Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

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:

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2017
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio			Wholesale Portfolio		Trade and Other Receivables			Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period	$	19		$	2	$	28		$	49
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries	5			—		1			6
Charge-off of accounts	(3		)	—		(1		)	(4		)
Other(A)	(2		)	—		—			(2		)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period	$	19		$	2	$	28		$	49

	Three Months Ended January 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	2			—		3			5
Charge-off of accounts	(3		)	—		(1		)	(4		)
Other(A)	(2		)	—		(1		)	(3		)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period	$	19		$	4	$	23		$	46

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(A) Amounts include impact from currency translation.

Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables:

	January 31, 2017						October 31, 2016
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Impaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves	$	12	$	—	$	12	$	15	$	—	$	15
Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves	—		—		—		—		—		—
Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables	9		—		9		8		—		8
Finance receivables on non-accrual status	12		—		12		15		—		15

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:

	January 31, 2017						October 31, 2016
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Current, and up to 30 days past due	$	353	$	991	$	1,344	$	449	$	1,198	$	1,647
30-90 days past due	26		1		27		37		—		37
Over 90 days past due	12		1		13		13		1		14
Total finance receivables	$	391	$	993	$	1,384	$	499	$	1,199	$	1,698