Forecast an Income Statement Amazon.com reports the following income statements. Consolidated Statements Of Operations ($ in millions)

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Forecast an Income Statement Amazon.com reports the following income statements.

Consolidated Statements Of Operations ($ in millions)

12 Months Ended December 31 2015 2014 2013 Net product sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 79,268 $70,080 $60,903 Net service sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,738 18,908 13,549 Total net sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,006 88,988 74,452 Operating expenses:

Cost of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,651 62,752 54,181 Fulfillment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,410 10,766 8,585 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,254 4,332 3,133 Technology and content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,540 9,275 6,565 General and administrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,747 1,552 1,129 Other operating expense, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 133 114 Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,773 88,810 73,707 Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,233 178 745 Interest income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 39 38 Interest expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (459) (210) (141)

Other income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (256) (118) (136)

Total non-operating income (expense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (665) (289) (239)

Income (loss) before income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,568 (111) 506 Provision for income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (950) (167) (161)

Equity-method investment activity, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . (22) 37 (71)

Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 596 $ (241) $ 274 Forecast Amazon’s 2016 income statement assuming the following income statement relations ($ in millions). All percentages (other than sales growth and provision for income taxes) are based on percent of net sales.

Net product sales growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%

Net service sales growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40%

Cost of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0%

Fulfillment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5%

Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9%

Technology and content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7%

General and administrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6%

Other operating expense, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No change Interest income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60 Interest expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $520 Other income (expense), net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No change Income tax expense (% pretax income). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%

Equity-method investment activity, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No change

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