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Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas | Information regarding Autodesk's long-lived assets by geographic area is as follows:
| January 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
Long-lived assets (1): |  |  |
Americas |  |  |
U.S. | $ | 423.6 |  |  | $ | 434.2 |
Other Americas | 29.5 |  |  | 33.2 |
Total Americas | 453.1 |  |  | 467.4 |
Europe, Middle East, and Africa | 109.7 |  |  | 75.8 |
Asia Pacific | 46.7 |  |  | 57.3 |
Total long-lived assets | $ | 609.5 |  |  | $ | 600.5 |
____________________ (1)Long-lived assets exclude deferred tax assets, marketable securities, goodwill, and other intangible assets
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable | Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following as of January 31:
| 2021 |  | 2020
Trade accounts receivable | $ | 701.3 |  |  | $ | 716.1 |
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (3.8) |  |  | (4.9) |
Product returns reserve | (0.7) |  |  | (0.5) |
Partner programs and other obligations | (53.7) |  |  | (58.4) |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 643.1 |  |  | $ | 652.3 |
Property, Plant and Equipment | Computer equipment, software, furniture, leasehold improvements, and the related accumulated depreciation at January 31 were as follows:
| 2021 |  | 2020
Computer hardware, at cost | $ | 153.3 |  |  | $ | 159.7 |
Computer software, at cost | 57.9 |  |  | 64.0 |
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost | 335.9 |  |  | 284.0 |
Furniture and equipment, at cost | 88.4 |  |  | 69.0 |
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, at cost | 635.5 |  |  | 576.7 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (442.7) |  |  | (415.0) |
Computer software, hardware, leasehold improvements, furniture, and equipment, net | $ | 192.8 |  |  | $ | 161.7 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class | Other intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31 were as follows:
| 2021 |  | 2020
Developed technologies, at cost | $ | 698.4 |  |  | $ | 647.1 |
Customer relationships, trade names, patents, and user lists, at cost (1) | 548.8 |  |  | 532.2 |
Other intangible assets, at cost (2) | 1,247.2 |  |  | 1,179.3 |
Less: accumulated amortization | (1,047.9) |  |  | (972.2) |
Other intangible assets, net | $ | 199.3 |  |  | $ | 207.1 |
_______________ (1)Included in “Long-term 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,
2022 | $ | 60.5 |
2023 | 48.8 |
2024 | 30.5 |
2025 | 22.7 |
2026 | 18.9 |
Thereafter | 17.9 |
Total | $ | 199.3 |
Schedule of Goodwill | The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020:
| January 31, 2021 |  | January 31, 2020
Goodwill, beginning of the year | $ | 2,594.2 |  |  | $ | 2,600.0 |
Less: accumulated impairment losses, beginning of the year | (149.2) |  |  | (149.2) |
Additions arising from acquisitions during the year | 220.8 |  |  | — |
Effect of foreign currency translation | 40.7 |  |  | (5.8) |
Goodwill, end of the year | $ | 2,706.5 |  |  | $ | 2,445.0 |
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs | The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | $ | 17.2 |  |  | $ | 13.8 |  |  | $ | 13.2 |
Cost of other revenue | 6.4 |  |  | 5.8 |  |  | 4.3 |
Marketing and sales | 178.4 |  |  | 149.0 |  |  | 109.4 |
Research and development | 145.0 |  |  | 120.8 |  |  | 82.6 |
General and administrative | 52.8 |  |  | 73.0 |  |  | 40.0 |
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases | 399.8 |  |  | 362.4 |  |  | 249.5 |
Tax benefit | (42.0) |  |  | (1.1) |  |  | (2.6) |
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESPP purchases, net | $ | 357.8 |  |  | $ | 361.3 |  |  | $ | 246.9 |
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, 2021 |  |  |  | January 31, 2020 |  | January 31, 2019
|  | Performance Stock Unit |  | ESPP |  |  |  | Performance Stock Unit |  | ESPP |  | Stock Option Plans |  | Performance Stock Unit |  | ESPP
Range of expected volatilities |  | 50.7% |  | 39.4 - 45.8% |  |  |  | 36.3% |  | 33.0 - 40.0% |  | 37.0 - 42.0% |  | 35.7% |  | 33.0 - 38.0%
Range of expected lives (in years) |  | N/A |  | 0.5 - 2.0 |  |  |  | N/A |  | 0.5 - 2.0 |  | 0.5 - 3.8 |  | N/A |  | 0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends |  | —% |  | —% |  |  |  | —% |  | —% |  | —% |  | —% |  | —%
Range of risk-free interest rates |  | 0.3% |  | 0.1 - 0.5% |  |  |  | 2.5% |  | 1.7 - 2.5% |  | 2.3 - 2.7% |  | 2.0% |  | 1.9 - 2.8%

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