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| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                | Allowance for Doubtful AccountsOur two 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 4, 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: October 31, 2013(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$27 $— $24 $51Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)4 2 14 20Charge-off of accounts(B)(10) — (1) (11)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$21 $2 $37 $60 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$31 $2 $17 $50Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)3 (2) 13 14Charge-off of accounts(B)(7) — (6) (13)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$27 $— $24 $51 October 31, 2011(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$58 $2 $36 $96Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)(5) — (1) (6)Charge-off of accounts(B)(22) — (18) (40)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$31 $2 $17 $50_________________________(A)Amounts include currency translation. (B)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 $2 million, $6 million, and $20 million in 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.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: October 31, 2013 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalImpaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves$15 $— $15 $14 $— $14Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves1 — 1 1 — 1Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables6 — 6 9 — 9Finance receivables on non-accrual status10 — 10 10 — 10For the impaired finance receivables in the retail portfolio as of October 31, 2013 and 2012, the average balances of those receivables were $13 million and $16 million during the year ended October 31, 2013 and 2012, 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: October 31, 2013(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalCurrent, and up to 30 days past due$699 $1,204 $1,90330-90 days past due44 2 46Over 90 days past due8 1 9Total finance receivables$751 $1,207 $1,958 |

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