Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors
General Electric Capital Corporation
General Electric Capital Corporation
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of General
Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) dated July 9, 2009 (the Registration Statement) of our report
dated February 6, 2009, relating to the statement of financial position of GECC and consolidated
affiliates as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of earnings, changes in
shareowners equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2008 and the related schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2008 which report appears in the December 31, 2008 annual report on
Form 10-K of GECC.
Our report with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule, which is dated
February 6, 2009, contains an explanatory paragraph stating that, as discussed in note 1 to the
consolidated financial statements, GECC, in 2008, changed its method of accounting for fair value
measurements and adopted the fair value option for certain financial assets and financial
liabilities and, in 2007, changed its method of accounting for a change or projected change in the
timing of cash flows relating to income taxes generated by leveraged lease transactions. In 2006,
GECC changed its method of accounting for pension and other post retirement benefits.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading Experts in the Registration
Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009