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Income Taxes (Provision For Taxes 2) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]                      
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 81,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 103,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (123,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 301,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (1,035,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 297,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 243,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (26,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 362,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (521,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,083,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes                 3,998,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 2,964,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 4,820,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Non-U.S. earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes                 2,864,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 3,101,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 2,863,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
U.S. federal, current                 162,000,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit (562,000,000)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 649,000,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. federal, deferred                 (174,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (679,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (212,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Non-U.S., current                 1,093,000,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 804,000,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 1,000,000,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Non-U.S., deferred                 (518,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (40,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (207,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Other Tax Expense Benefit                 (201,000,000)us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit (44,000,000)us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit (147,000,000)us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
Cumulative earning of non-U.S affiliates reinvested indefinitely 78us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries       73us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries       78us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries 73us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Number Of Income Tax Returns Filed Annually                 5,500,000,000gecc_NumberOfIncomeTaxReturnsFiledAnnually    
Number Of Global Taxing Jurisdictions                 250,000,000gecc_NumberOfGlobalTaxingJurisdictions    
Percentage of reduction in effective tax rate                 1.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlements    
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes                 $ 6,862,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 6,065,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 7,683,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments