Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Domestic And Foreign Components of Income (Loss) Before Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes

The domestic and foreign components of income before provision for (benefit from) income taxes consisted of the following (in millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Domestic	$	686	$	839	$	160
Foreign	20		144		260
	$	706	$	983	$	420

Schedule of Income Taxes Provision (Benefit)

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes consisted of the following (in millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Current:
Federal	$	8	$	0	$	(7)
State	33		39		2
Foreign	512		117		85
Total	553		156		80
Deferred:
Federal	(41)		(248)		(2)
State	8		(37)		(14)
Foreign	60		2		(4)
Total	27		(283)		(20)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	580	$	(127)	$	60

Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate to the provision for (benefit from) income taxes included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations is as follows (in millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2018
U.S. federal taxes at statutory rate (1)	$	148	$	206	$	142
State, net of the federal benefit	40		79		(21)
Effects of non-U.S. operations (2)	540		379		(35)
Tax credits	(195)		(132)		(107)
Non-deductible expenses	119		63		53
Excess tax benefits related to shared based compensation	(166)		(137)		(135)
Effect of U.S. tax law change	6		43		126
Change in valuation allowance	85		(612)		42
Other, net	3		(16)		(5)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	580	$	(127)	$	60

(1) The Company's statutory rates were 21.0 percent for fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019, and 33.8 percent for fiscal 2018 which reflected the corporate tax rate reduction effective January 1, 2018 due to the Tax Act.

(2) Fiscal 2020 Effects of non-U.S. operations included incremental tax costs associated with the integration of acquired operations and assets.

Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):

	As of January 31,
	2020		2019
Deferred tax assets:
Losses and deductions carryforward	$	218	$	173
Deferred stock-based expense	193		145
Tax credits	913		605
Deferred rent expense	0		71
Accrued liabilities	214		138
Lease liabilities	769		0
Financing obligation	9		102
Deferred revenue	4		0
Other	22		22
Total deferred tax assets	2,342		1,256
Less valuation allowance	(290)		(205)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	2,052		1,051
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred commissions	(449)		(347)
Purchased intangibles	(915)		(382)
Depreciation and amortization	(76)		(145)
Basis difference on strategic and other investments	(69)		(56)
Deferred revenue	0		(17)
Lease right-of-use assets	(695)		0
Total deferred tax liabilities	(2,204)		(947)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	(152)	$	104

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of total unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018 is as follows (in millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Beginning of period	852		$	304	$	231
Tax positions taken in prior period:
Gross increases	12		474		31
Gross decreases	(37)		(2)		(6)
Tax positions taken in current period:
Gross increases	640		107		51
Settlements	(27)		(15)		(1)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(4)		(10)		(8)
Currency translation effect	(3)		(6)		6
End of period	$	1,433	$	852	$	304