Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 24.6% and (17.1)%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 includes tax benefits of $36 million from the resolution of tax examinations and tax accruals of $28 million for the repatriation of non-U.S. earnings. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2011 includes tax benefits of $34 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets and $18 million from the resolution of tax examinations. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 22.1% and 19.7%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 include tax benefits of $17 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets (net of $15 million of tax accrued to repatriate these earnings), $58 million from the resolution of tax examinations, and tax accruals of $28 million for the repatriation of additional non-U.S. earnings. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 includes the tax benefit of $34 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets and $27 million from the resolution of tax examinations. With the exception of the impact of unusual sales of leveraged lease assets and the one-time restructuring of our Canadian operations that led us to accrue taxes for the repatriation of certain earnings, it is our intention to permanently reinvest substantially all of our foreign cash in our foreign operations. On August 27, 2012, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a prior Tax Court decision and ruled in favor of the IRS and adverse to the Historic Boardwalk Hall LLC, a partnership in which we had made an investment in 2000. The judgment is not yet final. Based on our partnership contractual relationship, we do not expect this matter to have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations. As is the case with other large corporations, our tax returns are examined each year by tax authorities in the United States, other countries and local jurisdictions in which we have operations. Except for issues arising out of certain partnership investments, the IRS examination of tax years 2001-2004 is closed to audit and the examination of years 2005-2008 is expected to be closed to audit by the end of 2012. Other significant tax filings subject to examination include various post-2000 U.S. state and local, post 2007 Canadian and German, and post-2008 French and U.K. tax filings. We have other less significant tax filings currently under examination or subject to examination. We regularly assess the likelihood of tax adjustments in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we have operations and account for the related financial statement implications. We believe we have established tax reserves that are appropriate given the possibility of tax adjustments. However, determining the appropriate level of tax reserves requires judgment regarding the uncertain application of tax law and the possibility of tax adjustments. Future changes in tax reserve requirements could have a material impact, positive or negative, on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 24.6% and (17.1)%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 includes tax benefits of $36 million from the resolution of tax examinations and tax accruals of $28 million for the repatriation of non-U.S. earnings. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2011 includes tax benefits of $34 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets and $18 million from the resolution of tax examinations.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 22.1% and 19.7%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 include tax benefits of $17 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets (net of $15 million of tax accrued to repatriate these earnings), $58 million from the resolution of tax examinations, and tax accruals of $28 million for the repatriation of additional non-U.S. earnings. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 includes the tax benefit of $34 million from the sale of non-U.S. leveraged lease assets and $27 million from the resolution of tax examinations.

With the exception of the impact of unusual sales of leveraged lease assets and the one-time restructuring of our Canadian operations that led us to accrue taxes for the repatriation of certain earnings, it is our intention to permanently reinvest substantially all of our foreign cash in our foreign operations.

On August 27, 2012, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a prior Tax Court decision and ruled in favor of the IRS and adverse to the Historic Boardwalk Hall LLC, a partnership in which we had made an investment in 2000. The judgment is not yet final. Based on our partnership contractual relationship, we do not expect this matter to have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

As is the case with other large corporations, our tax returns are examined each year by tax authorities in the United States, other countries and local jurisdictions in which we have operations. Except for issues arising out of certain partnership investments, the IRS examination of tax years 2001-2004 is closed to audit and the examination of years 2005-2008 is expected to be closed to audit by the end of 2012. Other significant tax filings subject to examination include various post-2000 U.S. state and local, post 2007 Canadian and German, and post-2008 French and U.K. tax filings. We have other less significant tax filings currently under examination or subject to examination.

We regularly assess the likelihood of tax adjustments in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we have operations and account for the related financial statement implications. We believe we have established tax reserves that are appropriate given the possibility of tax adjustments. However, determining the appropriate level of tax reserves requires judgment regarding the uncertain application of tax law and the possibility of tax adjustments. Future changes in tax reserve requirements could have a material impact, positive or negative, on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.