The SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) recently released an announcement reminding filers to use the standard elements provided in the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) taxonomy to tag data rather than create and use custom tags. The SEC has recognized that, though custom tags accommodate unique conditions in a filer’s individual disclosure, the use of custom tags could potentially impair users’ ability to compare similar data across companies. Continue reading "SEC Advises Filers on Inappropriate Use of..." »

Staff from the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) have published the trend of custom tag usage in XBRL submissions for financial reporting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) from fiscal years 2018 through 2020. When the standard XBRL taxonomy does not provide an appropriate element to tag the disclosure, the SEC’s rules allow filers to create custom tags. This modification accommodates special circumstances in a filer’s particular disclosure, but the SEC has recognized that using custom tags could potentially decrease the comparability of inter-company data. For this reason, the SEC’s rules specify the limited circumstances under which a filer is permitted to create custom tags. Continue reading "SEC Releases Trend of Custom Tag Rates in XBRL..." »

The SEC has announced that revisions to the Interactive Data Test Suite have been made publicly accessible to assist filers in validating data before submitting it to EDGAR. For a summary of the updates, see the change log in the last section of the summary file. Continue reading "SEC Releases an Interactive Data Test Suite..." »

The SEC announced that an Application Programming Interface (API) is now available, giving developers fast and easy access to EDGAR data for corporate disclosures. The API includes XBRL data from financial statements (forms 10-Q, 10-K, 8-K, 20-F, 40-F, 6-K, and their variants) and real-time entity information and submission details in a JavaScript Object Notation format. Also, a bulk zip file to download all API data is updated nightly. Additional related information is available on the EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces documentation page. Continue reading "SEC Disclosure Data API Now Available" »

XBRL US’ Data Quality Committee (DQC) will host a virtual meeting for industry leaders to further engage in discussions and plans to establish rules and guidance for public corporations complying with the SEC’s XBRL requirements. The three-hour webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 and will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET. {expires: 2021-09-30} Continue reading "XBRL US to Host Data Quality Committee Web..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff has issued the XBRL US Proposed DQC Rules Taxonomy (DQCRT) for the US GAAP and SEC reporting taxonomies. Also released is the accompanying Proposed Technical Guide. Both are available for public review and comment until September 23, 2021. {expires: 2021-09-24} Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed DQC Rules Taxonomy and..." »

The SEC announced on September 1, 2021 that a draft 2021Q4 update and a draft 2022 update to the SEC taxonomies were issued for the public to review and submit comments. The draft 2021 release updates the Document and Entity Information (DEI) taxonomy and the Closed-End Fund (CEF), which is a new taxonomy resulting from the Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies Final Rule. The CEF taxonomy is currently available only in draft form and the proposed date for accepting the taxonomy in EDGAR is in December 2021. {expires: 2021-11-02} Continue reading "SEC Issues Draft 2021Q4 and Draft 2022..." »

The FERC has approved final modifications to its Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes proposal to collect further data from certain market-based sellers with ultimate upstream affiliates that have been given blanket authorization to procure the securities of those sellers or upstream affiliates of those sellers. The proposal includes certain updates to the data dictionary and XML schema that accompany the relational database introduced in Order No. 860. Continue reading "FERC Approves New Identifier Requirements" »

The SEC has announced open data enhancements that not only facilitate innovation but also allow all market participants access to financial statements and other disclosures prepared by public companies on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. Continue reading "SEC Upgrades Accessibility to Financial..." »