income attributable to Accenture plc 1,274,720 1,124,449 1,249,516 1,130,427 4,779,112
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:
—Basic 638,877,445 638,639,729 637,831,341 637,049,388 638,098,125
—Diluted 652,151,450 649,170,699 649,297,717 650,523,417 650,204,873
Earnings per Class A ordinary share:
—Basic $ 2.00 $ 1.76 $ 1.96 $ 1.77 $ 7.49
—Diluted $ 1.96 $ 1.73 $ 1.93 $ 1.74 $ 7.36

v3.20.2

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Selected Components of Operating Expenses (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Research and development costs $ 870,611 $ 799,734 $ 790,779

Advertising costs (1) 57,658 85,521 78,464

Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease) $ 147 $ 974 $ (1,060)

v3.20.2

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ASU Adoption - Balance Sheet Impacts (Details) - USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

Sep. 01, 2019

Aug. 31, 2019

Sep. 01, 2018

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Receivables from clients, net $ 7,192,110,000 $ 7,467,338,000

Contract assets (current) 654,782,000 627,733,000

Receivables and contract assets 7,846,892,000 $ 8,095,071,000 8,095,071,000

Contract assets 43,257,000 71,002,000 71,002,000

Deferred revenues 3,636,741,000 3,188,835,000 $ 3,188,835,000

Retained earnings 12,375,533,000 10,421,538,000

Other Assets, Current 1,393,225,000 $ 1,186,698,000 1,225,364,000

Lease assets 3,183,346,000 3,169,608,000 0

Other non-current assets 1,646,018,000 1,389,959,000 1,400,292,000

Lease liabilities 756,057,000 699,399,000 0

acn_OtherLiabilitiesCurrentIncludingConsumptionTaxes 950,747,000 951,450,000

Lease liabilities 2,667,584,000 2,666,344,000 0

Other non-current liabilities $ 534,421,000 282,557,000 $ 526,988,000

Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Other Assets, Current (38,666,000)

Lease assets 3,169,608,000

Other non-current assets (10,333,000)

Lease liabilities 699,399,000

acn_OtherLiabilitiesCurrentIncludingConsumptionTaxes (703,000)

Lease liabilities 2,666,344,000

Other non-current liabilities $ (244,431,000)

v3.20.2

INVESTMENTS - Debt and Equity Securities (Details) - USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments $ 240,446,000 $ 108,342,000

Equity Method Investments, Fair Value Disclosure 956,308

Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount 84,068,000 131,971,000

Investments $ 324,514,000 $ 240,313,000

acn_DuckCreekEquityMethodInvestment [Member]

Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Line Items]

Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage 22.00%

v3.20.2

REVENUES Performance Obligations (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Billions

Aug. 31, 2022

Aug. 31, 2021

Aug. 31, 2020

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 20

Forecast [Member]

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage 15.00% 67.00%

v3.20.2

REVENUES Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Sep. 01, 2018

Contract Balances [Abstract]

Deferred Transition Revenues $ 690,931,000 $ 563,245,000

Deferred Transition Costs 723,168,000 681,492,000

Deferred Transition Amortization Expense 300,680,000 274,814,000 $ 333,118,000

Receivables, net of allowance 7,192,110,000 $ 7,467,338,000

Contract assets (current) 654,782,000 627,733,000

Receivables and contract assets 7,846,892,000 8,095,071,000 8,095,071,000

Contract assets 43,257,000 71,002,000 71,002,000

Deferred revenues (current) 3,636,741,000 3,188,835,000 3,188,835,000

Deferred revenues (non-current) 690,931,000 565,224,000 $ 565,224,000

Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized $ 2,800,000,000 $ 2,900,000,000

v3.20.2

EARNINGS PER SHARE - Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Nov. 30, 2019

Aug. 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

Nov. 30, 2018

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Basic Earnings per share

Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 1,287,929 $ 1,228,202 $ 1,234,740 $ 1,356,968 $ 1,130,427 $ 1,249,516 $ 1,124,449 $ 1,274,720 $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907

Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares (in shares) 635,887,742 636,146,240 637,485,626 635,722,309 637,049,388 637,831,341 638,639,729 638,877,445 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742

Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 2.03 $ 1.93 $ 1.94 $ 2.13 $ 1.77 $ 1.96 $ 1.76 $ 2.00 $ 8.03 $ 7.49 $ 6.46

Diluted Earnings per share

Net income attributable to Accenture plc $ 1,287,929 $ 1,228,202 $ 1,234,740 $ 1,356,968 $ 1,130,427 $ 1,249,516 $ 1,124,449 $ 1,274,720 $ 5,107,839 $ 4,779,112 $ 4,059,907

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Accenture Holdings plc and Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. (1) ^[1] 6,325 6,694 95,063

Net income for diluted earnings per share calculation $ 5,114,164 $ 4,785,806 $ 4,154,970

Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares (in shares) 635,887,742 636,146,240 637,485,626 635,722,309 637,049,388 637,831,341 638,639,729 638,877,445 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742

Class A ordinary shares issuable upon redemption/exchange of noncontrolling interests (1) ^[1] 787,429 892,654 14,716,884

Diluted effect of employee compensation related to Class A ordinary shares 10,599,773 11,111,679 11,948,075

Diluted effect of share purchase plans related to Class A ordinary shares 109,888 102,415 179,449

Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares (in shares) 647,867,307 645,607,914 648,833,880 649,389,444 650,523,417 649,297,717 649,170,699 652,151,450 647,797,003 650,204,873 655,296,150

Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 1.99 $ 1.90 $ 1.91 $ 2.09 $ 1.74 $ 1.93 $ 1.73 $ 1.96 $ 7.89 $ 7.36 $ 6.34

[1] Diluted earnings per share assumes the exchange of all Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis and the redemption of all Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares owned by holders of noncontrolling interests prior to March 13, 2018, when these were redeemed for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. The income effect does not take into account “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - other,” since those shares are not redeemable or exchangeable for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares.

v3.20.2

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Foreign currency translation

Beginning balance $ (1,207,975) $ (1,075,268) $ (770,043)

Foreign currency translation 207,566 (138,680) (310,548)

Income tax benefit (expense) (1,719) (607) 3,354

Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (8,151) 6,580 1,969

Foreign currency translation, net of tax 197,696 (132,707) (305,225)

Ending balance (1,010,279) (1,207,975) (1,075,268)

Defined benefit plans

Beginning balance (672,323) ^[1] (419,284) ^[1] (440,619)

Actuarial (gains) losses 22,414 (379,090) 19,862

Pension settlement 3,757 793 3,030

Prior service costs arising during the period 0 (2,105) (28,696)

Reclassifications into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense (1) 55,035 32,985 34,972

Income tax benefit (expense) (24,041) 94,052 (7,799)

Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (65) 326 (34)

Defined benefit plans, net of tax 57,100 (253,039) 21,335

Ending balance ^[1] (615,223) (672,323) (419,284)

Cash flow hedges

Beginning balance 38,993 ^[2] (84,010) ^[2] 114,635

Unrealized gain (loss) 72,437 209,017 (169,958)

Reclassification adjustments into Cost of services (48,545) (48,333) (93,105)

Income tax benefit (expense) 857 (37,522) 64,118

Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests (28) (159) 300

Cash flow hedges, net of tax 24,721 123,003 (198,645)

Ending balance (2) ^[2] 63,714 38,993 (84,010)

Investments

Beginning balance 728 2,391 1,243

Unrealized gain (loss) (778) (1,970) 1,455

Income tax benefit (expense) 0 305 (305)

Portion attributable to noncontrolling interests 1 2 (2)

Investments, net of tax (777) (1,663) 1,148

Ending balance (49) 728 2,391

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,561,837) $ (1,840,577) $ (1,576,171)

Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Amortization, Next Fiscal Year (54,285)

Cash Flow Hedge Gain (Loss) to be Reclassified within Twelve Months $ 62,257

[1] As of August 31, 2020, $54,285 of net losses is expected to be reclassified into net periodic pension and post-retirement expense recognized in cost of services, sales and marketing, general and administrative costs and non-operating expenses in the next twelve months.

