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CURRENT AND LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Receivables [Abstract]  
CURRENT AND LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES
NOTE 4. CURRENT AND LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES
CURRENT RECEIVABLESConsolidatedGE Industrial
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Customer receivables$11,890 $13,459 $11,359 $9,841 
Sundry receivables(a)(b)4,098 4,395 4,121 4,763 
Allowance for credit losses(c)(1,113)(1,164)(1,112)(1,161)
Total current receivables$14,874 $16,691 $14,368 $13,442 
(a) Includes supplier advances, revenue sharing programs receivables in our Aviation business, other non-income based tax receivables, primarily value-added tax related to our operations in various countries outside of the U.S., receivables from disposed businesses, including receivables for transactional services agreements and certain intercompany balances that eliminate upon consolidation. Revenue sharing program receivables in Aviation are amounts due from third parties who participate in engine programs by developing and supplying certain engine components through the life of the program. The participants share in program revenues, receive a share of customer progress payments and share costs related to discounts and warranties.
(b) Consolidated current receivables included a deferred purchase price receivable, which represents our retained risk with respect to current customer receivables sold to third parties through our active receivables facilities. The balance of the deferred purchase price held by GE Capital as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $484 million and $413 million, respectively.
(c) GE Industrial allowance for credit losses decreased primarily due to write-offs and foreign currency impact, partially offset by net new provisions of $132 million.
Sales of GE Industrial current customer receivables. Effective April 1, 2021, the Company discontinued the majority of its factoring programs. The remaining balance related to these discontinued programs was $720 million as of September 30, 2021, including $530 million retained by GE Capital. Sales to GE Capital occurring after March 31, 2021 are only in connection with our remaining unconsolidated receivables facility described below. Customer receivables held by GE Capital and third parties were $3,134 million and $2,582 million, respectively, at March 31, 2021. When GE Industrial sells customer receivables to GE Capital or third parties, it accelerates the receipt of cash that would otherwise have been collected from customers. In any given period, the amount of cash received from sales of customer receivables compared to the cash GE Industrial would have otherwise collected had those customer receivables not been sold represents the cash generated or used in the period relating to this activity. GE Industrial sales of customer receivables to GE Capital or third parties are made on arms-length terms and any discount related to time value of money is recognized by GE Industrial when the customer receivables are sold. In our Statement of Cash Flows, receivables purchased and retained by GE Capital are reflected as cash from operating activities at GE Industrial, primarily as cash used for investing activities at GE Capital and are eliminated in consolidation. Collections on receivables purchased by GE Capital are reflected primarily as cash from investing activities at GE Capital and are reclassified to cash from operating activities in consolidation. As of September 30, 2021 and 2020, GE Industrial sold approximately 19% and 45%, respectively, of its gross customer receivables to GE Capital or third parties. Activity related to customer receivables sold by GE Industrial is as follows:
20212020
GE CapitalThird PartiesGE CapitalThird Parties
Balance at January 1$3,618 $2,992 $3,087 $6,757 
GE Industrial sales to GE Capital12,890 — 24,630 — 
GE Industrial sales to third parties— 765 — 699 
GE Capital sales to third parties(9,933)9,933 (13,757)13,757 
Collections and other(6,144)(11,538)(9,805)(17,755)
Reclassification from long-term customer receivables99 — 207 — 
Balance at September 30
$530 (a)$2,152 (b)$4,362 (a)$3,458 
(a) At September 30, 2021 and 2020, $240 million and $640 million, respectively, of the current receivables purchased and retained by GE Capital had been sold by GE Industrial to GE Capital with recourse (i.e., GE Industrial retains all or some risk of default). The effect on GE Industrial CFOA of claims by GE Capital on receivables sold with recourse was insignificant for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
(b) Included $1,962 million in our active unconsolidated receivables facility at September 30, 2021, ($1,936 million at June 30, 2021 and $1,863 million at March 31, 2021) under which we currently expect to continue sales of GE Industrial receivables.
LONG-TERM RECEIVABLESConsolidatedGE Industrial
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Long-term customer receivables(a)$741 $585 $739 $474 
Long-term sundry receivables(b)1,611 1,748 1,795 2,097 
Allowance for credit losses(133)(142)(133)(142)
Total long-term receivables $2,218 $2,191 $2,401 $2,430 
(a) As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, GE Capital held an insignificant amount and $111 million, respectively, of GE Industrial long-term customer receivables.
(b) Includes supplier advances, revenue sharing programs receivables, other non-income based tax receivables and certain intercompany balances that eliminate upon consolidation.

UNCONSOLIDATED RECEIVABLES FACILITIES. GE Capital has one active revolving receivables facility, under which customer receivables purchased from GE Industrial are sold to third parties. The facility has a program size of $2,000 million as of September 30, 2021. Upon the sale of receivables, we receive proceeds of cash and deferred purchase price and the Company’s remaining risk with respect to the sold receivables is limited to the balance of the deferred purchase price.

Activity related to our unconsolidated receivables facilities is included in the GE Capital sales to third parties line in the sales of GE Industrial current customer receivables table above and is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30
20212020
Customer receivables sold to receivables facilities$8,442 $10,570 
Collections and other on receivables sold to receivables facilities8,523 12,146 
Total cash purchase price for customer receivables7,966 10,060 
Cash collections re-invested to purchase customer receivables7,203 8,865 
Non-cash increases to deferred purchase price$432 $446 
Cash payments received on deferred purchase price362 388 
CONSOLIDATED SECURITIZATION ENTITIES. GE Capital consolidates two variable interest entities (VIEs) that purchased customer receivables and long-term customer receivables from GE Industrial prior to the April 1, 2021 discontinuation of the majority of the Company's factoring programs. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, these VIEs held current customer receivables of $198 million and $1,489 million and long-term customer receivables of zero and $93 million, respectively. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding non-recourse debt under their respective debt facilities was zero and $892 million, respectively.