Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Federal:
Current	$	29.1		$	30.9		$	54.3
Deferred	(41.4		)	(13.3		)	(34.5		)
State:
Current	0.6			7.8			4.9
Deferred	—			(18.6		)	1.3
Foreign:
Current	63.9			54.3			55.9
Deferred	(1.1		)	1.5			(4.3		)
	$	51.1		$	62.6		$	77.6

Differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision

The differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision are as follows:

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Income tax provision at U.S. Federal statutory rate	$	98.0		$	108.5		$	127.0
State income tax (benefit) expense, net of the U.S. Federal benefit	(2.9		)	(1.7		)	2.8
Foreign income taxed at rates different from the U.S. statutory rate	(57.1		)	(54.5		)	(61.5		)
U.S. valuation allowance	2.1			1.7			1.7
Non-deductible stock-based compensation	10.8			21.1			12.8
Research and development tax credit benefit	(8.8		)	(7.0		)	(6.0		)
Tax expense (benefit) from closure of income tax audits and changes in uncertain tax positions	3.6			(2.8		)	(0.4		)
Officer compensation in excess of $1.0 million	3.0			1.8			1.9
U.S. Manufacturer's deduction	(0.1		)	(4.9		)	(3.0		)
Other	2.5			0.4			2.3
	$	51.1		$	62.6		$	77.6

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of Autodesk’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	January 31,
	2014			2013
Nonqualified stock options	$	37.4		$	67.5
Research and development tax credit carryforwards	78.4			54.0
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	16.3			—
Accrued compensation and benefits	38.6			34.5
Other accruals not currently deductible for tax	14.5			15.3
Purchased technology and capitalized software	23.4			9.8
Fixed assets	17.5			18.5
Tax loss carryforwards	12.6			21.0
Deferred Revenue	33.1			28.5
Other	5.1			2.2
Total deferred tax assets	276.9			251.3
Less: valuation allowance	(67.2		)	(51.3		)
Net deferred tax assets	209.7			200.0
Tax method change on advanced payments	—			(3.1		)
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(21.8		)	(31.9		)
Total deferred tax liability	(21.8		)	(35.0		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	187.9		$	165.0

Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reconciliation, Table

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

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the fiscal year	$	212.7		$	201.1		$	188.4
Increases for tax positions of prior years	1.8			0.4			0.4
Decreases for tax positions of prior years	(0.3		)	(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Increases for tax positions related to the current year	15.3			17.8			14.3
Decreases for lapse of statute of limitations/audit settlements	(7.4		)	(6.2		)	(1.6		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the fiscal year	$	222.1		$	212.7		$	201.1