Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2018

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 April 30, 2018											Three Months Ended April 30, 2017
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio			Wholesale Portfolio		Trade and Other Receivables			Total			Retail Portfolio			Wholesale Portfolio		Trade and Other Receivables		Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period	$	18		$	3	$	29		$	50		$	19		$	2	$	28	$	49
Provision for doubtful accounts	3			—		(1		)	2			1			—		—		1
Charge-off of accounts	(2		)	—		—			(2		)	(1		)	—		—		(1		)
Recoveries	1			—		—			1			—			—		—		—
Other(A)	(1		)	—		(1		)	(2		)	2			—		—		2
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period	$	19		$	3	$	27		$	49		$	21		$	2	$	28	$	51

	Six Months Ended April 30, 2018											Six Months Ended April 30, 2017
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio			Wholesale Portfolio		Trade and Other Receivables			Total			Retail Portfolio			Wholesale Portfolio		Trade and Other Receivables			Total
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period	$	17		$	3	$	28		$	48		$	19		$	2	$	28		$	49
Provision for doubtful accounts	3			—		—			3			6			—		1			7
Charge-off of accounts	(3		)	—		—			(3		)	(4		)	—		(1		)	(5		)
Recoveries	2			—		—			2			—			—		—			—
Other(A)	—			—		(1		)	(1		)	—			—		—			—
Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period	$	19		$	3	$	27		$	49		$	21		$	2	$	28		$	51

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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:

	April 30, 2018						October 31, 2017
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Impaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves	$	17	$	—	$	17	$	16	$	—	$	16
Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves	—		—		—		—		—		—
Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables	9		—		9		7		—		7
Finance receivables on non-accrual status	17		—		17		16		—		16

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

We 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:

	April 30, 2018						October 31, 2017
(in millions)	Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total		Retail Portfolio		Wholesale Portfolio		Total
Current, and up to 30 days past due	$	607	$	1,244	$	1,851	$	524	$	1,244	$	1,768
30-90 days past due	52		2		54		21		1		22
Over 90 days past due	15		—		15		14		1		15
Total finance receivables	$	674	$	1,246	$	1,920	$	559	$	1,246	$	1,805