Revenues from Services (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Interest On Loans	$ 3,807		$ 4,029
Equipment leased to others	2,427		2,661
Fees	1,048		1,086
Investment Income	622		558
Financing leases	307		387
Associated companies	388		373
Premiums earned by insurance activities	329		352
Real estate investments	0		0
Other items	(2,967)		412
Revenues from services (Note 9)	5,961		9,858
Assets	476,460	[1]		501,405	[1]
Financing Receivable, Net	78,064			217,382
Liabilities	402,761	[1]		411,007	[1]
Deposits	62,691			62,839
Revenues	5,982		9,885
Restructuring charges
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business	1,845
Impairment of equity method investment	1,404
Significant associated companies [Member]
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Assets	66,581			78,632
Financing Receivable, Net	36,538			46,481
Liabilities	48,166			57,273
Deposits	2,085			1,853
Debt	39,770			39,147
Revenues	3,220		3,544
Net earnings	$ 299		$ 437

[1] (a) Our consolidated assets at March 31, 2015 included total assets of $48,303million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets included net financing receivables of $27,831 million, financing receivables held for sale of $14,171 millionand investment securities of $3,290 million. Our consolidated liabilities at March 31, 2015 included liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GECC. These liabilities included non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $27,561 million. See Note 12.