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Berkshire Hathaway Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-18’

On:  Monday, 2/26/18, at 6:12am ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1193125-18-57033   ·   File #:  1-14905

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/26/18  Berkshire Hathaway Inc            10-K       12/31/17  145:16M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.55M 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     83K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     38K 
10: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     71K 
 2: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     49K 
 3: EX-18       Letter re: Change in Accounting Principles          HTML     38K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     71K 
18: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    164K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    125K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     81K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     62K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    139K 
25: R9          Significant accounting policies and practices       HTML     94K 
26: R10         Significant business acquisitions                   HTML     56K 
27: R11         Investments in fixed maturity securities            HTML     63K 
28: R12         Investments in equity securities                    HTML     69K 
29: R13         Investments in The Kraft Heinz Company              HTML     54K 
30: R14         Investment gains/losses                             HTML     50K 
31: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     46K 
32: R16         Receivables                                         HTML     52K 
33: R17         Property, plant and equipment and assets held for   HTML     77K 
                lease                                                            
34: R18         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     62K 
35: R19         Derivative contracts                                HTML     59K 
36: R20         Supplemental cash flow information                  HTML     48K 
37: R21         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses          HTML    258K 
38: R22         Retroactive reinsurance contracts                   HTML     66K 
39: R23         Notes payable and other borrowings                  HTML     78K 
40: R24         Income taxes                                        HTML     82K 
41: R25         Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries      HTML     42K 
42: R26         Fair value measurements                             HTML    115K 
43: R27         Common stock                                        HTML     61K 
44: R28         Accumulated other comprehensive income              HTML     89K 
45: R29         Pension plans                                       HTML    112K 
46: R30         Contingencies and Commitments                       HTML     53K 
47: R31         Business segment data                               HTML    168K 
48: R32         Quarterly data                                      HTML     55K 
49: R33         Condensed Financial Information                     HTML    113K 
50: R34         Significant accounting policies and practices       HTML    157K 
                (Policies)                                                       
51: R35         Significant business acquisitions (Tables)          HTML     51K 
52: R36         Investments in fixed maturity securities (Tables)   HTML     64K 
53: R37         Investments in equity securities (Tables)           HTML     66K 
54: R38         Investments in The Kraft Heinz Company (Tables)     HTML     48K 
55: R39         Investment gains/losses (Tables)                    HTML     50K 
56: R40         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     46K 
57: R41         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     52K 
58: R42         Property, plant and equipment and assets held for   HTML     82K 
                lease (Tables)                                                   
59: R43         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     61K 
60: R44         Derivative contracts (Tables)                       HTML     53K 
61: R45         Supplemental cash flow information (Tables)         HTML     47K 
62: R46         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses          HTML    272K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R47         Retroactive reinsurance contracts (Tables)          HTML     60K 
64: R48         Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)         HTML     74K 
65: R49         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML     84K 
66: R50         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML    114K 
67: R51         Common stock (Tables)                               HTML     63K 
68: R52         Accumulated other comprehensive income (Tables)     HTML     89K 
69: R53         Pension plans (Tables)                              HTML    120K 
70: R54         Contingencies and Commitments (Tables)              HTML     44K 
71: R55         Business segment data (Tables)                      HTML    167K 
72: R56         Quarterly data (Tables)                             HTML     55K 
73: R57         Significant accounting policies and practices -     HTML    136K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
74: R58         Significant business acquisitions - Narrative       HTML     72K 
                (Detail)                                                         
75: R59         Significant business acquisitions - Estimated fair  HTML     78K 
                values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed                
                (Detail)                                                         
76: R60         Investments in fixed maturity securities (Detail)   HTML     65K 
77: R61         Investments in fixed maturity securities -          HTML     45K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
78: R62         Investments in fixed maturity securities -          HTML     70K 
                Amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed                 
                maturity securities (Detail)                                     
79: R63         Investments in equity securities (Detail)           HTML     63K 
80: R64         Investments in equity securities (Parenthetical)    HTML     64K 
                (Detail)                                                         
81: R65         Investments in equity securities - Narrative        HTML     72K 
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R66         Investments in equity securities - Fair value by    HTML     51K 
                segment (Detail)                                                 
83: R67         Investments in The Kraft Heinz Company - Narrative  HTML    101K 
                (Detail)                                                         
84: R68         Investments in The Kraft Heinz Company -            HTML     55K 
                Consolidated financial information (Detail)                      
85: R69         Investment gains/losses (Detail)                    HTML     54K 
86: R70         Investment gains/losses - Narrative (Detail)        HTML     58K 
87: R71         Inventories (Detail)                                HTML     49K 
88: R72         Receivables (Detail)                                HTML     67K 
89: R73         Receivables - Narrative (Detail)                    HTML     64K 
90: R74         Property, plant and equipment and assets held for   HTML     94K 
                lease (Detail)                                                   
91: R75         Property, plant and equipment and assets held for   HTML     53K 
                lease - Narrative (Detail)                                       
92: R76         Property, plant and equipment and assets held for   HTML     47K 
                lease - Depreciation expense (Detail)                            
93: R77         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Goodwill     HTML     46K 
                (Detail)                                                         
94: R78         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Other        HTML     57K 
                intangible assets and related accumulated                        
                amortization (Detail)                                            
95: R79         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Intangible   HTML     56K 
                assets - Narrative (Detail)                                      
96: R80         Derivative contracts (Detail)                       HTML     50K 
97: R81         Derivative contracts - gains and losses (Detail)    HTML     48K 
98: R82         Derivative contracts - Narrative (Detail)           HTML     75K 
99: R83         Supplemental cash flow information (Detail)         HTML     60K 
100: R84         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML     73K  
