Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2026

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2026		2025		2024
Federal:
Current	$	(65)	$	138	$	86
Deferred	257		(87)		(97)
Total federal	192		51		(11)
State:
Current	(1)		19		21
Deferred	14		(5)		3
Total state	13		14		24
Foreign:
Current	244		229		206
Deferred	30		(22)		11
Total foreign	274		207		217
Income tax provision	$	479	$	272	$	230

Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Pretax Income From Continuing Operations

Domestic and foreign pretax income from continuing operations is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2026		2025		2024
Domestic	$	637	$	392	$	406
Foreign	966		992		730
Total pretax income	$	1,603	$	1,384	$	1,136

Schedule of Differences Between U.S. Statutory Rate and Aggregate Income Tax Provision

For the year ended January 31, 2026, the differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision, presented in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09, are as follows:

	Fiscal year ended January 31, 2026
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	$	337	21	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect	13		1	%
Foreign tax effects
Australia
Changes in valuation allowances	19		1	%
Other	(3)		—	%
Brazil
Withholding taxes	20		1	%
Ireland
Statutory income tax rate differential	(74)		(5)	%
Other	20		1	%
Other withholding taxes	54		3	%
Other foreign jurisdictions	(8)		—	%
Effect of cross-border tax laws
Net controlled foreign corporation tested income	164		10	%
Other effects on cross-border tax laws	(12)		(1)	%
Tax credits
Foreign tax credits	(73)		(5)	%
Research and development tax credits	(30)		(2)	%
Nontaxable or non-deductible items
Tax effect of non-deductible stock-based compensation	65		4	%
Other nontaxable or non-deductible items	13		1	%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits	(30)		(2)	%
Other adjustments
Stock compensation excess benefits	(29)		(2)	%
Other adjustments	33		2	%
Income tax provision (1)	$	479	30	%

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(1)Totals may not sum due to rounding.

For fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024, the differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision are presented in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09.

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2025		2024
Income tax provision(benefit) at U.S. Federal statutory rate	$	291	$	239
State income tax benefit, net of the U.S. federal benefit	10		24
Foreign income taxed at rate different from the U.S. statutory rate	(34)		(12)
Valuation allowance adjustment	(15)		1
Tax effect of nondeductible stock-based compensation	25		38
Stock compensation windfall/shortfall	(28)		2
Research and development tax credit benefit	(18)		(17)
Closure of income tax audits and changes in uncertain tax positions	52		13
Tax effect of officer compensation in excess of $1M	9		8
Nondeductible expenses	5		2
Global intangible low-taxed income, foreign derived intangible income	(30)		(39)
Acquisition-related integration	1		(29)
Other	4		—
Income tax provision	$	272	$	230

Schedule of Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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

	January 31,
	2026		2025
Stock-based compensation	$	55	$	55
Research and development tax credit carryforwards	139		109
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	44		20
Accrued compensation and benefits	52		19
Other accruals not currently deductible for tax	18		15
Capitalized research and development	392		696
Fixed assets	12		18
Lease liability	54		61
Tax loss carryforwards	304		14
Deferred revenue	—		427
Purchased technology	55		38
Other	65		40
Total deferred tax assets	1,190		1,512
Less: valuation allowance	(156)		(131)
Net deferred tax assets	1,034		1,381
Indefinite lived intangibles	(166)		(143)
Right-of-use assets	(34)		(37)
Deferred taxes on foreign earnings	(24)		(28)
Other	(8)		—
Total deferred tax liabilities	(232)		(208)
Net deferred tax assets	$	802	$	1,173

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

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

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2026		2025		2024
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the fiscal year	$	312	$	261	$	238
Increases for tax positions of prior years	20		31		23
Decreases for tax positions of prior years	(7)		—		(11)
Increases for tax positions related to the current year	21		29		13
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities	—		(9)		—
Reductions as a result of lapse of the statute of limitations	(39)		—		(2)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the fiscal year	$	307	$	312	$	261

Schedule of Cash Taxes Paid

Cash taxes paid is as follows:

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2026
Federal	$	—
State	(1)
Foreign	—
Brazil	19
Ireland	119
Singapore	15
Other foreign jurisdictions	106
Total cash taxes paid	$	258