Exhibit 23(a)


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors
General Electric Capital Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of General Electric Capital Corporation (the "Corporation") dated March
2, 2005 (the "Registration Statement") of our report dated February 11, 2005,
relating to the statement of financial position of General Electric Capital
Corporation and consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and
the related statements of earnings, changes in shareowner's equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004
(the "consolidated financial statements"), and the related schedule,
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which report appears in the
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Corporation
in 2004 and 2003 changed its method of accounting for variable interest entities
and in 2002 changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible
assets.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
Registration Statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
March 2, 2005