BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 24, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 24, 2025
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Item 8. Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGIS TERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Opinion on the Financial Statement Schedule
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, and have issued our report thereon dated February 22, 2025; such consolidated financial statements and report are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of the Company listed in the Index at Item 15. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Omaha, Nebraska
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (Parent Company)
Condensed Financial Information
(Dollars in millions)
Schedule I
Balance Sheets
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Assets: | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $6,337 | $5,566 |
| Short-term investments in U.S. Treasury Bills | 89,705 | 16,140 |
| Investments in and advances to consolidated subsidiaries | 568,987 | 546,566 |
| Investment in The Kraft Heinz Company and other assets | 13,417 | 13,246 |
| $678,446 | $581,518 | |
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity: | ||
| Payable for purchase of U.S. Treasury Bills and other liabilities | $6,510 | $235 |
| Income taxes, principally deferred | 1,477 | 1,229 |
| Notes payable and other borrowings | 21,091 | 18,781 |
| 29,078 | 20,245 | |
| Berkshire shareholders’ equity | 649,368 | 561,273 |
| $678,446 | $581,518 | |
Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income
| Year ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Income items: | |||
| From consolidated subsidiaries: | |||
| Dividends and distributions | $72,607 | $9,717 | $15,724 |
| Undistributed earnings (losses) | 14,314 | 85,550 | (39,579) |
| 86,921 | 95,267 | (23,855) | |
| Equity in earnings of The Kraft Heinz Company | 745 | 758 | 628 |
| Other income | 1,441 | 899 | 379 |
| 89,107 | 96,924 | (22,848) | |
| Cost and expense items: | |||
| General and administrative | 381 | 244 | 131 |
| Interest expense | 535 | 636 | 513 |
| Foreign exchange gains on non-U.S. Dollar denominated debt | (1,376) | (371) | (1,401) |
| Income tax expense | 572 | 192 | 668 |
| 112 | 701 | (89) | |
| Net earnings (loss) attributable to Berkshire shareholders | 88,995 | 96,223 | (22,759) |
| Other comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire shareholders | 179 | 1,289 | 3,071 |
| Comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire shareholders | $89,174 | $97,512 | $(19,688) |
See Note to Condensed Financial Information
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (Parent Company)
Condensed Financial Information
(Dollars in millions)
Schedule I (continued)
Statements of Cash Flows
| Year ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||
| Net earnings (loss) attributable to Berkshire shareholders | $88,995 | $96,223 | $(22,759) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to operating cash flows: | |||
| Undistributed (earnings) losses of consolidated subsidiaries | (14,314) | (85,550) | 39,579 |
| Non-cash dividends from subsidiaries | (58,339) | (1,811) | (7,220) |
| Income taxes payable | 294 | (44) | 661 |
| Other* | (2,666) | (1,207) | (1,799) |
| Net cash flows from operating activities | 13,970 | 7,611 | 8,462 |
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||
| Investments in and advances to consolidated subsidiaries, net | (1,332) | 2,649 | (11,852) |
| Purchases of U.S. Treasury Bills | (52,864) | (27,278) | (44,187) |
| Sales and maturities of U.S. Treasury Bills and other | 40,244 | 31,234 | 38,043 |
| Net cash flows from investing activities | (13,952) | 6,605 | (17,996) |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||
| Proceeds from borrowings | 5,525 | 2,054 | 1,970 |
| Repayments of borrowings | (1,854) | (4,310) | (602) |
| Acquisition of treasury stock | (2,918) | (9,171) | (7,854) |
| Net cash flows from financing activities | 753 | (11,427) | (6,486) |
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 771 | 2,789 | (16,020) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 5,566 | 2,777 | 18,797 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | $6,337 | $5,566 | $2,777 |
| Other cash flow information: | |||
| Income taxes paid | $26,455 | $5,630 | $2,259 |
| Interest paid | 318 | 297 | 332 |
| Class B common stock issued in exchange for noncontrolling interests | 1,045 | — | — |
*Includes discount accretion on investments and foreign currency exchange (gains) losses.
Note to Condensed Financial Information
As of December 31, 2024, Berkshire owned 27.2% of the outstanding shares of The Kraft Heinz Company common stock, which is accounted for pursuant to the equity method. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
In September and October 2024, Berkshire acquired the remaining 2.12% of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s (“BHE”) outstanding common stock held by noncontrolling shareholders in exchange for 2,291,631 shares of Berkshire Class B common stock valued at $1.045 billion. On October 19, 2022, Berkshire acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Alleghany Corporation for $11.5 billion. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
During 2024, the Parent Company repaid approximately $1.9 billion of maturing senior notes. At various dates in 2024, Berkshire borrowed approximately ¥837.4 billion (approximately $5.5 billion) under senior note issuances and term loan agreements. The borrowings have interest rates ranging from 0.974% to 2.625% and maturity dates ranging from 2027 to 2054. As of December 31, 2024, the Parent Company’s non-U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings included €4.6 billion and ¥1,988 billion par value senior notes. The gains and losses from the periodic remeasurement of these non-U.S. Dollar denominated notes due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are included in earnings.
Parent Company debt maturities in each of the next five years are as follows: 2025—$1.9 billion; 2026—$4.2 billion; 2027—$4.0 billion; 2028—$2.2 billion and 2029—$2.6 billion. The Parent Company guarantees certain debt of subsidiaries, which aggregated approximately $20.8 billion at December 31, 2024 and primarily consisted of debt issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation. Such guarantees are an absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guarantee for the full and prompt payment when due of all present and future payment obligations. The Parent Company has also provided guarantees in connection with certain retroactive reinsurance contracts issued by subsidiaries. The amounts of subsidiary payments under these contracts, if any, are contingent upon the outcome of future events.
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