Long-Term Debt - Aggregate Annual Maturities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	$ 46,076
2015	27,076
2016	36,165
2017	35,698
2018	27,132
Thereafter	77,527
Long-term Debt	249,674		275,585
Bank of America Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	31,184	[1]
2015	22,189	[1]
2016	26,840	[1]
2017	25,370	[1]
2018	25,612	[1]
Thereafter	62,908	[1]
Long-term Debt	194,103	[1],[2]	206,260	[2]
Bank of America Corporation [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	24,820	[1]
2015	15,365	[1]
2016	18,164	[1]
2017	18,273	[1]
2018	20,311	[1]
Thereafter	35,180	[1]
Long-term Debt	132,113	[1]
Bank of America Corporation [Member] | Senior Structured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	6,360	[1]
2015	5,561	[1]
2016	3,429	[1]
2017	1,421	[1]
2018	1,989	[1]
Thereafter	11,815	[1]
Long-term Debt	30,575	[1]
Bank of America Corporation [Member] | Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	4	[1]
2015	1,263	[1]
2016	5,247	[1]
2017	5,676	[1]
2018	3,312	[1]
Thereafter	8,675	[1]
Long-term Debt	24,177	[1]
Bank of America Corporation [Member] | Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	0	[1]
2015	0	[1]
2016	0	[1]
2017	0	[1]
2018	0	[1]
Thereafter	7,238	[1]
Long-term Debt	7,238	[1]
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	1,282
2015	1,503
2016	5,078
2017	6,339
2018	11
Thereafter	1,860
Long-term Debt	16,073		15,723
Bank of America, N.A. [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	19
2015	0
2016	2,492
2017	2,664
2018	0
Thereafter	179
Long-term Debt	5,354
Bank of America, N.A. [Member] | Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	0
2015	0
2016	1,082
2017	3,664
2018	0
Thereafter	1,531
Long-term Debt	6,277
Bank of America, N.A. [Member] | Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	1,263
2015	1,503
2016	1,504
2017	11
2018	11
Thereafter	150
Long-term Debt	4,442
Subsidiaries [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	4,098
2015	2,129
2016	2,450
2017	2,467
2018	1,318
Thereafter	7,588
Long-term Debt	20,050		19,346
Subsidiaries [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	284
2015	24
2016	0
2017	1
2018	0
Thereafter	0
Long-term Debt	309
Subsidiaries [Member] | Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
Thereafter	406
Long-term Debt	406
Subsidiaries [Member] | Structured Finance [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	3,614
2015	2,049
2016	1,520
2017	1,723
2018	1,281
Thereafter	6,726
Long-term Debt	16,913
Subsidiaries [Member] | Other Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	200
2015	56
2016	930
2017	743
2018	37
Thereafter	456
Long-term Debt	2,422
Consolidated Entity Excluding Variable Interest Entities (VIE) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	36,564
2015	25,821
2016	34,368
2017	34,176
2018	26,941
Thereafter	72,356
Long-term Debt	230,226		241,329
Consolidated VIEs [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2014	9,512
2015	1,255
2016	1,797
2017	1,522
2018	191
Thereafter	$ 5,171

[1] (1) On October 1, 2013, the merger of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. into Bank of America Corporation was completed. Effective with this merger, Bank of America Corporation assumed outstanding Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. debt including trust preferred securities.

[2] On October 1, 2013, the merger of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. into Bank of America Corporation was completed. Effective with this merger, Bank of America Corporation assumed outstanding Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. debt including trust preferred securities.