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| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                | Allowance for Doubtful AccountsOur two finance receivables portfolio segments, retail and wholesale, each consist of one class of receivable based on: (i) initial measurement attributes of the receivables, and (ii) the assessment and monitoring of risk and performance of the receivables. For more information, see Note 3, Finance Receivables.The following tables present the activity related to our allowance for doubtful accounts for our retail portfolio segment, wholesale portfolio segment, and trade and other receivables: Three Months Ended July 31, 2015 Three Months Ended July 31, 2014(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$25 $3 $30 $58 $22 $2 $38 $62Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries2 — — 2 3 — — 3Charge-off of accounts(A)— — (1) (1) (2) — (3) (5)Other(B)(2) — (3) (5) 1 — (1) —Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$25 $3 $26 $54 $24 $2 $34 $60 Nine Months Ended July 31, 2015 Nine Months Ended July 31, 2014(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$24 $3 $38 $65 $21 $2 $37 $60Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries7 — — 7 10 — 3 13Charge-off of accounts(A)(1) — (4) (5) (7) — (5) (12)Other(B)(5) — (8) (13) — — (1) (1)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$25 $3 $26 $54 $24 $2 $34 $60________________________(A)We repossess sold and leased vehicles on defaulted finance receivables and leases, and place them into Inventories. Losses recognized at the time of repossession and charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts were both less than $1 million, for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2015, as well as for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2014.(B)    Amounts include currency translation. The accrual of interest income is discontinued on certain impaired finance receivables. Impaired finance receivables include accounts with specific loss reserves and certain accounts that are on non-accrual status. In certain cases, we continue to collect payments on our impaired finance receivables.The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables: July 31, 2015 October 31, 2014(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalImpaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves$21 $— $21 $20 $— $20Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves— — — 1 — 1Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables10 — 10 6 — 6Finance receivables on non-accrual status21 — 21 21 — 21For the impaired finance receivables in the retail portfolio as of July 31, 2015 and 2014, the average balances of those receivables were $21 million and $15 million during the nine months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.The Company uses the aging of its receivables as well as other inputs when assessing credit quality. The following table presents the aging analysis for finance receivables: July 31, 2015 October 31, 2014(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalCurrent, and up to 30 days past due$531 $1,369 $1,900 $643 $1,333 $1,97630-90 days past due58 2 60 64 2 66Over 90 days past due17 1 18 19 4 23Total finance receivables$606 $1,372 $1,978 $726 $1,339 $2,065 |

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