**Exhibit      12(a)**

**General      Electric Capital Services, Inc.**

**and      consolidated affiliates**

**Computation      of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**

|                                                          | **Year                ended December 31** |   |
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| *(Dollars                in millions)*                        | **2005**                                  |   | **2004** |   | **2003** |   | **2002** |   | **2001** |   |
|                                                          |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                from continuing operations            | $                                         | 9,141  |   | $ | 7,853 |   | $ | 5,931 |   | $ | 5,291 |   | $ | 4,406 |   |
| Provision                for income taxes                     |                                      | 1,104  |   |   | 1,513 |   |   | 988 |   |   | 699 |   |   | 988 |   |
| Minority                interest                              |                                      | 202    |   |   | 190 |   |   | 127 |   |   | 145 |   |   | 158 |   |
| Earnings                from continuing operations before     |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income                taxes and minority interest             |                                      | 10,447 |   |   | 9,556 |   |   | 7,046 |   |   | 6,135 |   |   | 5,552 |   |
|                                                          |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fixed                Charges:                                 |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                                                      |                                      | 14,469 |   |   | 11,223 |   |   | 10,002 |   |   | 9,639 |   |   | 10,399 |   |
| One-third                of rentals(a)                        |                                      | 331    |   |   | 310 |   |   | 276 |   |   | 300 |   |   | 307 |   |
| Total                fixed charges                            |                                      | 14,800 |   |   | 11,533 |   |   | 10,278 |   |   | 9,939 |   |   | 10,706 |   |
| Less                interest capitalized, net of amortization |                                      | (72    | ) |   | (37 | ) |   | (23 | ) |   | (38 | ) |   | (88 | ) |
|                                                          |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                from continuing operations            |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| before                income taxes and minority               |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| interest                plus fixed charges                    | $                                         | 25,175 |   | $ | 21,052 |   | $ | 17,301 |   | $ | 16,036 |   | $ | 16,170 |   |
|                                                          |                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Ratio                of earnings to fixed charges             |                                      | 1.70   |   |   | 1.83 |   |   | 1.68 |   |   | 1.61 |   |   | 1.51 |   |
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| (a) | Considered                to be representative of interest factor in rental expense. |   |
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