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Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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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 |
_______________ (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%

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