[2] As of August 31, 2020, $62,257 of net unrealized gains related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is expected to be reclassified into cost of services in the next twelve months.

v3.20.2

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - Components of Property and Equipment, Net (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property and equipment, gross $ 3,859,299 $ 3,347,195

Total accumulated depreciation (2,313,731) (1,956,029)

Property and equipment, net 1,545,568 1,391,166 $ 1,264,020

Depreciation 482,054 440,796 $ 423,471

Buildings and land

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property and equipment, gross 61 56

Computers, related equipment and software

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property and equipment, gross 1,978,380 1,723,623

Furniture and fixtures

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property and equipment, gross 456,136 394,671

Leasehold improvements

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property and equipment, gross $ 1,424,722 $ 1,228,845

v3.20.2

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 1,531,599 $ 1,193,071 $ 657,546

Goodwill $ 7,709,820 6,205,550 5,383,012

Minimum

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life 1 year

Maximum

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life 16 years

Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 1,513,910 1,170,044 596,148

Goodwill 1,352,839 920,696 431,087

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles $ 377,060 $ 282,144 $ 140,403

Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Minimum

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life 1 year

Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Maximum

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life 12 years

v3.20.2

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Goodwill Rollforward (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period $ 1,338,469 $ 924,742

Goodwill 7,709,820 6,205,550 $ 5,383,012

Goodwill, Translation Adjustments 165,801 (102,204)

Goodwill 7,709,820 6,205,550 5,383,012

Growth Markets [Member]

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period 289,598 92,925

Goodwill 967,291 662,971 585,039

Goodwill, Translation Adjustments 14,722 (14,993)

Goodwill 967,291 662,971 585,039

Europe [Member]

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period 420,413 297,548

Goodwill 2,138,088 1,569,223 1,357,688

Goodwill, Translation Adjustments 148,452 (86,013)

Goodwill 2,138,088 1,569,223 1,357,688

North America [Member]

Goodwill [Line Items]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period 628,458 534,269

Goodwill 4,604,441 3,973,356 3,440,285

Goodwill, Translation Adjustments 2,627 (1,198)

Goodwill $ 4,604,441 $ 3,973,356 $ 3,440,285

v3.20.2

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Intangible Table by Major Class (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Gross Carrying Amount $ 1,682,068 $ 1,339,802

Accumulated Amortization (652,850) (499,023)

Net Carrying Amount 1,029,218 840,779

Customer-related

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Gross Carrying Amount 1,319,332 1,013,976

Accumulated Amortization (495,367) (358,130)

Net Carrying Amount 823,965 655,846

Technology

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Gross Carrying Amount 150,765 119,686

Accumulated Amortization (55,543) (45,851)

Net Carrying Amount 95,222 73,835

Patents

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Gross Carrying Amount 129,295 127,796

Accumulated Amortization (66,954) (66,167)

Net Carrying Amount 62,341 61,629

Other

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Gross Carrying Amount 82,676 78,344

Accumulated Amortization (34,986) (28,875)

Net Carrying Amount $ 47,690 $ 49,469

v3.20.2

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Amortization (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Amortization of Intangible Assets $ 239,664 $ 177,150 $ 170,187

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Maturity Schedule [Abstract]

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months 214,120

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two 172,641

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three 154,297

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four 127,673

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Five 108,068

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, after Year Five 252,419

Net Carrying Amount $ 1,029,218 $ 840,779

v3.20.2

LEASES (Detail)
$ in Millions

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Leases [Abstract]

Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term 7 years 3 months 18 days

Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 4.20%

acn_LesseeOperatingLeaseLeaseNotyetCommencedAmount $ 541

Lessee, Operating Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Term of Contract 16 years

v3.20.2

Lease Cost (Detail)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Leases [Abstract]

Operating Lease, Cost $ 749,233

Variable Lease, Cost 181,612

Sublease Income (27,192)

Lease, Cost $ 903,653

v3.20.2

Supplemental information related to operating lease transactions (Detail)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Leases [Abstract]

Operating Lease, Payments $ 725,892

Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Liability $ 592,026

v3.20.2

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Derivative [Line Items]

Fair value of derivative assets $ 154,749 $ 110,617

Fair value of derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features in a liability position 39,018

Reclassification adjustments into Cost of services 48,545 48,333 $ 93,105

(Loss) gain recognized in income on derivatives (111,623) (112,113) $ 114,076

Offsetting Derivative Asset and Liabilities [Abstract]

Net derivative assets 129,520 88,811

Net derivative liabilities 13,789 37,985

Total fair value $ 115,731 $ 50,826

v3.20.2

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS - Borrowing Facilities including Letters of Credit (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount $ 3,149,436

Borrowing Under Facilities $ 0

Amounts of Borrowing Facilities and Borrowings Under Facilities, Table
As of August 31, 2020, we had the following borrowing facilities, including the issuance of letters of credit, to support general working capital purposes:
Facility
Amount Borrowings
Under
Facilities
Syndicated loan facility (1) $ 1,000,000 $ —
364-day syndicated loan facility (2) 1,000,000 —
Separate, uncommitted, unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities (3) 903,674 —
Local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit (4) 245,762 —
Total $ 3,149,436 $ —
(1)On December 10, 2019, we replaced our $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 22, 2020 with a $1,000,000 syndicated loan facility maturing on December 10, 2024. This facility provides unsecured, revolving borrowing capacity for general working capital purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. Financing is provided under this facility at the prime rate or at the London Interbank Offered Rate, plus a spread. We continue to be in compliance with relevant covenant terms. The facility is subject to annual commitment fees. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under the facility.
(2)On June 17, 2020, we entered into a $1,000,000 364-day syndicated loan facility, which matures on June 16, 2021. As of August 31, 2020 we had no borrowings under the facility. In the event of a loan drawn against this facility, the lenders have the option to require us to repay the loan by issuing public debt within 45 days of their request.
(3)We maintain separate, uncommitted and unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities. These facilities provide local currency financing for the majority of our operations. Interest rate terms on the revolving facilities are at market rates prevailing in the relevant local markets. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under these facilities.
(4)We also maintain local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit for those locations that cannot access our global facilities. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had borrowings under these various facilities of $0 and $2,458, respectively.

Syndicated Loan Facility Due December 22, 2020 [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount $ 1,000,000

Borrowing Under Facilities 0

Separate, uncommitted, unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount ^[1] 903,674

Borrowing Under Facilities ^[1] 0

Local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount ^[2] 245,762

Borrowing Under Facilities 0 ^[2] $ 2,458

Syndicated Loan Facility Due June 16, 2021

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount 1,000,000

Syndicated Loan Facility Due December 10, 2024

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Facility Amount $ 1,000,000

[1] We maintain separate, uncommitted and unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facilities. These facilities provide local currency financing for the majority of our operations. Interest rate terms on the revolving facilities are at market rates prevailing in the relevant local markets. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had no borrowings under these facilities.

[2] We also maintain local guaranteed and non-guaranteed lines of credit for those locations that cannot access our global facilities. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, we had borrowings under these various facilities of $0 and $2,458, respectively.

v3.20.2

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Letters of credit outstanding under borrowing facilities $ 487,795 $ 390,295

Total outstanding debt $ 61,872 $ 22,658

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Components of Income Tax Expense (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Current taxes

U.S. federal $ 99,280 $ 159,578 $ 70,050

U.S. state and local 26,425 86,113 3,574

Non-U.S. 1,292,362 1,256,225 1,425,875

Total current tax expense 1,418,067 1,501,916 1,499,499

Deferred taxes

U.S. federal 21,532 (143,217) 219,034

U.S. state and local 8,525 (39,588) 57,044

Non-U.S. 140,894 86,445 (182,078)

Total deferred tax (benefit) expense 170,951 (96,360) 94,000

Total $ 1,589,018 $ 1,405,556 $ 1,593,499

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Components of Income before Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

U.S. sources $ 1,352,968 $ 853,173 $ 645,943

Non-U.S. sources 5,421,363 5,398,624 5,162,150

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES $ 6,774,331 $ 6,251,797 $ 5,808,093

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 21.00% 21.00% 25.70%

U.S. state and local taxes, net 1.70% 1.50% 1.10%

Non-U.S. operations taxed at other rates 0.70% 1.10% (6.10%)

Final determinations (1) (1.90%) (3.40%) (1.90%)

Other net activity in unrecognized tax benefits 2.40% 3.20% 5.80%

Excess tax benefits from share based payments (1.90%) (1.20%) (2.30%)

Effective income tax rate reconciliation Changes in tax laws and tax rates (0.20%) 0.00% 4.40%

Other, net 1.70% 0.30% 0.70%

Effective income tax rate 23.50% 22.50% 27.40%

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Document Period End Date Aug. 31, 2020

