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Income Tax | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax | Income Tax Autodesk had income tax expense of $32.8 million, relative to pre-tax income of $8.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2019, and income tax expense of $18.6 million, relative to pre-tax losses of $63.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018. Income tax expense for the three months ended April 30, 2019, increased primarily due to increased foreign income taxes as result of the increased foreign earnings 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 as a significant source of negative evidence and maintained a valuation allowance against our deferred tax attributes in the U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions as of April 30, 2019. As of April 30, 2019, the Company had $211.4 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, of which $194.6 million would reduce our valuation allowance, if recognized. The remaining $16.9 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.

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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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