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Other Assets and Other Liabilities and Deferred Income
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Other Assets and Other Liabilities and Deferred Income [Abstract]  
OTHER ASSETS AND OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INCOME
OTHER ASSETS AND OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INCOME

Other assets and other liabilities and deferred income consist of various balance sheet items that are combined for financial statement presentation due to their respective materiality compared with other individual asset and liability items. This footnote provides more information contained within the combined items.

Other assets at December 31 were as follows (in millions):
 
2011
 
2010
Accrued interest and other non-finance receivables
$
635

 
$
950

Collateral held for resale, at net realizable value
374

 
346

Restricted cash (a)
121

 
271

Deferred charges
281

 
287

Deferred charges – income taxes
156

 
273

Prepaid reinsurance premiums and other reinsurance receivables
252

 
227

Investment in non-consolidated affiliates
141

 
130

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation (b)
137

 
146

Other (c)
75

 
361

Total other assets
$
2,172

 
$
2,991


(a)
Restricted cash primarily includes cash held to meet certain local governmental and regulatory reserve requirements. At December 31, 2010, restricted cash also included cash collateral required to be held against loans with the European Investment Bank. Restricted cash does not include required minimum balances or cash securing debt issued through securitization transactions.
(b)
Accumulated depreciation was $383 million and $369 million, at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(c)
At December 31, 2010, includes $296 million of other finance receivables related to certain used vehicles from daily rental fleet companies where we are serving as Ford’s agent. At December 31, 2011, the associated receivables of $265 million are reported in Finance receivables, net.
 
Other liabilities and deferred income at December 31 were as follows (in millions):
 
2011
 
2010
Interest payable
$
812

 
$
991

Deferred interest supplements and residual support payments on net investment in operating leases
962

 
863

Income taxes payable to Ford and affiliated companies (a)
660

 
1,348

Unrecognized tax benefits
535

 
533

Unearned insurance premiums
266

 
251

Other
358

 
325

Total other liabilities and deferred income
$
3,593

 
$
4,311


(a)
In 2011, we paid $1.4 billion to Ford in accordance with our intercompany tax sharing agreement with Ford. During the second quarter of 2010, we purchased $1.3 billion principal amount of Ford's Amortizing Guaranteed Secured Notes ("VEBA Note A") issued to the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust for $1.3 billion and immediately transferred the note to Ford in satisfaction of $1.3 billion of our tax liabilities to Ford.