Reformulating Financial Statements For Warranty Expense

Income statement data for Whirlpool Industries from the company's 2016 financial statements follow. Use these data to reformulate the income statement for 2014, 2015, and 2016 under the assumption that warranty expense is a constant percentage of revenue across all three years. Specifically, compute the adjustments to: warranty expense, income tax expense, and net income. The company's tax rate is 30%.

12 Months Ended ($ millions)

Dec. 31, 2016 Dec. 31, 2015 Dec. 31, 2014

Net sales $22,273 $22,446 $21,427

Warranty Exp. 281 525 287

Compute the average warranty expense to net sales rate over the pastthree years.

Round answer to two decimal places (ex: 0.02345 = 2.35%)

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Using your rounded answer, compute the adjusted warranty expense for each year.

• Round answers to one decimal place.
• Use a negative sign to indicate if the adjustment decreases an account balance.

Income Statements Adjustments 2016 2015 2014

Adjusted warranty expense ? ? ?

Adjustment required to warranty expense ? ? ?

Income tax expense ? ? ?

Net Income ? ? ?