Deferred tax assets

Pensions $ 443,231 $ 446,920

Revenue recognition 115,287 115,529

Compensation and benefits 574,349 623,986

Share-based compensation 334,061 292,045

Tax credit carryforwards 659,835 527,748

Net operating loss carryforwards 159,506 175,196

Deferred amortization deductions 828,098 798,852

Indirect effects of unrecognized tax benefits 279,105 302,093

Licenses and other intangibles 1,752,612 1,958,738

Leases 729,787 27,857

Other 280,883 210,642

Total Deferred Tax Assets 6,156,754 5,479,606

Valuation allowance (757,799) (606,765)

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance 5,398,955 4,872,841

Deferred tax liabilities

Investments in subsidiaries (169,752) (182,186)

Intangibles (298,181) (234,098)

Leases (669,005) (17)

Other (288,574) (240,308)

Total deferred tax liabilities (1,425,512) (656,609)

Net deferred tax assets $ 3,973,443 $ 4,216,232

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]

Balance, beginning of year $ 1,233,014 $ 1,210,520

Additions for tax positions related to the current year 168,938 211,671

Additions for tax positions related to prior years 58,977 354,890

Reductions for tax positions related to prior years (177,812) (262,055)

Statute of limitations expirations (51,477) (146,732)

Settlements with tax authorities (11,602) (103,384)

Foreign currency translation (18,907) (31,896)

Balance, end of year $ 1,238,945 $ 1,233,014

v3.20.2

INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Deferred Tax Assets, Net $ 3,973,443 $ 4,216,232

Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 798,654

Unrecognized deferred tax liability from undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries 40,000

Tax holiday income tax benefits 38,000 95,000 $ 103,000

Deferred tax assets valuation allowance 757,799 606,765

Increase in deferred tax valuation allowance 151,034 (154,990)

Tax credit carryforwards 659,835 527,748

Operating Loss Carryforwards 721,168

Unrecognized tax benefits 1,238,945 1,233,014 1,210,520

Unrecognized tax benefits potential to favorably impact effective tax rate 934,183 908,522

Unrecognized tax benefits from adjustments to equity 304,762 324,492

Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties expense 21,140 8,645 $ 37,230

Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued pre-tax 129,597 114,566

Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties Accrued Net Of Tax Benefits 118,533 $ 105,852

Decrease in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible 283,000

Increase in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible $ 405,000

Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 21.00% 35.00%

Document Period End Date Aug. 31, 2020

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 21.00% 21.00% 25.70%

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 177,651

Tax Credit Carryforwards Expiring Between 2018 and 2027

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Tax credit carryforwards $ 24,933

Tax Credit Carryforwards Expiring Between 2028 and 2037

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Tax credit carryforwards 470

Tax Credit Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Tax credit carryforwards 634,432

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring Between 2018 and 2027

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Operating Loss Carryforwards 124,845

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring Between 2028 and 2037

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Operating Loss Carryforwards 18,617

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Operating Loss Carryforwards $ 577,706

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine the Fiscal Year-end Defined Benefit Pension Obligations (Details)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation 2.51% 3.00% 3.98%

Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense 3.00% 3.98% 3.73%

Long term rate of return on plan assets 3.45% 3.18% 3.64%

UNITED STATES | Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation 2.50% 3.00% 4.00%

Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense 3.00% 4.00% 3.75%

Long term rate of return on plan assets 4.25% 4.25% 4.25%

Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation 2.21% 2.23% 2.23%

Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense 2.23% 2.23% 2.25%

Non-U.S. Plans | Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation 2.27% 2.24% 3.29%

Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense 2.24% 3.29% 2.83%

Long term rate of return on plan assets 2.81% 3.02% 3.56%

Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation 4.04% 4.02% 3.67%

Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense 4.02% 3.67% 3.63%

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Pre-Tax Accumulated Net Actuarial Loss and Prior Service Cost (credit) Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Net loss $ 160,067 $ 121,798

Prior service (credit) cost 15,114 19,427

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax 175,181 141,225

UNITED STATES

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Net loss 108,796 106,328

Prior service (credit) cost 0 0

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax 108,796 106,328

Non-U.S. Plans | Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Net loss 605,635 633,619

Prior service (credit) cost 20,056 21,954

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax $ 625,691 $ 655,573

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Accumulated Benefit Obligation for Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

UNITED STATES

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Accumulated benefit obligation $ 401,822 $ 376,886

Non-U.S. Plans

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Accumulated benefit obligation $ 2,135,566 $ 1,964,148

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Information for Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans with Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

UNITED STATES

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Accumulated benefit obligation $ 130,309 $ 132,984

Fair value of plan assets 0 0

Non-U.S. Plans

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Accumulated benefit obligation 1,438,234 1,300,082

Fair value of plan assets $ 575,857 $ 465,935

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Details)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

2017 $ 12,335

2018 13,990

2019 15,737

2020 17,769

2021 19,826

2022-2026 134,072

Non-U.S. Plans | Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

2017 106,299

2018 103,597

2019 116,624

2020 115,224

2021 126,526

2022-2026 643,025

UNITED STATES | Pension Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

2017 14,678

2018 15,416

2019 16,195

2020 16,959

2021 17,743

2022-2026 $ 98,570

v3.20.2

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS Level 3 Assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Level 3 Assets [Abstract]

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Purchases, (Sales), Issuances, (Settlements) $ 17,428

Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Assets During the Period $ 6,884 1,033

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value $ 140,305 $ 133,421 $ 114,960

v3.20.2

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Summary of Information with Respect to Share-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Total share-based compensation expense included in Net income $ 1,197,806 $ 1,093,253 $ 976,908

Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation included in Net income ^[1] 430,290 356,062 404,124

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 1,589,018 $ 1,405,556 $ 1,593,499

[1] Restricted Share Units

v3.20.2

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted Share Unit Activity (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Number of Restricted Share Units

Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2016 (in shares) 19,002,115

Granted (in shares) (1) ^[1] 7,543,339

Vested (in shares) (2) ^[2] (7,698,685)

Forfeited (in shares) (1,106,838)

Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2017 (in shares) 17,739,931 19,002,115

Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value

Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2016 (in dollars per share) $ 136.66

Granted (in dollars per share) (1) 206.05 ^[1] $ 144.52 $ 153.33

Vested (in dollars per share) (2) ^[2] 138.55

Forfeited (in dollars per share) 148.29

Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2017 (in dollars per share) $ 164.62 $ 136.66

Vested, grant-date fair value $ 1,066,622 $ 914,206 $ 842,002

[1] The weighted average grant-date fair value for restricted share units granted for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $206.05, $144.52 and $153.33, respectively.

[2] The total grant-date fair value of restricted share units vested for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,066,622, $914,206 and $842,002, respectively.

v3.20.2

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Income tax expense $ 1,589,018,000 $ 1,405,556,000 $ 1,593,499,000

Shares authorized under SIP plan 114,000,000

Shares available for future grants under SIP plan 25,216,854

Restricted Share Units

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Compensation expense related to nonvested awards not yet recognized $ 1,083,367,000

Compensation expense related to nonvested awards not yet recognized, expected weighted average period of recognition 1 year 2 months 12 days

Restricted share units vested but not yet delivered 553,907

Restricted Share Units | Minimum

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Share-based compensation arrangement vesting period 2 years

Restricted Share Units | Maximum

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Share-based compensation arrangement vesting period 7 years

ESPP 2010

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Maximum employee deferral into share purchase plan per offering $ 7,500

Percentage of senior executive compensation contributed into share purchase plan maximum 30.00%

Percentage of shares purchased granted as restricted share units granted under the V.E.I.P. 50.00%

Number of shares authorized employee share purchase plan 90,000,000

Shares issued under employee share purchase plan total 64,956,222

Shares issued, during period, under the employee share purchase plan 5,410,497 5,433,817 5,428,356

ESPP 2010 | Minimum

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Percentage of employee compensation contributed into share purchase plan 1.00%

ESPP 2010 | Maximum

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Percentage of employee compensation contributed into share purchase plan 10.00%

v3.20.2

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended

Nov. 13, 2020

Oct. 13, 2020

Sep. 23, 2020

Sep. 20, 2020

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount $ 1,314,762,000

Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares) 5,526,491,000

Treasury Stock, Retired, Cost Method, Amount $ 0 $ 0 $ 0

Treasury Stock Acquired Repurchase Authorization Value $ 6,314,762,000

Treasury Stock Acquired Repurchase Additional Approved Authorization Value $ 5,000,000,000

