Note 10: Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Table [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)			2011		2010		2009
Current:
	United States:
		Federal	$	428	$	122	$	239
		State		99		128		54
	Foreign			1,373		1,164		837
				1,900		1,414		1,130
Future:
	United States:
		Federal		528		461		370
		State		27		-		41
	Foreign			(224)		(48)		40
				331		413		451
Income tax expense			$	2,231	$	1,827	$	1,581
Attributable to items credited (charged) to equity and goodwill			$	864	$	276	$	(782)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Table [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)		2011		2010
Future income tax benefits:
	Insurance and employee benefits	$	2,579	$	1,986
	Other asset basis differences		(569)		(540)
	Other liability basis differences		1,046		958
	Tax loss carryforwards		723		729
	Tax credit carryforwards		1,247		1,371
	Valuation allowances		(977)		(911)
		$	4,049	$	3,593
Future income taxes payable:
	Fixed assets	$	667	$	647
	Other items, net		248		190
		$	915	$	837

Schedule of Income before Income Tax Domestic and Foreign Table [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	3,293	$	2,655	$	2,584
Foreign		4,312		3,883		3,176
	$	7,605	$	6,538	$	5,760

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Table [Text Block]

	2011	2010	2009
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%
Tax on international activities	(4.3)%	(7.6)%	(6.9)%
Tax audit settlements	(0.8)%	-	(0.7)%
Other	(0.6)%	0.5%	-
Effective income tax rate	29.3%	27.9%	27.4%

Summary Of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Tax Credit Carryforwards		Tax Loss Carryforwards
Expiration period:
2012-2016	$	22	$	523
2017-2021		164		125
2022-2031		308		397
Indefinite		753		2,157
Total	$	1,247	$	3,202

Summary Of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Tax Credit Carryforwards		Tax Loss Carryforwards
Expiration period:
2012-2016	$	22	$	523
2017-2021		164		125
2022-2031		308		397
Indefinite		753		2,157
Total	$	1,247	$	3,202

Summary Of Income Tax Contingencies [Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)		2011		2010		2009
Balance at January 1	$	891	$	793	$	773
Additions for tax positions related to the current year		71		115		90
Additions for tax positions of prior years		71		80		174
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(24)		(81)		(20)
Settlements		(63)		(16)		(224)
Balance at December 31	$	946	$	891	$	793
Gross interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits	$	23	$	27	$	21
Total accrued interest balance at December 31	$	165	$	144	$	142