(Details)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Icahn Enterprises Holdings [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership in operating subsidiary		99.00%
New ARL [Member] [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership in operating subsidiary		75.00%
Principal Owners and Affiliates [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Affiliate ownership interest in Icahn Enterprises (in units)		101,872,909
Affiliate ownership interest in Icahn Enterprises	88.00%	87.90%
Icahn Enterprises G.P. [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
General partner ownership percentage in Icahn Enterprises		1.00%
General partner ownership interest in Icahn Enterprises Holdings		1.00%
Aggregate general partner ownership interest of parent and operating subsidiary		1.99%

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

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The number of units or percentage investment held in the subsidiary by the limited liability company or limited partnership.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 22

-Article 12

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