Discontinued and Held-for-sale Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Select financial information of discontinued operations is summarized below. The pretax income or loss, including direct costs to transact a sale, includes any impairment recognized to present the operations at the lower-of-cost or fair value. Fair value was based on the estimated sales price, which could differ from the ultimate sales price due to price volatility, changing interest rates, changing foreign-currency rates, and future economic conditions.

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
($ in millions)	2015			2014			2015			2014
Select Automotive Finance operations
Total net revenue	$	—		$	29		$	—		$	95
Pretax (loss) income including direct costs to transact a sale (a)	(1		)	46			452			101
Tax expense (b)	3			—			68			4
Other operations
Pretax (loss) income	$	(1	)	$	5		$	19		$	25
Tax benefit	—			(79		)	(2		)	(77		)

(a) Includes certain treasury and other corporate activity recognized by Corporate and Other.

(b) Includes certain income tax activity recognized by Corporate and Other.