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Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Basis of Presentation | BASIS OF PRESENTATION General Information The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information, and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. As a result, this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. Management believes that the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring items, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods. We are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements and accompanying Notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Certain prior year amounts in the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation. Assets and liabilities related to the sale of Embraco which met the held for sale criteria as of September 30, 2018 have been presented separately in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. We have eliminated all material intercompany transactions in our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. We do not consolidate the financial statements of any company in which we have an ownership interest of 50% or less, unless that company is deemed to be a variable interest entity ("VIE") of which we are the primary beneficiary. VIEs are consolidated when the company is the primary beneficiary of these entities and has the ability to directly impact the activities of these entities. Related Party Transaction Whirlpool of India Limited (Whirlpool India), a majority-owned subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation, acquired a 49% equity interest in Elica PB India for $22 million. As part of the agreement, Whirlpool India received an option to acquire the remaining equity interest in the future for fair value, and the non-Whirlpool India shareholders of Elica PB India received an option to sell their remaining equity interest to Whirlpool India in the future for fair value, which could be material to the financial statements depending on the performance of the venture. We account for our minority interest under the equity method of accounting. Adoption of New Accounting Standards On January 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" using the modified retrospective method. Under the modified retrospective method, we recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an increase to the opening balance of retained earnings. This adjustment did not have a material impact on our financial statements. For additional information on the required disclosures related to the impact of adopting this standard, see Note 2 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. In October 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory," which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. The amendments were effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017, and should be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings at the beginning of the period of adoption. Early adoption is permitted in the first interim period of an annual reporting period for which financial statements have not been issued. The Company adopted the accounting standard on January 1, 2018 and recognized a $56 million increase to the opening balance of retained earnings. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment". The guidance in ASU 2017-04 eliminates the requirement to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure goodwill impairment. Under the amendments in the new standard, goodwill impairment testing will be performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognizing an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. The new standard is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and should be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted for annual or interim goodwill impairment testing performed after January 1, 2017. The Company elected to early adopt the accounting standard in the second quarter of 2018. For additional information related to the impact of goodwill impairment and related charges, see Note 16 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. We adopted the following standards, none of which have a material impact on our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements:
Standard |  | Effective Date
2016-01 | Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities | January 1, 2018
2016-04 | Liabilities-Extinguishments of Liabilities (Subtopic 405-20): Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products | January 1, 2018
2016-15 | Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments | January 1, 2018
2016-18 | Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash | January 1, 2018
2017-01 | Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business | January 1, 2018
2017-09 | Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting | January 1, 2018
All other newly issued and effective accounting standards during 2018 were not relevant or material to the Company. Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Effective In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income". The new standard gives entities the option to reclassify to retained earnings tax effects related to items in accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of the tax reform. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period after issuance. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance. In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities". The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period after issuance. All transition requirements and elections should be applied to hedging relationships existing (that is, hedging relationships in which the hedging instrument has not expired, been sold, terminated, or exercised or the entity has not removed the designation of the hedging relationship) on the date of adoption. The effect of adoption should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the entity adopts. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)". The guidance in ASU 2016-02 supersedes the lease recognition requirements in ASC Topic 840, Leases (FAS 13). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently planning to elect the package of practical expedients to not reassess prior conclusions related to contracts containing leases, lease classification and initial direct costs and is evaluating other practical expedients available under the guidance. In March 2018, the FASB approved a new, optional transition method that will give companies the option to use the effective date as the date of initial application on transition. The Company plans to elect this transition method, and as a result, the Company will not adjust its comparative period financial information or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the effective date. In connection with the adoption of the new lease accounting standard, we established a cross functional project management implementation team. As part of that process, we have completed scoping reviews and we continue to make progress in updating business process, systems, accounting policies and internal controls and continue to execute our implementation strategy. The implementation strategy to obtain and summarize our leases includes utilizing surveys to centrally gather more information about the Company's existing leases, lease processes, and contracts that may contain leases, including service agreements. To ensure completeness of the population of lease contracts, the results of the survey are being cross-referenced against other available lease information such as year-end disclosures and lease expense. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has obtained the relevant lease contract data points and is updating our lease accounting system. The Company anticipates the adoption of this new standard will result in a material increase in ROU assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. The impact on the Company's consolidated statement of income is being evaluated. As the impact of this standard is non–cash in nature, we do not anticipate its adoption having an impact on the Company's Consolidated Condensed Statement of Cash Flows. The FASB has issued the following relevant standards, which are not expected to have a material impact on our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements:
Standard |  | Effective Date
2016-13 | Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments | January 1, 2020
2018-13 | Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement | January 1, 2020
2018-14 | Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans | January 1, 2021
2018-15 | Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred In a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract | January 1, 2020
All other issued and not yet effective accounting standards are not relevant to the Company.

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