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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
INCOME TAXES |
Provision for Income Taxes by Taxing Jurisdiction and by Significant Component | The provision for income taxes by taxing jurisdiction and by significant component consisted of the following in millions of dollars:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 377 |  | $ | 1,217 |  | $ | 1,405 |
State |  |  | 32 |  |  | 126 |  |  | 145 |
Foreign |  |  | 449 |  |  | 564 |  |  | 569 |
Total current |  |  | 858 |  |  | 1,907 |  |  | 2,119 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 21 |  |  | (189) |  |  | (117) |
State |  |  | 4 |  |  | (11) |  |  | (11) |
Foreign |  |  | (43) |  |  | (80) |  |  | (45) |
Total deferred |  |  | (18) |  |  | (280) |  |  | (173) |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 840 |  | $ | 1,627 |  | $ | 1,946 |
Comparison of Statutory and Effective Income Tax Provision | A comparison of the statutory and effective income tax provision and reasons for related differences in millions of dollars follow:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
U.S. federal income tax provision at a statutory rate of 35 percent |  | $ | 973 |  | $ | 1,679 |  | $ | 1,919 |
Increase (decrease) resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit |  |  | 23 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 87 |
German branch deferred tax write-off |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 56 |
Differences in taxability of foreign (earnings) losses |  |  | (449) |  |  | (305) |  |  | 43 |
Nondeductible impairment charges |  |  |  |  |  | 32 |  |  | 29 |
Research and business tax credits |  |  | (76) |  |  | (99) |  |  | (56) |
Tax rates on foreign earnings |  |  | (36) |  |  | (71) |  |  | (34) |
Valuation allowance on deferred taxes |  |  | 384 |  |  | 454 |  |  | (14) |
Other-net |  |  | 21 |  |  | (138) |  |  | (84) |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 840 |  | $ | 1,627 |  | $ | 1,946 |
Analysis of the Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities | An analysis of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities at October 31 in millions of dollars follows:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | Deferred |  | Deferred |  | Deferred |  | Deferred |
|  | Tax |  | Tax |  | Tax |  | Tax |
|  | Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Assets |  | Liabilities |
Other postretirement benefit liabilities |  | $ | 1,972 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,968 |  |  |  |
Tax over book depreciation |  |  |  |  | $ | 574 |  |  |  |  | $ | 542 |
Accrual for sales allowances |  |  | 618 |  |  |  |  |  | 654 |  |  |  |
Lease transactions |  |  |  |  |  | 528 |  |  |  |  |  | 404 |
Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 604 |  |  |  |  |  | 514 |  |  |  |
Foreign unrealized losses |  |  | 458 |  |  |  |  |  | 146 |  |  |  |
Pension liability - net |  |  | 315 |  |  |  |  |  | 160 |  |  |  |
Accrual for employee benefits |  |  | 172 |  |  |  |  |  | 229 |  |  |  |
Share-based compensation |  |  | 141 |  |  |  |  |  | 145 |  |  |  |
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  |
Goodwill and other intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | 80 |  |  |  |  |  | 89 |
Allowance for credit losses |  |  | 72 |  |  |  |  |  | 73 |  |  |  |
Deferred gains on distributed foreign earnings |  |  | 33 |  |  |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation |  |  | 51 |  |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  |  |
Undistributed foreign earnings |  |  |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  |  |  | 26 |
Other items |  |  | 436 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 440 |  |  | 116 |
Less valuation allowances |  |  | (940) |  |  |  |  |  | (637) |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities |  | $ | 3,932 |  | $ | 1,326 |  | $ | 3,793 |  | $ | 1,177 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at October 31 in millions of dollars follows:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Beginning of year balance |  | $ | 213 |  | $ | 272 |  | $ | 265 |
Increases to tax positions taken during the current year |  |  | 32 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 30 |
Increases to tax positions taken during prior years |  |  | 29 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 24 |
Decreases to tax positions taken during prior years |  |  | (15) |  |  | (84) |  |  | (51) |
Decreases due to lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | (11) |  |  | (4) |  |  | (5) |
Settlements |  |  | (6) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange |  |  | (13) |  |  | (19) |  |  | 9 |
End of year balance |  | $ | 229 |  | $ | 213 |  | $ | 272 |

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