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Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Income Tax Rates) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Tax On Global Activities Including Exports (24.10%)gecc_TaxOnGlobalActivitiesIncludingExports (45.00%)gecc_TaxOnGlobalActivitiesIncludingExports (18.40%)gecc_TaxOnGlobalActivitiesIncludingExports
U.S. business credits (4.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsOther (4.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsOther (4.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsOther
All other - net (4.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total income tax reconciliation items (33.20%)gecc_TotalIncomeTaxReconciliationItems (48.60%)gecc_TotalIncomeTaxReconciliationItems (28.40%)gecc_TotalIncomeTaxReconciliationItems
Actual income tax rate 1.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (13.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 6.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Cembra [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Tax On Global Activities Including Exports (13.30%)gecc_TaxOnGlobalActivitiesIncludingExports
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