Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments

The following table shows reclassified amounts to conform to the periods' presentation:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2017							Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2016
	Previously Reported		Change in Presentation Reclassification			Current Presentation		Previously Reported		Change in Presentation Reclassification			Current Presentation
Net revenue:
Maintenance (1)	N/A		$	1,103.1		$	1,103.1	N/A		$	1,152.5		$	1,152.5
Subscription	$	1,290.0	(846.9		)	443.1		$	1,277.2	(1,049.1		)	228.1
License and other	741.0		(256.2		)	484.8		1,226.9		(103.4		)	1,123.5
Total	$	2,031.0	$	—		$	2,031.0	$	2,504.1	$	—		$	2,504.1
Cost of revenue:
Maintenance and subscription (2)	$	151.3	$	40.4		$	191.7	$	156.1	$	6.2		$	162.3
License and other	190.6		(80.4		)	110.2		214.6		(55.2		)	159.4
Amortization of developed technology (1)	N/A		40.0			40.0		N/A		49.0			49.0
Total	$	341.9	$	—		$	341.9	$	370.7	$	—		$	370.7

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(1) These lines were not previously reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

(2) Previously, titled "Subscription."

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following as of January 31:

	2018			2017
Trade accounts receivable	$	469.2		$	477.5
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(2.3		)	(1.5		)
Product returns reserve	(0.2		)	(0.2		)
Partner programs and other obligations	(28.5		)	(23.5		)
Accounts receivable, net	$	438.2		$	452.3

Property, Plant and Equipment

Computer equipment, software, furniture, leasehold improvements and the related accumulated depreciation at January 31 were as follows:

	2018			2017
Computer hardware, at cost	$	217.1		$	206.1
Computer software, at cost	72.6			73.5
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost	228.9			206.3
Furniture and equipment, at cost	63.4			58.2
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, at cost	582.0			544.1
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(437.0		)	(385.5		)
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, net	$	145.0		$	158.6

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

Other intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31 were as follows:

	2018			2017
Developed technologies, at cost	$	578.5		$	583.6
Customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists, at cost (1)	372.5			375.9
Other intangible assets, at cost (2)	951.0			959.5
Less: Accumulated amortization	(895.8		)	(862.0		)
Other intangible assets, net	$	55.2		$	97.5

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(1) Included in “Other assets” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)

Includes the effects of foreign currency translation.

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

Excluding in-process research and development, expected future amortization expense for developed technologies, customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists for each of the fiscal years ended thereafter is as follows:

	Fiscal Year ended January 31,
2019	$	28.0
2020	16.1
2021	7.7
2022	3.4
Thereafter	—
Total	$	55.2

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and 2017:

	January 31, 2018			January 31, 2017
Goodwill, beginning of the year	$	1,710.3		$	1,684.2
Less: accumulated impairment losses, beginning of the year	(149.2		)	(149.2		)
Additions arising from acquisitions during the year	—			62.8
Effect of foreign currency translation, measurement period adjustments, and other (1)	59.1			(36.7		)
Goodwill, end of the year	$	1,620.2		$	1,561.1

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(1) Purchase accounting adjustments reflect revisions made to the Company’s preliminary purchase price allocations during fiscal 2018 and 2017.

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively, as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Cost of maintenance and subscription revenue	$	11.9		$	8.6		$	5.8
Cost of license and other revenue	4.0			5.5			6.0
Marketing and sales	107.3			94.1			85.2
Research and development	82.9			81.3			70.4
General and administrative	55.3			32.3			29.8
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases	261.4			221.8			197.2
Tax benefit	(2.6		)	(2.6		)	(1.6		)
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESPP purchases, net	$	258.8		$	219.2		$	195.6

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award

Autodesk uses the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards:

	Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended
	January 31, 2018		January 31, 2017		January 31, 2016
	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP
Range of expected volatilities	32%	31% - 34%	38 - 39%	30 - 40%	27%	28 -29%
Range of expected lives (in years)	N/A	0.5 - 2.0	N/A	0.5 - 2.0	N/A	0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%	—%
Range of risk-free interest rates	1.0% - 1.2%	0.9% - 1.4%	0.6 - 0.7%	0.5 - 0.9%	0.2%	0.1 - 0.7%