Bank of America Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Jan. 01, 2009	Sep. 30, 2012 United Kingdom Change in Corporate Income Tax Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 United Kingdom Change in Corporate Income Tax Rate [Member]	Jul. 17, 2012 United Kingdom Change in Corporate Income Tax Rate [Member]	Jul. 19, 2011 United Kingdom Change in Corporate Income Tax Rate [Member]
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Line Items]
Value assigned to equity interest to the acquired reporting entity					$ 29,100,000,000
Reduction in Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate								2.00%	2.00%
Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate								23.00%	25.00%
Income tax provision (benefit)	$ 191,000,000	$ (523,000,000)	$ (735,000,000)	$ (1,329,000,000)		$ 781,000,000	$ 774,000,000

The sum of the current income tax expense or benefit and the deferred income tax expense or benefit pertaining to continuing operations.