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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
We offer loan and lease finance products through GM-franchised dealers to customers purchasing new and certain used vehicles manufactured by GM and make commercial loans directly to GM-franchised dealers and their affiliates. We also offer commercial loans to dealers that are consolidated by GM and those balances are included in our finance receivables, net.
Under subvention programs, GM makes cash payments to us for offering incentivized rates and structures on retail loan and lease finance products. In addition, GM makes payments to us to cover certain interest payments on commercial loans. We also provide funding under lines of credit to GM. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, we advanced $456 million under a new line of credit to GM subsidiary Adam Opel AG, which is included in our net funding of commercial finance receivables on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
We have related party payables due to GM, primarily for commercial finance receivables originated but not yet funded. These payables typically settle within 30 days.
The following tables present related party transactions (in millions):
Balance Sheet Data
 
June 30, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Commercial finance receivables, net due from dealers consolidated by GM(a)
 
$
321

 
$
229

Advances drawn on lines of credit due from GM(b)
 
$
614

 
$
190

Subvention receivable(c)
 
$
365

 
$
383

Commercial loan funding payable(d)
 
$
436

 
$
351

Income Statement Data
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Interest subvention earned(e)
 
$
109

 
$
85

 
$
212

 
$
163

Leased vehicle subvention earned(f)
 
$
540

 
$
196

 
$
999

 
$
332

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(a)
Included in commercial finance receivables.
(b)
Included in related party receivables.
(c)
Included in related party receivables. We received subvention payments from GM of $1.0 billion and $0.8 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 and $2.2 billion and $1.3 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.
(d)
Included in related party payables.
(e)
Included in finance charge income.
(f)
Included as a reduction to leased vehicle expenses.
Under our support agreement with GM (the “Support Agreement”), if our earning assets leverage ratio at the end of any calendar quarter exceeds the applicable threshold set in the Support Agreement, we may require GM to provide funding sufficient to bring our earning assets leverage ratio to within the applicable threshold. In determining our earning assets leverage ratio (net earning assets divided by adjusted equity) under the Support Agreement, net earning assets means our finance receivables, net, plus leased vehicles, net, and adjusted equity means our equity, net of goodwill and inclusive of outstanding junior subordinated debt, as each may be adjusted for derivative accounting from time to time. 
Additionally, the Support Agreement provides that GM will own all of our outstanding voting shares as long as we have any unsecured debt securities outstanding and that GM will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that we will continue to be designated as a subsidiary borrower of up to $4.0 billion under GM’s corporate revolving credit facilities, which were amended in May 2016. These amendments increased GM's borrowing capacity on its corporate revolving credit facilities from $12.5 billion to $14.5 billion. We have the ability to borrow up to $1.0 billion under GM's three-year, $4.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and $3.0 billion under GM's five-year, $10.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, subject to available capacity. GM also agreed to certain provisions in the Support Agreement intended to ensure that we maintain adequate access to liquidity. Pursuant to these provisions, GM provided us with a $1.0 billion junior subordinated unsecured intercompany revolving credit facility (the "Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility"). There were no advances outstanding under the Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility at June 30, 2016.
Since October 1, 2010, we have been included in GM's consolidated U.S. federal income tax returns. For taxable income we recognize in any period beginning on or after October 1, 2010, we are obligated to pay GM for our share of the consolidated U.S. federal and certain state tax liabilities. Amounts owed to GM for income taxes are accrued and recorded as a related party payable.  At June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there are no related party taxes payable to GM due to our taxable loss position.