INCOME TAXES - Deferred Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred tax assets
Credit loss deduction	$ 7,010	$ 8,356
Deferred compensation and employee benefits	4,676	4,067
Restructuring and settlement reserves	1,599	1,806
Unremitted foreign earnings	6,368	6,910
Investment and loan basis differences	4,979c_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxInvestments	4,409c_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxInvestments
Cash flow hedges	529	736
Tax credit and net operating loss carry-forwards	23,395	26,097
Fixed assets and leases	2,093	666
Other deferred tax assets	2,334us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther	2,734us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Gross deferred tax assets	52,983us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross	55,781us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Valuation allowance	0	0
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance	52,983us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet	55,781us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred policy acquisition costs and value of insurance in force	(415)	(455)
Intangibles	(1,636)	(1,076)
Debt issuances	(866)	(811)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(559)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	(640)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Gross deferred tax liabilities	(3,476)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities	(2,982)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Net deferred tax assets	$ 49,507us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	$ 52,799us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet

The sum of the tax effects as of the balance sheet date of the amount of excesses of tax deductions over gross income in a year which cannot be used on the tax returns in the current year but can be carried forward to reduce taxable income or income taxes payable in a future year and future tax deductions arising from all unused tax credit carryforwards which have been reduced by a valuation allowance.

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