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Employee Benefits
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]  
Employee Benefits

We sponsor a noncontributory qualified defined benefit retirement plan, the Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan (Cash Balance Plan), which covers eligible employees of Wells Fargo. Benefits accrued under the Cash Balance Plan were frozen effective July 1, 2009.

       The net periodic benefit cost was:

             
       2013  2012
      Pension benefits  Pension benefits 
       Non-Other  Non-Other
(in millions)Qualifiedqualifiedbenefits Qualifiedqualifiedbenefits
Quarter ended March 31,    
Service cost $ - - 3  - - 3
Interest cost   113 7 12  128 8 15
Expected return on plan assets  (171) - (9)  (162) - (9)
Amortization of net actuarial loss  42 4 -  33 3 -
Amortization of prior service credit  - - (1)  - - (1)
Settlement  - 4 -  1 - -
 Net periodic benefit cost (income)$ (16) 15 5  - 11 8