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Supplemental Financial Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Supplemental Financial Information | Note 16: Supplemental Financial Information
Receivables
December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Receivables, gross | $ | 6,972 | $ | 6,026
Less: Allowance for returns and customer incentives |  | 375 |  | 307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 221 |  | 198
Receivables, net | $ | 6,376 | $ | 5,521
In addition to the amounts in the table above, noncurrent receivables of $488 million and $641 million, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are included in other noncurrent assets, net that primarily relate to the licensing of our television and film productions to third parties.
Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest | $ | 2,355 | $ | 2,314 | $ | 2,441
Income taxes | $ | 3,946 | $ | 2,841 | $ | 1,626
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities During 2013: • we acquired GE's remaining 49% common equity interest in NBCUniversal Holdings for total consideration of $16.7 billion, which included noncash consideration of $6 billion that was comprised of $4 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes issued by NBCUniversal Enterprise, $1.25 billion of borrowings under NBCUniversal Enterprise's credit facility and $725 million aggregate liquidation preference of NBCUniversal Enterprise Series A cumulative preferred stock (see Note 4 for additional information on the Redemption Transaction) • we acquired $872 m illion of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid • we recorded a liability of $509 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1 95 per common share paid in January 201 4 • we used $1.4 billion of equity securities to settle a portion of our obligations under prepaid forward sale agreements • we closed a transaction with Liberty Media that included, among other things, the delivery of Liberty Media shares owned by us in exchange for Liberty Media's interests in one of NBCUniversal's contractual obligations (see Note 6 for additional information) During 2012: • we acquired $757 m illion of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid • we recorded a liability of $430 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1 6 25 per common share paid in January 201 3 • NBCUniversal entered into a capital lease transaction that resulted in an increase in property and equipment and debt of $85 million During 2011: • we acquired 51% of NBCUniversal Holdings on January 28, 2011 for cash and a 49% interest in the Comcast Content Business (see Note 4 for additional information on the NBCUniversal transaction) • the fair value of NBCUniversal's previously held equity interest in Universal Orlando was accounted for as noncash consideration in the application of acquisition accounting for the Universal Orlando transaction (see Note 4 for additional information on the Universal Orlando transaction) • we acquired $1 billion of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid • we recorded a liability of $305 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1125 per common share paid in January 201 2
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Supplemental Financial Information | Note 15: Supplemental Financial Information
Receivables
| Successor
December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Receivables, gross | $ | 5,348 | $ | 4,381
Less: Allowance for returns and customer incentives |  | 372 |  | 307
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 65 |  | 46
Receivables, net | $ | 4,911 | $ | 4,028
In addition to the amounts in the table above, noncurrent receivables of $488 million and $641 million, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are included in other noncurrent assets, net that primarily relate to the licensing of our television and film productions to third parties.
Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes
| Successor |  |  | Predecessor
| Year Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, |  | For the Period January 29, 2011 to December 31, |  |  |  | For the Period January 1, 2011 to January 28,
(in millions) | 2013 | 2012 |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2011
Interest | $ | 462 | $ | 461 | $ | 444 |  |  | $ | 1
Income taxes | $ | 205 | $ | 169 | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | 493
Other Cash Flow Information
As of January 28, 2011 (in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of Predecessor period | $ | 470
Comcast Content Business contributed cash balances |  | 38
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of Successor period | $ | 508
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities During 201 3: we acquired $306 million of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid During 201 2: we entered into a capital lease transaction that resulted in an increase in property and equipment and debt of $85 million For the period January 2 8, 2011 through December 31, 2011: Comcast contributed the Comcast Content Business to NBCUniversal as part of the Joint Venture transaction (see Note 3 for additional information on the Joint Venture transaction) the fair value of our previously held equity interest in Universal Orlando was accounted for as noncash consideration in the application of acquisition accounting for the Universal Orlando transaction (see Note 3 for additional information on the Universal Orlando transaction) we acquired $339 million of intellectual property rights that were accrued and unpaid

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