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Income Tax | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax | Income Tax Autodesk had income tax expense of $35.2 million, relative to pre-tax income of $11.5 million for the three months ended October 31, 2018, and income tax expense of $8.6 million, relative to pre-tax losses of $111.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2017. Autodesk had income tax expense of $69.8 million, relative to pre-tax losses of $75.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2018, and income tax expense of $34.4 million, relative to pre-tax losses of $359.0 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2017. Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2018, increased primarily due to increased worldwide earnings, foreign taxes, and withholding taxes. Autodesk regularly assesses the need for a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. In making that assessment, Autodesk considers both positive and negative evidence related to the likelihood of realization of the deferred tax assets to determine, based on the weight of available evidence, whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In evaluating the need for a valuation allowance, Autodesk considered cumulative losses in the United States arising from the Company's business model transition as a significant piece of negative evidence and established a valuation allowance against the Company’s U.S. deferred tax assets in fiscal 2016. Based on the positive and negative evidence as of October 31, 2018, the Company continues to maintain a valuation allowance for the U.S. deferred tax assets. As of October 31, 2018, the Company had $344.8 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, of which $312.3 million would reduce our valuation allowance, if recognized. The remaining $32.5 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. It is possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next twelve months; however, an estimate of the range of the possible change cannot be made at this time. The Internal Revenue Service is examining the Company's U.S. consolidated federal income tax returns for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. While it is possible that the Company's tax positions may be challenged, the Company believes its positions are consistent with the tax law at a more likely than not level, and the balance sheet reflects appropriate liabilities for uncertain federal tax positions that do not meet the more likely than not standard for the years being examined. The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and provides broad and significant changes to the U.S. corporate income tax regime. As of October 31, 2018, Autodesk has not completed its determination of the accounting implications of the Tax Act. The provisional amounts recorded are based on Autodesk’s current interpretation and understanding of the Tax Act and may change as the Company receives additional clarification and implementation guidance and finalizes the analysis of all impacts and positions with regard to the Tax Act. As of October 31, 2018, there have been no material adjustments to provision amounts as were determined at January 31, 2018. As additional regulatory guidance is issued, Autodesk will continue to collect and analyze necessary data and may adjust provisional amounts previously recorded in the period in which the adjustments are made. Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”), Autodesk will complete the accounting for the tax effects of all provisions of the Tax Act within the required measurement period not to extend beyond one year from the enactment date. Proposed and final regulations pertaining to the fiscal 2018 application of the Tax Act remain outstanding; therefore, the Company concluded that the measurement period under SAB 118 remains open.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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