Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

	Fiscal year ended January 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Federal:
Current	$	30.9		$	54.3		$	16.0
Deferred	(13.3		)	(34.5		)	(8.2		)
State:
Current	7.8			4.9			(1.5		)
Deferred	(18.6		)	1.3			7.4
Foreign:
Current	54.3			55.9			48.4
Deferred	1.5			(4.3		)	(2.1		)
	$	62.6		$	77.6		$	60.0

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,
	2013			2012			2011
Income tax provision at U.S. Federal statutory rate	$	108.5		$	127.0		$	95.2
State income tax expense (benefit), net of the U.S. Federal benefit	(1.7		)	2.8			1.4
Foreign income taxed at rates different from the U.S. statutory rate	(54.5		)	(61.5		)	(39.7		)
U.S. valuation allowance	1.7			1.7			2.8
Non-deductible stock-based compensation	21.1			12.8			7.9
Research and development tax credit benefit	(7.0		)	(6.0		)	(5.6		)
Tax benefit from closure of income tax audits and decreases in uncertain tax positions	(2.8		)	(0.4		)	(2.8		)
Officer compensation in excess of $1.0 million	1.8			1.9			0.5
U.S. Manufacturer's deduction	(4.9		)	(3.0		)	(1.5		)
Other	0.4			2.3			1.8
	$	62.6		$	77.6		$	60.0

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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

	January 31,
	2013			2012
Nonqualified stock options	$	67.5		$	71.6
Research and development tax credit carryforwards	54.0			49.3
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	—			0.1
Accrued compensation and benefits	34.5			35.6
Other accruals not currently deductible for tax	15.3			14.2
Purchased technology and capitalized software	9.8			20.6
Fixed assets	18.5			15.9
Tax loss carryforwards	21.0			12.4
Deferred Revenue	28.5			16.9
Other	2.2			3.7
Total deferred tax assets	251.3			240.3
Less: valuation allowance	(51.3		)	(47.5		)
Net deferred tax assets	200.0			192.8
Tax method change on advanced payments	(3.1		)	(6.3		)
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(31.9		)	(20.6		)
Total deferred tax liability	(35.0		)	(26.9		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	165.0		$	165.9

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,
	2013			2012			2011
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the fiscal year	$	201.1		$	188.4		$	178.2
Increases for tax positions of prior years	0.4			0.4			2.0
Decreases for tax positions of prior years	(0.4		)	(0.4		)	(3.5		)
Increases for tax positions related to the current year	17.8			14.3			13.9
Decreases for lapse of statute of limitations/audit settlements	(6.2		)	(1.6		)	(2.2		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the fiscal year	$	212.7		$	201.1		$	188.4