Share Repurchase Authority Increase Approval Date Sep. 20, 2020

Subsequent Event [Member]

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share $ 0.88

Dividends Payable, Date of Record Oct. 13, 2020

Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid Nov. 13, 2020

Treasury Shares

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares) 5,526,000 17,599,000 11,621,000

Treasury Stock, Retired, Cost Method, Amount $ 1,056,145,000 $ 2,745,321,000 $ 1,582,067,000

Class X Ordinary Shares

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Common Stock, Voting Rights one

Class A Ordinary Shares

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Common Stock, Voting Rights one

Class A Ordinary Shares | Subsequent Event [Member]

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Dividends Payable, Date Declared Sep. 23, 2020

v3.20.2

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Loss Contingencies [Line Items]

Expressly limited performance guarantee $ 832,000 $ 794,000

Portion of guarantee not recoverable $ 87,000 $ 128,000

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING - Company's Reportable Operating Segments (Details)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

May 31, 2020

USD ($)

Feb. 29, 2020

USD ($)

Nov. 30, 2019

USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2019

USD ($)

May 31, 2019

USD ($)

Feb. 28, 2019

USD ($)

Nov. 30, 2018

USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2020

USD ($)

reportableSegments

Aug. 31, 2019

USD ($)

Aug. 31, 2018

USD ($)

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues $ 10,835,271,000 $ 10,991,305,000 $ 11,141,505,000 $ 11,358,958,000 $ 11,055,650,000 $ 11,099,688,000 $ 10,454,129,000 $ 10,605,546,000 $ 44,327,039,000 $ 43,215,013,000 $ 40,992,534,000

Number of Reportable Segments 5 3

Depreciation and amortization 1,022,399,000 892,760,000 926,776,000

Operating income 1,544,703,000 $ 1,712,733,000 $ 1,488,945,000 $ 1,767,263,000 1,571,493,000 $ 1,717,943,000 $ 1,386,626,000 $ 1,629,012,000 6,513,644,000 6,305,074,000 5,898,779,000

Net Assets 4,285,646,000 5,093,505,000 $ 4,285,646,000 4,285,646,000 $ 4,285,646,000 5,093,505,000 4,768,722,000

Property and equipment, net 1,545,568,000 1,391,166,000 1,545,568,000 1,545,568,000 1,545,568,000 1,391,166,000 1,264,020,000

Growth Markets [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 8,942,644,000 8,533,128,000

Depreciation and amortization 332,393,000

Operating income 1,544,565,000

Net Assets 620,083,000 620,083,000 620,083,000 620,083,000

Property and equipment, net 655,624,000 655,624,000 655,624,000 655,624,000

North America [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 20,982,253,000 18,460,395,000

Depreciation and amortization 348,761,000 303,762,000 318,538,000

Operating income 3,169,648,000 3,107,437,000 2,708,674,000

Net Assets 2,585,659,000 2,923,320,000 2,585,659,000 2,585,659,000 2,585,659,000 2,923,320,000 2,469,098,000

Property and equipment, net 499,976,000 395,782,000 499,976,000 499,976,000 499,976,000 395,782,000 375,237,000

Europe [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 14,695,749,000 14,650,637,000

Depreciation and amortization 341,245,000 294,902,000 309,752,000

Operating income 1,799,431,000 2,013,245,000 2,167,463,000

Net Assets 1,079,904,000 1,355,827,000 1,079,904,000 1,079,904,000 1,079,904,000 1,355,827,000 1,402,971,000

Property and equipment, net $ 389,968,000 354,491,000 $ 389,968,000 $ 389,968,000 $ 389,968,000 354,491,000 319,737,000

Growth Markets [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 7,881,502,000

Depreciation and amortization 294,096,000 298,486,000

Operating income 1,184,392,000 1,022,642,000

Net Assets 814,358,000 814,358,000 896,653,000

Property and equipment, net $ 640,893,000 $ 640,893,000 $ 569,046,000

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING - Information Regarding Geography and Countries (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Nov. 30, 2019

Aug. 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

Nov. 30, 2018

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues $ 10,835,271,000 $ 10,991,305,000 $ 11,141,505,000 $ 11,358,958,000 $ 11,055,650,000 $ 11,099,688,000 $ 10,454,129,000 $ 10,605,546,000 $ 44,327,039,000 $ 43,215,013,000 $ 40,992,534,000

North America [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 19,986,136,000

Europe [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 14,402,142,000

Growth Markets [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues $ 8,942,644,000 $ 8,533,128,000

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING - Revenues by Country (Details)
12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

UNITED STATES

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues, percentage by country 45.00% 44.00% 43.00%

IRELAND

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues, percentage by country 1.00%

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING - Consolidated Property and Equipment, Net by Country (Details)

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

INDIA

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Property and Equipment, net, percentage by country 27.00% 26.00% 27.00%

UNITED STATES

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Property and Equipment, net, percentage by country 18.00% 18.00% 19.00%

IRELAND

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Property and Equipment, net, percentage by country 7.00% 7.00% 7.00%

v3.20.2

SEGMENT REPORTING - Revenues by Industry Group and Type of Work (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Nov. 30, 2019

Aug. 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

Nov. 30, 2018

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues $ 10,835,271,000 $ 10,991,305,000 $ 11,141,505,000 $ 11,358,958,000 $ 11,055,650,000 $ 11,099,688,000 $ 10,454,129,000 $ 10,605,546,000 $ 44,327,039,000 $ 43,215,013,000 $ 40,992,534,000

North America

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 8,883,173,000 8,757,250,000 8,229,842,000

Europe

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 8,518,136,000 8,493,819,000 8,565,695,000

Health And Public Service Segment

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 8,022,704,000 7,160,787,000 6,877,779,000

Products Segment

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 12,272,036,000 12,004,934,000 11,337,863,000

Growth Markets

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 6,611,544,000 6,771,976,000 5,942,012,000

Other

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 19,446,000 26,247,000 39,343,000

Consulting

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues 24,227,024,000 24,177,428,000 22,978,798,000

Outsourcing

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues $ 20,100,015,000 $ 19,037,585,000 $ 18,013,736,000

v3.20.2

QUARTERLY DATA (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Nov. 30, 2019

Aug. 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

Nov. 30, 2018

Aug. 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

Aug. 31, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Revenues $ 10,835,271,000 $ 10,991,305,000 $ 11,141,505,000 $ 11,358,958,000 $ 11,055,650,000 $ 11,099,688,000 $ 10,454,129,000 $ 10,605,546,000 $ 44,327,039,000 $ 43,215,013,000 $ 40,992,534,000

Cost of services 7,394,731,000 7,462,617,000 7,782,334,000 7,711,199,000 7,621,034,000 7,571,390,000 7,399,780,000 7,308,121,000 30,350,881,000 29,900,325,000 28,499,170,000

OPERATING INCOME 1,544,703,000 1,712,733,000 1,488,945,000 1,767,263,000 1,571,493,000 1,717,943,000 1,386,626,000 1,629,012,000 6,513,644,000 6,305,074,000 5,898,779,000

Net Income 1,305,424,000 1,252,639,000 1,252,082,000 1,375,168,000 1,145,548,000 1,268,649,000 1,140,720,000 1,291,324,000 5,185,313,000 4,846,241,000 4,214,594,000

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC $ 1,287,929,000 $ 1,228,202,000 $ 1,234,740,000 $ 1,356,968,000 $ 1,130,427,000 $ 1,249,516,000 $ 1,124,449,000 $ 1,274,720,000 $ 5,107,839,000 $ 4,779,112,000 $ 4,059,907,000

Weighted average Class A ordinary shares:

-Basic (in shares) 635,887,742 636,146,240 637,485,626 635,722,309 637,049,388 637,831,341 638,639,729 638,877,445 636,299,913 638,098,125 628,451,742

-Diluted (in shares) 647,867,307 645,607,914 648,833,880 649,389,444 650,523,417 649,297,717 649,170,699 652,151,450 647,797,003 650,204,873 655,296,150

Earnings per Class A ordinary share:

Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 2.03 $ 1.93 $ 1.94 $ 2.13 $ 1.77 $ 1.96 $ 1.76 $ 2.00 $ 8.03 $ 7.49 $ 6.46

Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 1.99 $ 1.90 $ 1.91 $ 2.09 $ 1.74 $ 1.93 $ 1.73 $ 1.96 $ 7.89 $ 7.36 $ 6.34

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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Oct. 08, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Annual Report	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	L2
Document Transition Report	false
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Aug. 31, 2020
Entity File Number	001-34448
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	ACN
Entity Registrant Name	Accenture plc
Entity Address, Address Line One	1 Grand Canal Square
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Grand Canal Harbour
Entity Central Index Key	0001467373
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--08-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 115,077,476,776
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Small Business	false
Documents Incorporated by Reference [Text Block]	Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to the registrant’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on February 3, 2021, will be incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K in response to Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III. The definitive proxy statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2020.
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0627530
Entity Address, City or Town	Dublin
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	2
Entity Address, Country	IE
Country Region	353
City Area Code	1
Local Phone Number	646-2000
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Class A Ordinary Shares
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		658,883,029
Class X Ordinary Shares
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		527,509

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 8,415,330,000	$ 6,126,853,000
Short-term investments	94,309,000	3,313,000
Receivables and contract assets	7,846,892,000	8,095,071,000
Other current assets	1,393,225,000	1,225,364,000
Total current assets	17,749,756,000	15,450,601,000
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Contract assets	43,257,000	71,002,000
Investments	324,514,000	240,313,000
Property and equipment, net	1,545,568,000	1,391,166,000
Lease assets	3,183,346,000	0
Goodwill	7,709,820,000	6,205,550,000
Deferred contract costs	723,168,000	681,492,000
Deferred tax assets	4,153,146,000	4,349,464,000
Other non-current assets	1,646,018,000	1,400,292,000
Total non-current assets	19,328,837,000	14,339,279,000
TOTAL ASSETS	37,078,593,000	29,789,880,000
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current portion of long-term debt and bank borrowings	7,820,000	6,411,000
Accounts payable	1,349,874,000	1,646,641,000
Deferred revenues	3,636,741,000	3,188,835,000
Accrued payroll and related benefits	5,083,950,000	4,890,542,000
Income taxes payable	453,542,000	378,017,000
Lease liabilities	756,057,000	0
Accrued consumption taxes	662,409,000	446,699,000
Other accrued liabilities	712,197,000	504,751,000
Total current liabilities	12,662,590,000	11,061,896,000
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Long-term debt	54,052,000	16,247,000
Deferred revenues	690,931,000	565,224,000
Retirement obligation	1,859,444,000	1,765,914,000
Deferred tax liabilities	179,703,000	133,232,000
Income taxes payable	930,695,000	892,688,000
Lease liabilities	2,667,584,000	0
Other non-current liabilities	534,421,000	526,988,000
Total non-current liabilities	6,916,830,000	3,900,293,000
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Restricted share units	1,585,302,000	1,411,903,000
Additional paid-in capital	7,167,227,000	5,804,448,000
Treasury shares, at cost: Ordinary, 40,000 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019; Class A ordinary, 24,383,369 and 18,964,863 shares as of August 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively	(2,565,761,000)	(1,388,376,000)
Retained earnings	12,375,533,000	10,421,538,000
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,561,837,000)	(1,840,577,000)
Total Accenture plc shareholders’ equity	17,000,536,000	14,409,008,000
Noncontrolling interests	498,637,000	418,683,000
Total shareholders’ equity	17,499,173,000	14,827,691,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	37,078,593,000	29,789,880,000
Ordinary Shares
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Ordinary shares, value	57,000	57,000
Class A Ordinary Shares
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Ordinary shares, value	15,000	15,000
Class X Ordinary Shares
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Ordinary shares, value	$ 0	$ 0

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical)	Aug. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2020 € / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2019 € / shares shares
Ordinary Shares
Ordinary shares, par value \| € / shares		€ 1		€ 1.00
Ordinary shares, shares authorized	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000
Ordinary shares, shares issued	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000
Treasury shares, ordinary shares	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000
Class A Ordinary Shares
Ordinary shares, par value \| $ / shares	$ 0.0000225		$ 0.0000225
Ordinary shares, shares authorized	20,000,000,000	20,000,000,000	20,000,000,000	20,000,000,000
Ordinary shares, shares issued	658,548,895	658,548,895	654,739,267	654,739,267
Treasury shares, ordinary shares	24,383,369	24,383,369	18,964,863	18,964,863
Class X Ordinary Shares
Ordinary shares, par value \| $ / shares	$ 0.0000225		$ 0.0000225
Ordinary shares, shares authorized	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Ordinary shares, shares issued	527,509	527,509	609,404	609,404
Ordinary shares, shares outstanding	527,509	527,509	609,404	609,404

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net Income	$ 5,185,313,000	$ 4,846,241,000	$ 4,214,594,000
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX:
Foreign currency translation	197,696,000	(132,707,000)	(305,225,000)
Defined benefit plans	57,100,000	(253,039,000)	21,335,000
Cash flow hedges	24,721,000	123,003,000	(198,645,000)
Investments	(777,000)	(1,663,000)	1,148,000
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC	278,740,000	(264,406,000)	(481,387,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	8,243,000	(6,749,000)	(2,233,000)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	5,472,296,000	4,575,086,000	3,730,974,000
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCENTURE PLC	5,386,579,000	4,514,706,000	3,578,520,000
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	85,717,000	60,380,000	152,454,000
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$ 5,472,296,000	$ 4,575,086,000	$ 3,730,974,000

CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY STATEMENTS - USD ($)	Total	Retained Earnings	Ordinary Shares	Class A Ordinary Shares	Class X Ordinary Shares	Restricted Share Units	Additional Paid-in Capital	Treasury Shares	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Total Accenture plc Shareholder's Equity	Noncontrolling Interests	Treasury Stock, Value
Beginning Balance at Aug. 31, 2017	$ 9,710,200,000		$ 57,000	$ 14,000	$ 0	$ 1,095,026,000	$ 3,516,399,000	$ (1,649,090,000)	$ 7,081,855,000	$ (1,094,784,000)	$ 8,949,477,000	$ 760,723,000
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2017			40,000	638,966,000	20,531,000
Beginning Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2017								(23,449,000)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	4,214,594,000								4,059,907,000		4,059,907,000	154,687,000
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(483,620,000)									(481,387,000)	(481,387,000)	(2,233,000)
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares	(2,554,084,000)						49,766,000	$ (2,554,084,000)			(2,504,318,000)	(49,766,000)
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares)								(16,706,000)
Cancellation of treasury shares	0						(206,782,000)	$ 1,582,067,000	(1,375,285,000)		0
Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares)				(11,621,000)				11,621,000
Share-based compensation expense	976,908,000					913,801,000	63,107,000				976,908,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares	(85,010,000)						(80,169,000)				(80,169,000)	(4,841,000)
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (in shares)					(821,000)
Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:
Employee share programs	753,146,000					(829,085,000)	1,132,024,000	$ 504,159,000	(68,656,000)		738,442,000	14,704,000
Employee share programs (in shares)				10,077,000				4,201,000
Upon redemption of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares (in shares)				25,906,000
Upon redemption of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares	0			$ 1,000	$ (19,054,000)		408,652,000				408,653,000	(408,653,000)
Dividends	(1,708,724,000)					54,881,000			(1,725,953,000)		(1,671,072,000)	(37,652,000)
Other, net	(98,822,000)						(12,233,000)		(19,455,000)		(31,688,000)	(67,134,000)
Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2018	10,724,588,000		$ 57,000	$ 15,000	$ 0	1,234,623,000	4,870,764,000	$ (2,116,948,000)	7,952,413,000	(1,576,171,000)	10,364,753,000	359,835,000
Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2018								(24,333,000)
Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2018			40,000	663,328,000	656,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	4,846,241,000								4,779,112,000		4,779,112,000	67,129,000
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(271,155,000)									(264,406,000)	(264,406,000)	(6,749,000)
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares	(2,669,336,000)						3,302,000	$ (2,669,336,000)			(2,666,034,000)	(3,302,000)
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares)								(16,431,000)
Cancellation of treasury shares	0						(326,092,000)	$ 2,745,321,000	(2,419,229,000)		0
Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares)				(17,599,000)				17,599,000
Share-based compensation expense	1,093,253,000					1,023,794,000	69,459,000				1,093,253,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares	(21,778,000)						(21,768,000)				(21,768,000)	(10,000)
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures				9,010,000				4,160,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares (in shares)					(47,000)
Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:
Employee share programs	848,445,000					(903,526,000)	1,219,600,000		(121,250,000)		847,411,000	1,034,000	$ 652,587,000
Dividends	(1,864,353,000)					57,012,000			(1,918,737,000)		(1,861,725,000)	(2,628,000)
Other, net	3,810,000						(10,817,000)		14,411,000		3,594,000	216,000
Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2019	14,827,691,000	$ 2,137,976,000	$ 57,000	$ 15,000	$ 0	1,411,903,000	5,804,448,000	$ (1,388,376,000)	10,421,538,000	(1,840,577,000)	14,409,008,000	418,683,000
Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2019								(19,005,000)
Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2019			40,000	654,739,000	609,000
Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:
Noncontrolling interests	418,683,000	3,158,000
Retained earnings	10,421,538,000	$ 2,134,818,000
Net Income	5,185,313,000								5,107,839,000		5,107,839,000	77,474,000
Other comprehensive income (loss)	286,983,000									278,740,000	278,740,000	8,243,000
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares	$ (2,894,253,000)						3,116,000	$ (2,894,253,000)			(2,891,137,000)	(3,116,000)
Purchases of Class A ordinary shares (in shares)	(14,730,030)							(14,730,000)
Cancellation of treasury shares	$ 0						(108,670,000)	$ 1,056,145,000	(947,475,000)		0
Cancellation of treasury shares (in shares)	5,526,491,000			(5,526,000)				5,526,000
Share-based compensation expense	$ 1,197,806,000					1,118,284,000	79,522,000				1,197,806,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares					81,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X shares	21,594,000						21,594,000				21,594,000
Purchases/redemptions of Accenture Holdings plc ordinary shares, Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. exchangeable shares and Class X ordinary shares	(21,594,000)
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures				9,336,000				3,786,000
Employee share programs	955,308,000					(1,022,144,000)	1,409,627,000	$ 660,723,000	(93,912,000)		954,294,000	1,014,000
Dividends	(2,037,733,000)					77,259,000			(2,112,457,000)		(2,035,198,000)	(2,535,000)
Other, net	(348,000)						778,000				778,000	(1,126,000)
Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2020	17,499,173,000		$ 57,000	$ 15,000	$ 0	$ 1,585,302,000	$ 7,167,227,000	$ (2,565,761,000)	$ 12,375,533,000	$ (1,561,837,000)	$ 17,000,536,000	$ 498,637,000
Ending Balance Treasury (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2020								(24,423,000)
Ending Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2020			40,000	658,549,000	528,000
Issuances of Class A ordinary shares:
Noncontrolling interests	498,637,000
Retained earnings	$ 12,375,533,000

