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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2016
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Abstract]  
Allowance For Credit Losses On Receivables [Table Text Block]
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:
 
For the Year Ended October 31, 2016
(in millions)
Retail
Portfolio
 
Wholesale
Portfolio
 
Trade and
Other
Receivables
 
Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period
$
22

 
$
4

 
$
22

 
$
48

Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries
8

 
(2
)
 
6

 
12

Charge-off of accounts
(9
)
 
—

 
(3
)
 
(12
)
Other(A)
(2
)
 
—

 
3

 
1

Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period
$
19

 
$
2

 
$
28

 
$
49

 
For the Year Ended October 31, 2015
(in millions)
Retail
Portfolio
 
Wholesale
Portfolio
 
Trade and
Other
Receivables
 
Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period
$
24

 
$
3

 
$
38

 
$
65

Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries
6

 
1

 
—

 
7

Charge-off of accounts
(3
)
 
—

 
(5
)
 
(8
)
Other(A)
(5
)
 
—

 
(11
)
 
(16
)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period
$
22

 
$
4

 
$
22

 
$
48

 
For the Year Ended October 31, 2014
(in millions)
Retail Portfolio
 
Wholesale Portfolio
 
Trade and Other Receivables
 
Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period
$
21

 
$
2

 
$
37

 
$
60

Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries
13

 
1

 
10

 
24

Charge-off of accounts
(9
)
 
—

 
(6
)
 
(15
)
Other(A)
(1
)
 
—

 
(3
)
 
(4
)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period
$
24

 
$
3

 
$
38

 
$
65

____________________
(A)
Amounts include impact from currency translation.
Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]
The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables:
 
October 31, 2016
 
October 31, 2015
(in millions)
Retail
Portfolio
 
Wholesale
Portfolio
 
Total
 
Retail
Portfolio
 
Wholesale
Portfolio
 
Total
Impaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves
$
15

 
$
—

 
$
15

 
$
21

 
$
—

 
$
21

Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables
8

 
—

 
8

 
9

 
—

 
9

Finance receivables on non-accrual status
15

 
—

 
15

 
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:
 
As of October 31, 2016
(in millions)
Retail
Portfolio
 
Wholesale
Portfolio
 
Total
Current, and up to 30 days past due
$
449

 
$
1,198

 
$
1,647

30-90 days past due
37

 
—

 
37

Over 90 days past due
13

 
1

 
14

Total finance receivables
$
499

 
$
1,199

 
$
1,698