Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Components of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (table in millions):

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Salaries and benefits	$	957	$	1,189
Product warranties	151		172
Dividends payable (see Note 10)	239		234
Partner rebates	181		221
Restructuring, current (See Note 11)	250		333
Derivatives	85		82
Other	859		892
	$	2,722	$	3,123

Activity in Warranty Accrual for Product Warranty

The following represents the activity in our warranty accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (table in millions):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016			March 31, 2015
Balance, beginning of the period	$	172		$	207
Provision	25			33
Amounts charged against the accrual	(46		)	(52		)
Balance, end of the period	$	151		$	188