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Notes to the Financial Statements
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NOTE 16. ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED REVENUE
Accrued liabilities and deferred revenue at December 31 were as follows (in millions):
Automotive Sector
Current
Dealer and customer allowances and claims
Deferred revenue
Employee benefit plans
Accrued interest
Other postretirement employee benefits ("OPEB")
Pension
Other
Total Automotive current
Non-current
Pension
OPEB
Dealer and customer allowances and claims
Deferred revenue
Employee benefit plans
Other
Total Automotive non-current
Total Automotive sector
Financial Services Sector
Total sectors
Intersector elimination (a)
Total Company
2011
$6,971
2,216
1,552
253
439
388
3,184
15,003
15,091
6,152
2,453
1,739
709
766
26,910
41,913
3,457
45,370
(1)
$45,369
2010
$ 7,900
2,069
1,834
479
437
376
3,970
17,065
11,637
5,982
2,203
1,622
624
948
23,016
40,081
3,764
43,845
(1)
$ 43,844
__________
(a) Accrued interest related to Ford's acquisition of Ford Credit debt securities. See Note 18 for additional detail.
NOTE 17. RETIREMENT BENEFITS
We provide pension benefits and OPEB, such as health care and life insurance, to employees in many of our
operations around the world. Plan obligations are measured based on the present value of projected future benefit
payments for all participants for services rendered to date. The measurement of projected future benefits is dependent on
the provisions of each specific plan, demographics of the group covered by the plan, and other key measurement
assumptions. For plans that provide benefits dependent on salary assumptions, we include a projection of salary growth
in our measurements. No assumption is made regarding any potential changes to benefit provisions beyond those to
which we are presently committed (e.g., in existing labor contracts).
The net periodic benefit costs associated with the Company's defined benefit pension plans are determined using
assumptions regarding the benefit obligation and the market-related value of plan assets as of the beginning of each year.
We have elected to use a market-related value of plan assets to calculate the expected return on assets in net periodic
benefit costs. The market-related value recognizes changes in the fair value of plan assets in a systematic manner over
five years. Net periodic benefit costs are recorded in Automotive cost of sales and Selling, administrative and other
expenses. The funded status of the benefit plans, which represents the difference between the benefit obligation and fair
value of plan assets, is calculated on a plan-by-plan basis. The benefit obligation and related funded status are
determined using assumptions as of the end of each year. The impact of plan amendments and actuarial gains and
losses are recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) and generally are amortized as a component of
net periodic cost over the remaining service period of our active employees. We record a curtailment when an event
occurs that significantly reduces the expected years of future service or eliminates the accrual of defined benefits for the
future services of a significant number of employees. We record a curtailment gain when the employees who are entitled
to the benefits terminate their employment; we record a curtailment loss when it becomes probable a loss will occur.