Organization and Consolidation	9 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2023
Organization and Consolidation
Organization and Consolidation	(1) Organization and Consolidation John Deere Capital Corporation (Capital Corporation) and its subsidiaries are collectively called the Company. John Deere Financial Services, Inc. (JDFS), a wholly-owned finance holding subsidiary of Deere & Company, owns all of the outstanding common stock of Capital Corporation. The Company provides and administers financing for retail purchases of new equipment manufactured by Deere & Company’s production and precision agriculture operations, small agriculture and turf operations, and construction and forestry operations and used equipment taken in trade for this equipment. References to “agriculture and turf” include both production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf. The Company generally purchases retail installment sales and loan contracts (retail notes) from Deere & Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively called John Deere). John Deere generally acquires these retail notes through independent John Deere retail dealers. The Company also purchases and finances a limited amount of non-John Deere retail notes. In addition, the Company finances and services revolving charge accounts, in most cases acquired from and offered through merchants in the agriculture and turf and construction and forestry markets (revolving charge accounts). The Company also provides wholesale financing to dealers of John Deere agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment, primarily to finance inventories of equipment for those dealers (wholesale receivables). Further, the Company leases John Deere equipment and a limited amount of non-John Deere equipment to retail customers (financing and operating leases). The Company also offers credit enhanced international export financing to select customers and dealers, which primarily involves John Deere products. Retail notes, revolving charge accounts, and financing leases are collectively called “Customer Receivables.” Customer Receivables and wholesale receivables are collectively called “Receivables.” Receivables and equipment on operating leases are collectively called “Receivables and Leases.” The Company generally secures its Receivables, other than certain revolving charge accounts, by retaining as collateral security in the goods associated with those Receivables or with the use of other collateral. The Company uses a 52/53 week fiscal year with quarters ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The third quarter ends for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 were July 30, 2023 and July 31, 2022, respectively. Both third quarters contained 13 weeks, while both year-to-date periods contained 39 weeks. Unless otherwise stated, references to particular years, quarters, or months refer to the Company’s fiscal years generally ending in October and the associated periods in those fiscal years. The Company is the primary beneficiary of and consolidates certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that are special purpose entities (SPEs) related to the securitization of receivables. See Note 5 for more information on these SPEs. Immaterial Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements In the second quarter of 2023, the Company corrected the accounting treatment for financing incentives offered to John Deere dealers, which impacted the timing of expense recognition and the presentation of incentive costs in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 2 for further information regarding the new and previous accounting treatment. The impact of the correction in periods prior to the second quarter ended April 30, 2023 was not material to the consolidated financial statements of the Company in any of the impacted periods; however, the aggregate impact of correcting prior periods within the second quarter ended April 30, 2023 would have been material to the Company’s 2023 consolidated financial results. Consequently, the Company made these immaterial corrections in the comparative prior periods. Refer to Note 12 for quantification of the prior period restatement impacts. Additionally, comparative prior period amounts in the applicable notes to the consolidated financial statements have been restated.

Organization and Consolidation

9 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2023

(1) Organization and Consolidation

John Deere Capital Corporation (Capital Corporation) and its subsidiaries are collectively called the Company. John Deere Financial Services, Inc. (JDFS), a wholly-owned finance holding subsidiary of Deere & Company, owns all of the outstanding common stock of Capital Corporation. The Company provides and administers financing for retail purchases of new equipment manufactured by Deere & Company’s production and precision agriculture operations, small agriculture and turf operations, and construction and forestry operations and used equipment taken in trade for this equipment. References to “agriculture and turf” include both production and precision agriculture and small agriculture and turf. The Company generally purchases retail installment sales and loan contracts (retail notes) from Deere & Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively called John Deere). John Deere generally acquires these retail notes through independent John Deere retail dealers. The Company also purchases and finances a limited amount of non-John Deere retail notes. In addition, the Company finances and services revolving charge accounts, in most cases acquired from and offered through merchants in the agriculture and turf and construction and forestry markets (revolving charge accounts). The Company also provides wholesale financing to dealers of John Deere agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment, primarily to finance inventories of equipment for those dealers (wholesale receivables). Further, the Company leases John Deere equipment and a limited amount of non-John Deere equipment to retail customers (financing and operating leases). The Company also offers credit enhanced international export financing to select customers and dealers, which primarily involves John Deere products. Retail notes, revolving charge accounts, and financing leases are collectively called “Customer Receivables.” Customer Receivables and wholesale receivables are collectively called “Receivables.” Receivables and equipment on operating leases are collectively called “Receivables and Leases.” The Company generally secures its Receivables, other than certain revolving charge accounts, by retaining as collateral security in the goods associated with those Receivables or with the use of other collateral.

The Company uses a 52/53 week fiscal year with quarters ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The third quarter ends for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 were July 30, 2023 and July 31, 2022, respectively. Both third quarters contained 13 weeks, while both year-to-date periods contained 39 weeks. Unless otherwise stated, references to particular years, quarters, or months refer to the Company’s fiscal years generally ending in October and the associated periods in those fiscal years.

The Company is the primary beneficiary of and consolidates certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that are special purpose entities (SPEs) related to the securitization of receivables. See Note 5 for more information on these SPEs.

Immaterial Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements

In the second quarter of 2023, the Company corrected the accounting treatment for financing incentives offered to John Deere dealers, which impacted the timing of expense recognition and the presentation of incentive costs in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 2 for further information regarding the new and previous accounting treatment. The impact of the correction in periods prior to the second quarter ended April 30, 2023 was not material to the consolidated financial statements of the Company in any of the impacted periods; however, the aggregate impact of correcting prior periods within the second quarter ended April 30, 2023 would have been material to the Company’s 2023 consolidated financial results. Consequently, the Company made these immaterial corrections in the comparative prior periods. Refer to Note 12 for quantification of the prior period restatement impacts. Additionally, comparative prior period amounts in the applicable notes to the consolidated financial statements have been restated.