Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF CONSOLIDATED VIEs

			Consolidated Securitization Entities
									Trade
(In millions)	Trinity(a)		Credit cards		(b)	Equipment		(b)	receivables			Other		Total

December 31, 2014
Assets(c)
Financing receivables, net	$	-	$	25,645		$	526		$	-		$	504	$	26,675
Current receivables		-		-			-			3,028	(d)		509		3,537
Investment securities		2,369		-			-			-			1,005		3,374
Other assets		17		1,059			16			2			2,329		3,423
Total	$	2,386	$	26,704		$	542		$	3,030		$	4,347	$	37,009

Liabilities(c)
Borrowings	$	-	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	517	$	517
Non-recourse borrowings		-		14,967			436			2,692			-		18,095
Other liabilities		1,022		332			123			26			1,367		2,870
Total	$	1,022	$	15,299		$	559		$	2,718		$	1,884	$	21,482

December 31, 2013
Assets(c)
Financing receivables, net	$	-	$	24,766		$	752		$	-		$	581	$	26,099
Current receivables		-		-			-			2,509			349		2,858
Investment securities		2,786		-			-			-			1,044		3,830
Other assets		213		20			31			-			1,944		2,208
Total	$	2,999	$	24,786		$	783		$	2,509		$	3,918	$	34,995

Liabilities(c)
Borrowings	$	-	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	592	$	592
Non-recourse borrowings		-		15,363			628			2,180			-		18,171
Other liabilities		1,482		228			82			25			1,130		2,947
Total	$	1,482	$	15,591		$	710		$	2,205		$	1,722	$	21,710

Excluded intercompany advances from GECC to Trinity, which were eliminated in consolidation of $1,565 million and $1,837 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
We provide servicing to the CSEs and are contractually permitted to commingle cash collected from customers on financing receivables sold to CSE investors with our own cash prior to payment to a CSE, provided our short-term credit rating does not fall below A-1/P-1. These CSEs also owe us amounts for purchased financial assets and scheduled interest and principal payments. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the amounts of commingled cash owed to the CSEs were $235 million and $4,071 million, respectively, and the amounts owed to us by CSEs were $389 million and $3,341 million, respectively.
Asset amounts exclude intercompany receivables for cash collected on behalf of the entities by GECC as servicer, which are eliminated in consolidation. Such receivables provide the cash to repay the entities’ liabilities. If these intercompany receivables were included in the table above, assets would be higher. In addition, other assets, borrowings and other liabilities exclude intercompany balances that are eliminated in consolidation.
Included $686 million of receivables originated by Appliances. We require third party debt holder consent to sell these assets. The receivables will be included in assets of businesses held for sale when the consent is received.

Unconsolidated VIE

INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED VIEs

December 31 (In millions)	2014		2013

Other assets and investment securities	$	806	$	809
Financing receivables – net		120		156
Total investments		926		965
Contractual obligations to fund investments or guarantees		17		124
Revolving lines of credit		20		7
Total	$	963	$	1,096

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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