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Dividend Declared, Preferred Stock Purchase Right

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Preferred Stock, Portion Of Share

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Transfer Of Financial Assets Accounted For As Sales, New Total Eligible Amount To Be Sold

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 16, 2023 shares $ / shares	Jan. 13, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 03, 2017 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards							$ 801,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.01			$ 0.01			$ 0.01
Revolving Credit Facility \| SPVANA I Credit Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity (up to)									$ 500,000,000
MPSA \| Consumer Loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Commitment of purchaser, current availability financing, principal balances of finance receivables (up to)					$ 5,000,000,000	$ 5,000,000,000		$ 4,000,000,000
Class A
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.001			$ 0.001			$ 0.001
Domestic Tax Authority
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards				$ 1,800,000,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock purchase right \| shares		1
Preferred stock, portion of share \| shares		0.001
Price per one one-thousandth of a preferred share \| $ / shares		$ 50.00
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		0.01
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity (up to)	$ 300,000,000
Subsequent Event \| MPSA \| Consumer Loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Commitment of purchaser, current availability financing, principal balances of finance receivables (up to)			$ 4,000,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Class A
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.001