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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] | The sources of income from continuing operations before income taxes are:
(dollars in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
United States | $ | 2,534 |  |  | $ | 2,782 |  |  | $ | 4,165 |
Foreign | 4,599 |  |  | 3,685 |  |  | 4,547 |
| $ | 7,133 |  |  | $ | 6,467 |  |  | $ | 8,712 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | The income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following components:
(dollars in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Current: |  |  |  |  |
United States: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 328 |  |  | $ | 319 |
State | (21 | ) |  | (37 | ) |  | 38 |
Foreign | 1,290 |  |  | 1,158 |  |  | 1,484 |
| 1,299 |  |  | 1,449 |  |  | 1,841 |
Future: |  |  |  |  |
United States: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 318 |  |  | 712 |  |  | 421 |
State | 134 |  |  | 109 |  |  | (23 | )
Foreign | (54 | ) |  | (159 | ) |  | 5 |
| 398 |  |  | 662 |  |  | 403 |
Income tax expense | $ | 1,697 |  |  | $ | 2,111 |  |  | $ | 2,244 |
Attributable to items credited (charged) to equity | $ | (299 | ) |  | $ | (114 | ) |  | $ | 1,535 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | Differences between effective income tax rates and the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate are as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Tax on international activities | (8.1 | )% |  | (2.0 | )% |  | (3.3 | )%
Tax audit settlements | (2.9 | )% |  | — |  |  | (4.3 | )%
Other | (0.2 | )% |  | (0.4 | )% |  | (1.6 | )%
Effective income tax rate | 23.8 | % |  | 32.6 | % |  | 25.8 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The tax effects of temporary differences and tax carryforwards which gave rise to future income tax benefits and payables at December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
(dollars in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015
Future income tax benefits: |  |  |
Insurance and employee benefits | $ | 2,382 |  |  | $ | 2,650 |
Other asset basis differences | 1,098 |  |  | 1,199 |
Other liability basis differences | 1,403 |  |  | 1,543 |
Tax loss carryforwards | 494 |  |  | 528 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 873 |  |  | 872 |
Valuation allowances | (545 | ) |  | (591 | )
| $ | 5,705 |  |  | $ | 6,201 |
Future income taxes payable: |  |  |
Other asset basis differences | $ | 5,376 |  |  | $ | 5,324 |
Other items, net | 364 |  |  | 531 |
| $ | 5,740 |  |  | $ | 5,855 |
Summary Of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | At December 31, 2016, tax credit carryforwards, principally state and foreign, and tax loss carryforwards, principally state and foreign, were as follows:
(dollars in millions) | Tax Credit Carryforwards |  |  | Tax Loss Carryforwards |
Expiration period: |  |  |
2017-2021 | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 317 |
2022-2026 | 13 |  |  | 187 |
2027-2036 | 219 |  |  | 363 |
Indefinite | 629 |  |  | 1,780 |
Total | $ | 873 |  |  | $ | 2,647 |
Summary Of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits and interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
(dollars in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Balance at January 1 | $ | 1,169 |  |  | $ | 1,089 |  |  | $ | 1,223 |
Additions for tax positions related to the current year | 69 |  |  | 206 |  |  | 164 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 167 |  |  | 99 |  |  | 435 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (61 | ) |  | (101 | ) |  | (47 | )
Settlements | (258 | ) |  | (124 | ) |  | (686 | )
Balance at December 31 | $ | 1,086 |  |  | $ | 1,169 |  |  | $ | 1,089 |
Gross interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 180 |
Total accrued interest balance at December 31 | $ | 185 |  |  | $ | 176 |  |  | $ | 292 |

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