INTERCOMPANY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	$ (2,640)	$ (919)
Investing activities	847	20,025
Financing activities	(1,608)	(7,962)
Combined GE Industrial and GE Capital cash flows
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	(2,970)	(1,138)
Investing activities	1,747	20,776
Financing activities	(2,178)	(8,494)
Combined GE Industrial and GE Capital cash flows \| GE current receivables sold to GE Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	211	(997)
Investing activities	(448)	945
Financing activities	237	52
Combined GE Industrial and GE Capital cash flows \| GE Industrial long-term receivables sold to GE Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	67	135
Investing activities	(67)	(135)
Financing activities	0	0
Combined GE Industrial and GE Capital cash flows \| Supply chain finance programs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	120	884
Investing activities	(120)	(884)
Financing activities	0	0
Combined GE Industrial and GE Capital cash flows \| Affiliated Entity \| GE current receivables sold to GE Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Volume of current receivables sold to related party	3,218	3,972
Collections on current receivables sold to related party	3,429	2,975
Other reclassifications and eliminations
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating activities	(68)	197
Investing activities	(265)	(677)
Financing activities	$ 333	$ 480

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