Interim Financial Data (Disclosure)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Interim Financial Data Disclosures [Abstract]

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure Text Block

Note 1 – Interim Financial Data

Basis of Presentation

The information furnished in these unaudited interim financial statements for the three and nine months endedDecember 31, 2011 and 2010 has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information reflects all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three and nine months endedDecember 31, 2011 do not necessarily indicate the results which may be expected for the full fiscal year.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements, significant accounting policies, and other notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Toyota Motor Credit Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (“fiscal 2011”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 2, 2011. References herein to “TMCC” denote Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, and references herein to “we”, “our”, and “us” denote Toyota Motor Credit Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Troubled Debt Restructurings

A troubled debt restructuring occurs when an account is modified through a concession to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty. An account modified under a troubled debt restructuring is considered to be impaired.

Retail Loan and Commercial Portfolio Segments

The retail loan portfolio segment and the commercial portfolio segment are referred to as the homogeneous portfolio segments because they consist of smaller balance loans with similar characteristics. For the homogeneous loan portfolio segments, troubled debt restructurings include groups of accounts modified under specific programs that meet the criteria of a troubled debt restructuring. In addition, troubled debt restructurings within the homogeneous loan portfolio segments include accounts in which the customer has filed for bankruptcy protection. For such accounts, we no longer have the ability to modify the terms of the agreement without the approval of the bankruptcy court and the court may impose term modifications that we are obligated to accept. Troubled debt restructurings in the homogeneous loan portfolio segments are specifically identified as impaired and aggregated with their respective portfolio segments when determining the allowance for credit losses.

Dealer Products Portfolio Segment

Troubled debt restructurings in the dealer products portfolio segment are specifically identified as impaired and a specific reserve is assessed based on discounted cash flows, the loan's observable market price, or the fair value of the underlying collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.

Note 1 – Interim Financial Data (Continued)

Payment Defaults

A payment default on an account that has been modified as a troubled debt restructuring is deemed to have occurred when the account becomes thirty days past due. Accounts which have filed for bankruptcy protection are not considered to have a payment default as we are prohibited by statute from applying our normal collection procedures.

New Accounting Guidance

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued accounting guidance on the disclosure about offsetting assets and liabilities. The disclosure requirements of this guidance are intended to help investors and other financial statement users to better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a company's financial position. Offsetting, otherwise known as netting, is the presentation of assets and liabilities as a single net amount in the balance sheet. The guidance retains the current U.S. GAAP model that allows companies the option to present net in their balance sheets derivatives that are subject to a legally enforceable netting arrangement with the same party, where rights of set-off are only available in the event of default or bankruptcy. However, the guidance adds new disclosure requirements to improve transparency in the reporting of how companies mitigate credit risk, including disclosure of related collateral pledged or received. The accounting guidance is effective for us on April 1, 2013. We are evaluating the effect that adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued accounting guidance that requires entities to report components of comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements. Additionally, this guidance requires that items reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income be separately presented within their respective components of net income and comprehensive income. This guidance does not change the items that must be reported in comprehensive income or when an item in other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. In December 2011, the FASB issued additional guidance that defers the changes that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The guidance is effective for us on April 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued accounting guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. The guidance generally clarifies the application of existing requirements on topics including the concepts of highest and best use and valuation premise, measuring the fair value of instruments classified in shareholder's equity, and disclosing quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the measurement of instruments categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, the guidance includes changes on topics such as measuring the fair value of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio and additional disclosure for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. This accounting guidance is effective for us January 1, 2012. This guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Note 1 – Interim Financial Data (Continued)

In April 2011, the FASB issued accounting guidance on repurchase agreements that removes from the assessment of effective control the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee. It also removes the collateral maintenance guidance related to this criterion. This accounting guidance is effective for us January 1, 2012. This guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

In July 2011, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance on troubled debt restructurings that clarifies whether a creditor has granted a concession and whether a debtor is experiencing financial difficulties for purposes of determining whether a loan modification constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. This accounting guidance also supersedes previous accounting guidance that temporarily delayed the effective date for disclosures about troubled debt restructurings as part of the credit quality of finance receivables and the allowance for credit losses disclosures. This accounting guidance was effective for us for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, with retrospective application of the identification of troubled debt restructurings back to April 1, 2011. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2011, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance on the capitalization of costs relating to the acquisition or renewal of insurance contracts. The early adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2011, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance that sets forth the requirements that must be met for a company to recognize revenue from the sale of a delivered item that is part of a multiple-element arrangement when other items have not yet been delivered. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2011, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance that changes the accounting model for revenue arrangements that include both tangible products and software elements that function together to deliver the product's essential functionality. The accounting guidance more closely reflects the underlying economics of these transactions. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In December 2010, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance requiring additional disclosures about the credit quality of finance receivables and the allowance for credit losses. The new disclosures provide transparency regarding the nature of credit risk inherent in finance receivables, how credit risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses, as well as the reasons for changes in the allowance for credit losses. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2010, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance for transfers of financial assets. The new accounting guidance removes the concept of a qualifying special purpose entity and revises the accounting criteria for transfer of financial assets to be considered a sale. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2010, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Note 1 – Interim Financial Data (Continued)

In March 2010, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance requiring disclosure of gross transfers in and out of Level 3 as well as transfers between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In January 2010, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance that addresses the accounting and reporting for an entity that experiences a decrease in ownership of a subsidiary, including the deconsolidation of a subsidiary and the exchange of assets for an equity interest in another entity. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In October 2009, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance which provided clarification that, in the absence of a quoted price for a liability, companies may apply methods that use the quoted price of an investment traded as an asset or other valuation techniques consistent with the fair-value measurement principle. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In July 2009, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance The Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (the “Codification”) as the single source of authoritative accounting guidance for public companies. The Codification did not change generally accepted accounting principles but rather enhanced the way accounting principles are organized. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2009, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance requiring disclosure about the method and significant assumptions used to establish the fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods as well as annual statements. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2009, we adopted new FASB additional accounting guidance for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) to improve the consistency in the timing of impairment recognition, as well as provide greater clarity to investors about credit and non-credit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations. Upon adoption we did not record a transition adjustment for securities held at March 31, 2009 that were previously considered other-than-temporarily impaired as we intended to sell or believed it was more likely that we would be required to sell the securities for which we had previously recognized OTTI.

In April 2009, we adopted new FASB accounting guidance which primarily addressed the measurement of fair value of financial assets and liabilities when there is no active market or where the price inputs being used could be indicative of distressed sales. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.