Financing receivables that are equal to or greater than 30 days past due.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Other pretax income (loss) amounts relating to a disposal group that is classified as a component of the entity, exclusive of the following elsewhere enumerated categories: income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, provision (or any reversals of earlier provisions) for loss on disposal, and adjustments of a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Amount after tax of loss recognized for the write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group. Includes after tax gain for a subsequent increase in fair value (less cost to sell) up to the cumulative loss previously recognized through write-downs.

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Recorded investment in financing receivables that are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of expense related to estimated loss from loan and lease transactions.

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The face amount of all receivables that will be sold to other entities, including trade and loan receivables.

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Businesses Held for Sale, Financing Receivables Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (Financing Receivables Held for Sale) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	$ 27,982		$ 27,982		$ 778
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	783	$ 948	3,898	$ 1,835
Nonaccrual loans	368		368		1,996
Held for sale [Member] \| GE Capital Exit Pln [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs			2,859
Provision for losses net of tax			2,197
Provision for losses before tax			2,405
CLL [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	20		20		25
CLL [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	920		920		357
Energy Financial Services [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	28		28		68
Energy Financial Services [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	6		6		35
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	36		36		27
Commercial [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	366		366		512
Commercial [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	1,072		1,072		419
Over 30 days past due	6		6
Nonaccrual loans	6		6
Consumer [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	2		2		1,484
Consumer [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	26,910		26,910		359
Over 30 days past due	1,124		1,124
Nonaccrual loans	656		656
Other [Member] \| Held for sale [Member]
Balance Sheet [Line Items]
Receivables Held for Sale	$ 110		$ 110		$ 0