Other Assets and Other Liabilities and Deferred Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Other Assets and Other Liabilities and Deferred Income [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Assets and Other Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Other assets were as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Accrued interest and other non-finance receivables	$	815	$	719
Collateral held for resale, at net realizable value	315		332
Restricted cash (a)	137		148
Deferred charges	257		261
Deferred charges – income taxes	178		184
Prepaid reinsurance premiums and other reinsurance receivables	300		288
Investment in non-consolidated affiliates	131		140
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation (b)	121		125
Other	54		59
Total other assets	$	2,308	$	2,256

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(a) Restricted cash primarily includes cash held to meet certain local governmental and regulatory reserve requirements and cash held under the terms of certain contractual agreements. Restricted cash does not include required minimum balances or cash securing debt issued through securitization transactions.

(b) Accumulated depreciation was $333 million and $331 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Other liabilities and deferred income were as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Interest payable	$	618	$	706
Deferred interest supplements and residual support payments on net investment in operating leases	1,205		1,147
Income taxes payable to Ford and affiliated companies	652		549
Unrecognized tax benefits	188		462
Unearned insurance premiums	310		299
Other	318		295
Total other liabilities and deferred income	$	3,291	$	3,458