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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
| For the Three Months Ended
| March 31, |  | June 30, |  | September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in millions, except per unit data)
Net sales | $ | 4,666 |  |  | $ | 4,574 |  |  | $ | 4,867 |  |  | $ | 4,497 |  |  | $ | 4,557 |  |  | $ | 4,181 |  |  | $ | 3,982 |  |  | $ | 4,533 |
Gross margin on net sales | 524 |  |  | 681 |  |  | 540 |  |  | 610 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 356 |  |  | 184 |  |  | 329 |
Total revenues | 4,990 |  |  | 5,369 |  |  | 6,379 |  |  | 4,670 |  |  | 4,422 |  |  | 5,771 |  |  | 3,366 |  |  | 4,872 |
Net income (loss) | 77 |  |  | 710 |  |  | 1,123 |  |  | 93 |  |  | (627 | ) |  | 1,236 |  |  | (1,102 | ) |  | 405 |
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | (106 | ) |  | (433 | ) |  | (634 | ) |  | (39 | ) |  | 272 |  |  | (764 | ) |  | 624 |  |  | (183 | )
Net (loss) income attributable to Icahn Enterprises | (29 | ) |  | 277 |  |  | 489 |  |  | 54 |  |  | (355 | ) |  | 472 |  |  | (478 | ) |  | 222 |
Basic (loss) income per LP unit(1) | $ | (0.24 | ) |  | $ | 2.56 |  |  | $ | 4.06 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | (2.90 | ) |  | $ | 4.13 |  |  | $ | (3.84 | ) |  | $ | 1.91 |
Diluted (loss) income per LP unit(1) | $ | (0.24 | ) |  | $ | 2.50 |  |  | $ | 4.06 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | (2.90 | ) |  | $ | 4.10 |  |  | $ | (3.84 | ) |  | $ | 1.90 |
(1) | Basic and diluted (loss) income per LP unit is computed separately for each quarter and therefore, the sum of such quarterly per LP unit amounts may differ from the total for the year.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35737889&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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