v3.4.0.3
Wireless Device Installment Plans (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Device Installment Plan Receivables

The following table displays device installment plan receivables, net, that continue to be recognized in our condensed consolidated balance sheets:

 

(dollars in millions)   At March 31,
2016
        At December 31,
2015
 

Device installment plan receivables, gross

  $ 3,346        $ 3,720   

Unamortized imputed interest

    (135       (142
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Device installment plan receivables, net of unamortized imputed interest

    3,211          3,578   

Allowance for credit losses

    (513       (444
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Device installment plan receivables, net

  $ 2,698        $ 3,134   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Classified on our condensed consolidated balance sheets:

     

Accounts receivable, net

  $ 1,663        $ 1,979   

Other assets

    1,035          1,155   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Device installment plan receivables, net

  $   2,698        $   3,134   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Activity in Allowance for Credit Losses for Device Installment Plan Receivables

Activity in the allowance for credit losses for the device installment plan receivables was as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)        

Balance at January 1, 2016

   $   444   

Bad debt expense

     163   

Write-offs

     (95

Allowance related to receivables sold

     (2

Other

     3   
  

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2016

   $ 513   
  

 

 

 
Summary of Device Installment Receivables Sold under RPA and Revolving Program

The following table provides a summary of device installment receivables sold under the RPA and the Revolving Programs:

 

(dollars in millions)    RPA          Revolving Programs  
Three Months Ended March 31,    2016      2015           2016      2015  

Device installment plan receivables sold, net (1)

   $         –       $   1,925         $   2,617       $   –   

Cash proceeds received from new transfers

             1,271           1,978           

Cash proceeds received from reinvested collections

                       244           

Deferred purchase price recorded

             695           395           

 

(1) 

Device installment plan receivables net of allowances, imputed interest and the device trade-in right.