                Reconciliation of changes in claim liabilities                   
                (Detail)                                                         
101: R85         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML     56K  
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
102: R86         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML     64K  
                Reconciliation of unpaid losses and allocated loss               
                adjustment expenses to balance sheet liability                   
                (Detail)                                                         
103: R87         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML    258K  
                Incurred and paid losses and allocated loss                      
                adjustment expenses (Detail)                                     
104: R88         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML     81K  
                Average historical claims duration (Detail)                      
105: R89         Retroactive reinsurance contracts - Reconciliation  HTML     65K  
                of changes in claim liabilities and deferred                     
                charge assets (Detail)                                           
106: R90         Retroactive reinsurance contracts - Narrative       HTML     75K  
                (Detail)                                                         
107: R91         Notes payable and other borrowings (Detail)         HTML    122K  
108: R92         Notes payable and other borrowings - Narrative      HTML    116K  
                (Detail)                                                         
109: R93         Notes payable and other borrowings - Credit         HTML     49K  
                agreements - Narrative (Detail)                                  
110: R94         Income taxes - Liabilities (Detail)                 HTML     46K  
111: R95         Income taxes - Narrative (Detail)                   HTML     58K  
112: R96         Income taxes - Deferred taxes (Detail)              HTML     73K  
113: R97         Income taxes - Income tax expense components        HTML     57K  
                (Detail)                                                         
114: R98         Income taxes - Income tax expense reconciliation    HTML     65K  
                (Detail)                                                         
115: R99         Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries      HTML     46K  
                (Detail)                                                         
116: R100        Fair value measurements - Financial assets and      HTML    192K  
                liabilities (Detail)                                             
117: R101        Fair value measurements - Significant unobservable  HTML     77K  
                inputs (Detail)                                                  
118: R102        Fair value measurements - Other information         HTML     48K  
                (Detail)                                                         
119: R103        Common stock (Detail)                               HTML     53K  
120: R104        Common stock (Parenthetical) (Detail)               HTML     45K  
121: R105        Common stock - Narrative (Detail)                   HTML     66K  
122: R106        Accumulated other comprehensive income (Detail)     HTML     64K  
123: R107        Accumulated other comprehensive income -            HTML     76K  
                Reclassified Amounts (Detail)                                    
124: R108        Pension plans - Net periodic pension expense        HTML     51K  
                (Detail)                                                         
125: R109        Pension plans - Defined benefit pension plans -     HTML     71K  
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
126: R110        Pension plans - Projected benefit obligation, plan  HTML     93K  
                assets and net funded status (Detail)                            
127: R111        Pension plans - Additional tabular disclosures      HTML     59K  
                (Detail)                                                         
128: R112        Pension plans - Fair value of plan assets (Detail)  HTML     79K  
129: R113        Pension plans - Defined contribution pension plans  HTML     39K  
                - Narrative (Detail)                                             
130: R114        Contingencies and Commitments - Narrative (Detail)  HTML    119K  
131: R115        Contingencies and Commitments - Operating leases    HTML     56K  
                minimum payments (Detail)                                        
132: R116        Business segment data - Revenues (Detail)           HTML     96K  
133: R117        Business segment data - Earnings before income      HTML     90K  
                taxes (Detail)                                                   
134: R118        Business segment data - Additional tabular          HTML    107K  
                disclosures (Detail)                                             
135: R119        Business segment data - Insurance premiums by type  HTML     66K  
                (Detail)                                                         
136: R120        Business segment data - Insurance premiums by       HTML     58K  
                geographic area (Detail)                                         
137: R121        Business segment data - Narrative (Detail)          HTML     56K  
138: R122        Quarterly data (Detail)                             HTML     62K  
139: R123        Condensed Financial Information - Balance Sheets    HTML     79K  
                (Detail)                                                         
140: R124        Condensed Financial Information - Statements of     HTML    103K  
                Earnings and Comprehensive Income (Detail)                       
141: R125        Condensed Financial Information - Statements of     HTML    137K  
                Cash Flows (Detail)                                              
142: R126        Note to Condensed Financial Information -           HTML     93K  
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
144: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    275K  
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‘EX-18’   —   Letter re: Change in Accounting Principles


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  EX-18  

Reg. S-K

Item 601

Exhibit 18

Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,

Regarding Change in Accounting Principle

February 23, 2018

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

3555 Farnam Street

Omaha, Nebraska 68131

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, included in your Annual Report on Form 10-K to the Securities and Exchange Commission and have issued our report thereon dated February 23, 2018, which expresses an unqualified opinion. Note 1 to such consolidated financial statements contains a description of your adoption during the year ended December 31, 2017 of discontinuing the practice of discounting workers’ compensation claims liabilities assumed under certain reinsurance contracts. In our judgment, such change is to an alternative accounting principle that is preferable under the circumstances.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘10-K’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:2/26/184
2/23/18
For Period end:12/31/1711-K,  13F-HR,  5,  SD
12/31/1610-K,  11-K,  13F-HR,  5,  SD
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10 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/14/22  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5                  1:346K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/05/22  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5       1/04/22    1:307K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/09/21  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5                  1:322K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/29/21  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5                  1:311K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/07/21  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  424B5                  1:278K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/07/21  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5                  1:323K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/05/21  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  424B5                  1:275K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/05/21  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           424B5                  1:322K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/07/20  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  424B5                  1:279K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/05/20  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  424B5                  1:282K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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