Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Abstract]

Allowance For Credit Losses On Receivables [Table Text Block]

Our 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 inf

Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables:

	July 31, 2016						October 31, 2015
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Impaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves	$	18	$	—	$	18	$	21	$	—	$	21
Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves	—		—		—		—		—		—
Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables	9		—		9		9		—		9
Finance receivables on non-accrual status	18		—		18		21		—		21

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

use the aging of our receivables as well as other inputs when assessing credit quality. The following table presents the aging analysis for finance receivables:

	July 31, 2016						October 31, 2015
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Current, and up to 30 days past due	$	356	$	1,226	$	1,582	$	486	$	1,461	$	1,947
30-90 days past due	34		1		35		48		4		52
Over 90 days past due	16		1		17		20		2		22
Total finance receivables	$	406	$	1,228	$	1,634	$	554	$	1,467	$	2,021