Accrued Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in millions):

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Salaries and benefits	$	1,260	$	1,078
Product warranties	210		289
Dividends payable (see Note O)	237		205
Partner rebates	235		214
Restructuring, current (See Note Q)	115		84
Derivatives	75		23
Other	1,009		890
	$	3,141	$	2,783

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (table in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Balance, beginning of the period	$	289		$	278		$	255
Provision	150			198			182
Amounts charged to the accrual	(229		)	(187		)	(159		)
Balance, end of the period	$	210		$	289		$	278