VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated VIEs

The table below provides information about consolidated VIEs that are subject to ongoing disclosure requirements. Substantially all of these entities were created to help our customers finance the purchase of GE goods and services or to purchase GE customer notes receivable arising from sales of GE goods and services. These entities have no features that could expose us to losses that could significantly exceed the difference between the consolidated assets and liabilities.



ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF CONSOLIDATED VIEs
			GE Capital
(In millions)	GE		Customer Notes receivables(a)		Other(b)		Total

June 30, 2018
Assets
Financing receivables, net	$	—	$	—	$	1,003	$	1,003
Current receivables	76		418		—		494
Other assets	524		1,012		1,271		2,807
Total	$	600	$	1,429	$	2,274	$	4,304

Liabilities
Borrowings	$	44	$	—	$	1,154	$	1,198
Non-recourse borrowings	—		610		14		624
Other liabilities	257		663		584		1,504
Total	$	301	$	1,274	$	1,751	$	3,326

December 31, 2017
Assets
Financing receivables, net	$	—	$	—	$	792	$	792
Current receivables	59		570		—		630
Investment securities	—		—		918		918
Other assets	586		1,182		1,920		3,688
Total	$	646	$	1,752	$	3,630	$	6,028

Liabilities
Borrowings	$	39	$	—	$	1,027	$	1,066
Non-recourse borrowings	—		669		16		685
Other liabilities	345		1,021		1,525		2,891
Total	$	384	$	1,690	$	2,568	$	4,642


(a)	Two funding vehicles established to purchase customer notes receivable from GE, one of which is partially funded by third-party debt.

(b)

In January 2018, ownership of the equity shares of Electric Insurance Company ("EIC") were distributed to GE Capital by a bankruptcy trustee. We have previously reported EIC as a VIE because we received a 100% beneficial interest in the assets, liabilities and operations of EIC, related to an interim distribution in 2001. As EIC is now a consolidated voting interest entity we removed EIC from our VIE disclosure. In 2017, $1,470 million of assets and $959 million of liabilities were included related to EIC.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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