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS STATEMENTS - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS STATEMENTS - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income	$ 5,185,313,000	$ 4,846,241,000	$ 4,214,594,000
Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities—
Depreciation, amortization and other	1,773,124,000	892,760,000	926,776,000
Share-based compensation expense	1,197,806,000	1,093,253,000	976,908,000
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	170,951,000	(96,360,000)	94,000,000
Other, net	(243,867,000)	(87,522,000)	7,609,000
Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions—
Receivables and contract assets, current and non-current	721,500,000	(526,297,000)	(710,804,000)
Other current and non-current assets	(503,482,000)	(489,817,000)	(510,102,000)
Accounts payable	(359,682,000)	177,186,000	(167,971,000)
Deferred revenues, current and non-current	236,207,000	258,067,000	176,853,000
Accrued payroll and related benefits	(7,845,000)	386,930,000	646,416,000
Income taxes payable, current and non-current	55,198,000	(162,916,000)	183,933,000
Other current and non-current liabilities	(10,071,000)	335,428,000	188,479,000
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	8,215,152,000	6,626,953,000	6,026,691,000
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(599,132,000)	(599,009,000)	(619,187,000)
Purchases of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired	(1,531,599,000)	(1,193,071,000)	(657,546,000)
Proceeds from sales of businesses and investments	230,393,000	27,951,000	20,197,000
Other investing, net	5,819,000	8,553,000	6,932,000
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1,894,519,000)	(1,755,576,000)	(1,249,604,000)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of shares	955,308,000	848,445,000	753,146,000
Purchases of shares	(2,915,847,000)	(2,691,114,000)	(2,639,094,000)
Proceeds from (repayments of) long-term debt, net	(6,719,000)	(4,772,000)	(4,195,000)
Cash dividends paid	(2,037,733,000)	(1,864,353,000)	(1,708,724,000)
Other, net	(44,101,000)	(55,377,000)	(110,161,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(4,049,092,000)	(3,767,171,000)	(3,709,028,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	16,936,000	(38,713,000)	(133,559,000)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,288,477,000	1,065,493,000	934,500,000
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	6,126,853,000	5,061,360,000	4,126,860,000
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	8,415,330,000	6,126,853,000	5,061,360,000
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid	28,493,000	22,624,000	19,673,000
Income taxes paid, net	$ 1,360,030,000	$ 1,587,273,000	$ 1,373,244,000

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	Aug. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments Contingencies and Guarantees [Text Block]	Commitments and Contingencies Indemnifications and Guarantees In the normal course of business and in conjunction with certain client engagements, we have entered into contractual arrangements through which we may be obligated to indemnify clients with respect to certain matters. These arrangements with clients can include provisions whereby we have joint and several liability in relation to the performance of certain contractual obligations along with third parties also providing services and products for a specific project. In addition, our consulting arrangements may include warranty provisions that our solutions will substantially operate in accordance with the applicable system requirements. Indemnification provisions are also included in arrangements under which we agree to hold the indemnified party harmless with respect to third-party claims related to such matters as title to assets sold or licensed or certain intellectual property rights. Typically, we have contractual recourse against third parties for certain payments we made in connection with arrangements where third-party nonperformance has given rise to the client’s claim. Payments we made under any of the arrangements described above are generally conditioned on the client making a claim, which may be disputed by us typically under dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular arrangement. The limitations of liability under these arrangements may be expressly limited or may not be expressly specified in terms of time and/or amount. As of August 31, 2020 and 2019, our aggregate potential liability to our clients for expressly limited guarantees involving the performance of third parties was approximately $832,000 and $794,000, respectively, of which all but approximately $87,000 and $128,000, respectively, may be recovered from the other third parties if we are obligated to make payments to the indemnified parties as a consequence of a performance default by the other third parties. For arrangements with unspecified limitations, we cannot reasonably estimate the aggregate maximum potential liability, as it is inherently difficult to predict the maximum potential amount of such payments, due to the conditional nature and unique facts of each particular arrangement. To date, we have not been required to make any significant payment under any of the arrangements described above. We have assessed the current status of performance/payment risk related to arrangements with limited guarantees, warranty obligations, unspecified limitations and/or indemnification provisions and believe that any potential payments would be immaterial to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Legal Contingencies As of August 31, 2020, we or our present personnel had been named as a defendant in various litigation matters. We and/or our personnel also from time to time are involved in investigations by various regulatory or legal authorities concerning matters arising in the course of our business around the world. Based on the present status of these matters, including the putative class action lawsuit discussed below, management believes the range of reasonably possible losses in addition to amounts accrued, net of insurance recoveries, will not have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition. On July 24, 2019, Accenture was named in a putative class action lawsuit filed by consumers of Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The complaint alleges negligence by us, and seeks monetary damages, costs and attorneys’ fees and other related relief, relating to a data security incident involving unauthorized access to the reservations database of Starwood Worldwide Resorts, Inc. (“Starwood”), which was acquired by Marriott on September 23, 2016. Since 2009, we have provided certain IT infrastructure outsourcing services to Starwood. We believe the lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend it. We cannot reasonably estimate a range of loss, if any, at this time.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	May 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	May 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Sep. 01, 2018
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	$ 12,375,533,000				$ 10,421,538,000				$ 12,375,533,000	$ 10,421,538,000
Revenues	10,835,271,000	$ 10,991,305,000	$ 11,141,505,000	$ 11,358,958,000	11,055,650,000	$ 11,099,688,000	$ 10,454,129,000	$ 10,605,546,000	44,327,039,000	43,215,013,000	$ 40,992,534,000
Contract with Customer, Asset, Net, Current	654,782,000								654,782,000			$ 627,733,000
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	40,277,000				45,538,000				40,277,000	45,538,000
Deferred contract costs	723,168,000				681,492,000				723,168,000	681,492,000
Deferred transition revenues	690,931,000				563,245,000				690,931,000	563,245,000
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	84,068,000				131,971,000				84,068,000	131,971,000
Investments	324,514,000				240,313,000				324,514,000	240,313,000
Equity Method Investments	240,446,000				$ 108,342,000				240,446,000	$ 108,342,000
acn_DuckCreekEquityMethodInvestment [Member]
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments	$ 230,219,000								$ 230,219,000
Minimum
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life									1 year
Maximum
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life									16 years
Technology Integration Consulting Services \| Minimum
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Contracts duration									2 years
Technology Integration Consulting Services \| Maximum
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Contracts duration									7 years
Non-Technology Integration Consulting Services \| Maximum
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Contracts duration									10 years
Subsidiaries [Member]
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	1.00%								1.00%

SUMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Estimated Useful Lives of Property and Equipment (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020
Computers, related equipment and software \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	2
Computers, related equipment and software \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	7
Furniture and fixtures \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	5
Furniture and fixtures \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	10
Leasehold improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	Lesser of lease term or 15 years

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ASU Adoption - Balance Sheet Impacts (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Sep. 01, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	Sep. 01, 2018
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Receivables from clients, net	$ 7,192,110,000			$ 7,467,338,000
Contract assets (current)	654,782,000			627,733,000
Receivables and contract assets	7,846,892,000		$ 8,095,071,000	8,095,071,000
Contract assets	43,257,000		71,002,000	71,002,000
Deferred revenues	3,636,741,000		3,188,835,000	$ 3,188,835,000
Retained earnings	12,375,533,000		10,421,538,000
Other Assets, Current	1,393,225,000	$ 1,186,698,000	1,225,364,000
Lease assets	3,183,346,000	3,169,608,000	0
Other non-current assets	1,646,018,000	1,389,959,000	1,400,292,000
Lease liabilities	756,057,000	699,399,000	0
acn_OtherLiabilitiesCurrentIncludingConsumptionTaxes		950,747,000	951,450,000
Lease liabilities	2,667,584,000	2,666,344,000	0
Other non-current liabilities	$ 534,421,000	282,557,000	$ 526,988,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Other Assets, Current		(38,666,000)
Lease assets		3,169,608,000
Other non-current assets		(10,333,000)
Lease liabilities		699,399,000
acn_OtherLiabilitiesCurrentIncludingConsumptionTaxes		(703,000)
Lease liabilities		2,666,344,000
Other non-current liabilities		$ (244,431,000)

INVESTMENTS - Debt and Equity Securities (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments	$ 240,446,000	$ 108,342,000
Equity Method Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	956,308
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	84,068,000	131,971,000
Investments	$ 324,514,000	$ 240,313,000
acn_DuckCreekEquityMethodInvestment [Member]
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	22.00%

REVENUES Performance Obligations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount			$ 20
Forecast [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	15.00%	67.00%

REVENUES Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
REVENUES Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Sep. 01, 2018
Contract Balances [Abstract]
Deferred Transition Revenues	$ 690,931,000	$ 563,245,000
Deferred Transition Costs	723,168,000	681,492,000
Deferred Transition Amortization Expense	300,680,000	274,814,000	$ 333,118,000
Receivables, net of allowance	7,192,110,000			$ 7,467,338,000
Contract assets (current)	654,782,000			627,733,000
Receivables and contract assets	7,846,892,000	8,095,071,000		8,095,071,000
Contract assets	43,257,000	71,002,000		71,002,000
Deferred revenues (current)	3,636,741,000	3,188,835,000		3,188,835,000
Deferred revenues (non-current)	690,931,000	565,224,000		$ 565,224,000
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized	$ 2,800,000,000	$ 2,900,000,000

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Intangible Table by Major Class (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 1,682,068	$ 1,339,802
Accumulated Amortization	(652,850)	(499,023)
Net Carrying Amount	1,029,218	840,779
Customer-related
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	1,319,332	1,013,976
Accumulated Amortization	(495,367)	(358,130)
Net Carrying Amount	823,965	655,846
Technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	150,765	119,686
Accumulated Amortization	(55,543)	(45,851)
Net Carrying Amount	95,222	73,835
Patents
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	129,295	127,796
Accumulated Amortization	(66,954)	(66,167)
Net Carrying Amount	62,341	61,629
Other
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	82,676	78,344
Accumulated Amortization	(34,986)	(28,875)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 47,690	$ 49,469

LEASES (Detail) $ in Millions	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term	7 years 3 months 18 days
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	4.20%
acn_LesseeOperatingLeaseLeaseNotyetCommencedAmount	$ 541
Lessee, Operating Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Term of Contract	16 years

Lease Cost (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Lease Cost (Detail) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Cost	$ 749,233
Variable Lease, Cost	181,612
Sublease Income	(27,192)
Lease, Cost	$ 903,653

Supplemental information related to operating lease transactions (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 725,892
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Liability	$ 592,026

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One	$ 770,640
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year One	(19,415)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two	652,652
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year Two	(10,296)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three	549,069
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year Three	(9,888)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four	456,020
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year Four	(9,256)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Five	371,856
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year Five	(7,341)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, after Year Five	1,148,600
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, after Year Five	(26,289)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid	3,948,837
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received	(82,485)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount	(525,196)
Operating Lease, Liability	$ 3,423,641
Document Period End Date	Aug. 31, 2020

LEASE COMMITMENTS - Future Minimum Rental Commitments under Non-cancelable Operating Leases (Details)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Next Twelve Months	$ 688,020,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Two Years	597,307,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Three Years	516,544,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Four Years	428,481,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Five Years	363,107,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due Thereafter	1,246,097,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due	3,839,556,000
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, Current	(24,884,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Two Years	(17,908,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Three Years	(8,535,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Four Years	(7,541,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Five Years	(7,184,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, Thereafter	(30,708,000)
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable	$ (96,760,000)

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Notional and Fair Values of All Derivative Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Assets
Fair value of derivative assets	$ 154,749	$ 110,617
Liabilities
Fair value of derivative liabilities	39,018	59,791
Total fair value	115,731	50,826
Derivative, Notional Amount	9,600,691	8,709,917
Cash Flow Hedging \| Other current assets
Assets
Fair value of derivative assets	75,871	53,033
Cash Flow Hedging \| Other non-current assets
Assets
Fair value of derivative assets	50,914	49,525
Cash Flow Hedging \| Other non-current liabilities
Liabilities
Fair value of derivative liabilities	13,576	8,770
Cash Flow Hedging \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair value of derivative liabilities	13,614	18,826
Other Derivatives \| Other current assets
Assets
Fair value of derivative assets	27,964	8,059
Other Derivatives \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair value of derivative liabilities	$ 11,828	$ 32,195

BORROWINGS AND INDEBTEDNESS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Letters of credit outstanding under borrowing facilities	$ 487,795	$ 390,295
Total outstanding debt	$ 61,872	$ 22,658

INCOME TAXES - Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Document Period End Date	Aug. 31, 2020
Deferred tax assets
Pensions	$ 443,231	$ 446,920
Revenue recognition	115,287	115,529
Compensation and benefits	574,349	623,986
Share-based compensation	334,061	292,045
Tax credit carryforwards	659,835	527,748
Net operating loss carryforwards	159,506	175,196
Deferred amortization deductions	828,098	798,852
Indirect effects of unrecognized tax benefits	279,105	302,093
Licenses and other intangibles	1,752,612	1,958,738
Leases	729,787	27,857
Other	280,883	210,642
Total Deferred Tax Assets	6,156,754	5,479,606
Valuation allowance	(757,799)	(606,765)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	5,398,955	4,872,841
Deferred tax liabilities
Investments in subsidiaries	(169,752)	(182,186)
Intangibles	(298,181)	(234,098)
Leases	(669,005)	(17)
Other	(288,574)	(240,308)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(1,425,512)	(656,609)
Net deferred tax assets	$ 3,973,443	$ 4,216,232

INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	$ 1,233,014	$ 1,210,520
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	168,938	211,671
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	58,977	354,890
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years	(177,812)	(262,055)
Statute of limitations expirations	(51,477)	(146,732)
Settlements with tax authorities	(11,602)	(103,384)
Foreign currency translation	(18,907)	(31,896)
Balance, end of year	$ 1,238,945	$ 1,233,014

INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Net			$ 3,973,443	$ 4,216,232
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries			798,654
Unrecognized deferred tax liability from undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries			40,000
Tax holiday income tax benefits			38,000	95,000	$ 103,000
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance			757,799	606,765
Increase in deferred tax valuation allowance			151,034	(154,990)
Tax credit carryforwards			659,835	527,748
Operating Loss Carryforwards			721,168
Unrecognized tax benefits			1,238,945	1,233,014	1,210,520
Unrecognized tax benefits potential to favorably impact effective tax rate			934,183	908,522
Unrecognized tax benefits from adjustments to equity			304,762	324,492
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties expense			21,140	8,645	$ 37,230
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued pre-tax			129,597	114,566
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties Accrued Net Of Tax Benefits			118,533	$ 105,852
Decrease in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible			283,000
Increase in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible			$ 405,000
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	21.00%	35.00%
Document Period End Date			Aug. 31, 2020
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate			21.00%	21.00%	25.70%
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Income Tax Expense (Benefit)				$ 177,651
Tax Credit Carryforwards Expiring Between 2018 and 2027
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards			$ 24,933
Tax Credit Carryforwards Expiring Between 2028 and 2037
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards			470
Tax Credit Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards			634,432
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring Between 2018 and 2027
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards			124,845
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring Between 2028 and 2037
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards			18,617
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards			$ 577,706

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Changes in the Defined Benefit Pension Obligations, Plan Assets and Funded Status of Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Other	$ (672)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current liabilities	(1,859,444)	$ (1,765,914)
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	576,596	535,632
Service cost	22,142	18,056
Interest cost	15,647	20,498
Participant contributions	0	0
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	0	0
Amendments	0	0
Curtailment	0	0
Pension settlement	0	0
Actuarial (gain) loss	46,630	16,880
Benefits Paid	(12,115)	(13,637)
Exchange rate impact	428	(833)
Benefit obligation, end of year	649,328	576,596
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	31,920	28,713
Actual return on plan assets	2,079	4,924
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	0	0
Employer contributions	9,942	11,920
Participant contributions	0	0
Pension settlement	0	0
Benefits paid	(12,115)	(13,637)
Exchange rate impact	0	0
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	31,826	31,920
Funded status, end of year	(617,502)	(544,676)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets	0	0
Current liabilities	(1,169)	(1,257)
Non-current liabilities	(616,333)	(543,419)
Funded status, end of year	(617,502)	(544,676)
UNITED STATES \| Pension Plan [Member]
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	383,557	331,916
Service cost	3,080	3,100
Interest cost	9,771	12,364
Participant contributions	0	0
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	0	0
Amendments	0	0
Curtailment	0	0
Pension settlement	0	0
Actuarial (gain) loss	26,495	50,002
Benefits Paid	(14,637)	(13,825)
Exchange rate impact	0	0
Benefit obligation, end of year	408,266	383,557
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	257,280	210,576
Actual return on plan assets	27,911	50,397
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	0	0
Employer contributions	10,635	10,131
Participant contributions	0	0
Pension settlement	0	0
Benefits paid	(14,637)	(13,824)
Exchange rate impact	0	0
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	281,189	257,280
Funded status, end of year	(127,077)	(126,277)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets	3,232	6,707
Current liabilities	(10,213)	(10,473)
Non-current liabilities	(120,096)	(122,511)
Funded status, end of year	(127,077)	(126,277)
Non-U.S. Plans
Reconciliation of benefit obligation
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	2,166,377	1,772,712
Service cost	108,871	88,913
Interest cost	44,395	52,466
Participant contributions	12,521	11,989
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	14	28,510
Amendments	0	2,105
Curtailment	0	(6,477)
Pension settlement	(188)	(9,343)
Actuarial (gain) loss	(12,278)	379,173
Benefits Paid	(94,136)	(85,624)
Exchange rate impact	131,829	(68,047)
Benefit obligation, end of year	2,357,405	2,166,377
Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	1,214,062	1,127,376
Actual return on plan assets	46,815	97,845
Acquisitions/divestitures/transfers	0	25,347
Employer contributions	88,068	81,531
Participant contributions	12,521	11,989
Pension settlement	0	(8,801)
Benefits paid	(94,136)	(85,624)
Exchange rate impact	89,049	(35,601)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	1,355,707	1,214,062
Funded status, end of year	(1,001,698)	(952,315)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Non-current assets	67,341	67,396
Current liabilities	(42,990)	(33,981)
Non-current liabilities	(1,026,049)	(985,730)
Funded status, end of year	$ (1,001,698)	$ (952,315)

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Pre-Tax Accumulated Net Actuarial Loss and Prior Service Cost (credit) Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Net loss	$ 160,067	$ 121,798
Prior service (credit) cost	15,114	19,427
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax	175,181	141,225
UNITED STATES
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Net loss	108,796	106,328
Prior service (credit) cost	0	0
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax	108,796	106,328
Non-U.S. Plans \| Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Net loss	605,635	633,619
Prior service (credit) cost	20,056	21,954
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pre-tax	$ 625,691	$ 655,573

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Information for Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans with Projected Benefit Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Projected Benefit Obligation	$ 649,328	$ 576,596
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Plan Assets	31,826	31,920
UNITED STATES \| Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Accumulated Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Projected Benefit Obligation	130,309
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Projected Benefit Obligation		132,984
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Plan Assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Projected Benefit Obligation	1,644,895	1,514,448
Defined Benefit Plan, Pension Plan with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets, Plan Assets	$ 575,857	$ 494,065

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Target Allocation for Fiscal 2018 and Weighted-Average Plan Assets Allocations by Asset Category, for Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Details)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
UNITED STATES
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
UNITED STATES \| Equity securities
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
UNITED STATES \| Debt securities
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	96.00%	95.00%
UNITED STATES \| Cash and short-term investments
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	4.00%	5.00%
UNITED STATES \| Insurance contracts
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
UNITED STATES \| Other
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Non-U.S. Plans
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Equity securities
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	26.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	19.00%	19.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Debt securities
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	51.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	59.00%	59.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Cash and short-term investments
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	2.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	2.00%	2.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Insurance contracts
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	16.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	16.00%	17.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Other
2018 Target Allocation
2018 Target Allocation	5.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	4.00%	3.00%

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Fair Values of the Material U.S. and Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	$ 31,826	$ 31,920	$ 28,713
UNITED STATES \| Level 2
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	313,015	289,200
UNITED STATES \| Level 2 \| U.S. Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	185,981	166,756
UNITED STATES \| Level 2 \| U.S. Government State And Local Debt Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	75,583	71,745
Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	1,355,707	1,214,062	$ 1,127,376
Non-U.S. Plans \| Mutual fund equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	259,776	226,386
Non-U.S. Plans \| Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	163,602	125,332
Non-U.S. Plans \| Debt Security, Corporate, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	20,639	19,562
Non-U.S. Plans \| Mutual fund debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	611,028	569,712
Non-U.S. Plans \| Cash and short-term investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	28,367	19,225
Non-U.S. Plans \| Insurance contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	219,880	209,640
Non-U.S. Plans \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	52,415	44,205
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	198,099	154,693
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Mutual fund equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	163,602	125,332
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Debt Security, Corporate, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	20,639	19,562
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Mutual fund debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Cash and short-term investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	13,858	9,799
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Insurance contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 1 \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	1,017,303	925,948
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Mutual fund equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	259,776	226,386
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Debt Security, Corporate, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Mutual fund debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	611,028	569,712
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Cash and short-term investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	14,509	9,426
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Insurance contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	79,575	76,219
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 2 \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	52,415	44,205
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	140,305	133,421
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Mutual fund equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Debt Security, Corporate, Non-US [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Mutual fund debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Cash and short-term investments
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	0	0
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Insurance contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	140,305	133,421
Non-U.S. Plans \| Level 3 \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total pension plan assets	$ 0	$ 0

RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Details) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
2017	$ 12,335
2018	13,990
2019	15,737
2020	17,769
2021	19,826
2022-2026	134,072
Non-U.S. Plans \| Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
2017	106,299
2018	103,597
2019	116,624
2020	115,224
2021	126,526
2022-2026	643,025
UNITED STATES \| Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
2017	14,678
2018	15,416
2019	16,195
2020	16,959
2021	17,743
2022-2026	$ 98,570