The SEC has released a statement concerning inappropriate custom member use in XBRL pertaining to certain axes. The US GAAP reporting taxonomy has designated a limited set of permitted members for these axes. The SEC has observed that occasionally filers have inappropriately added custom members where they are not allowed. Continue reading "SEC Releases Statement about Inappropriate XBRL..." »

The SEC will be closed today, Monday, October 12th, in observance of Columbus Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of October 12th will be due the following business day. Continue reading "SEC Closed October 12th for Columbus Day" »

With the release of the new SEC fee rate table, the SEC changed the location of the table on their website. Because the software uses the location to download the fee rate table for use in calculating filing fees, the current version of the software will not be able to download the new fee rate table. Additionally, it does not detect that the fees are out of date because the old fee rate table is still available at the old location on the SEC’s website.

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In 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) revised its electronic filing format to incorporate structured data in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. As has been the case with other federal regulators, the move to adopt XBRL is being undertaken to modernize the reporting environment and increase efficiency in submitting and consuming data. Broad support across the industry also helped drive the action.
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Version 5.5a of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release corresponds to EDGAR 20.3 and contains new form types as specified by EDGAR 20.3. Additionally, this release contains support for the new redlining format for inline XBRL documents and other EDGAR 20.3 changes. Improvements and corrections have been made to the HTML to XHTML function, to HTML validation, to XDX for Risk Return, and to various other functions.

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On August 12, 2020, XBRL US posted a webinar entitled “Roadmap to Building Successful Financial Data Standards”. The webinar was presented by Scott Theis, Chair of the XBRL US Domain Steering Committee, and Campbell Pryde, President and CEO of XBRL US. Continue reading "XBRL US Webinar Introduces Published First..." »

The SEC will be closed Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of September 7 will be due the following business day.
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Version 5.4b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains additional protections and features to deal with the EDGAR system issues that are occurring for many filers. Additionally, this release has a new Tidy HTML function and new processing in XDX to override the presentation on which facts created by an engram will appear. There have also been a number of improvements to the general application to further improve the handling of large files or files with long lines and to reorganize tools on the Edit Ribbon.

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Please be aware that there are two significant issues that are currently affecting filers: a) issues with HTML code generated by software other than GoFiler that can result in data loss if the HTML code contains no line returns; and b) SEC changes to the EDGAR system that are affecting the filing and acceptance response time and performance. The first issue has been addressed in a hotfix for GoFiler, which you can download and install by following the instructions in this notice. The second is not a problem with GoFiler but rather a general problem with the SEC changes to the EDGAR system. More information on that is also available in this notice.

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Under the leadership of Scott Theis, the XBRL US Domain Steering Committee (DSC) published the first release of the XBRL Taxonomy Development Handbook (TDH). Developed over a two-year period, the TDH provides an in-depth roadmap to building effective structured data reporting systems. The handbook covers the fundamentals of the XBRL specification, data modeling and translating models to XBRL, assessing project scope, creating an appropriate data model to support reporting requirements, the mechanics of building the taxonomy, best practice in establishing a governance structure, and documenting the program to aid XBRL preparers and consumers.
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Version 5.4a of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release corresponds to EDGAR 20.2 and contains a number of corrections and improvements for Page View, XDX View (both US GAAP and Risk Return), N-PORT View and Submission View. There have also been a number of improvements to the general application to improve the handling of large files or files with long lines.

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The SEC will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of July 3 will be due the following business day. Continue reading "SEC Closed Friday, July 3" »

Version 5.3c of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains a new Prospectus Wizard for creating Risk Return documents using XDX as well as improvement to HTML importing. Additionally, some changes were made to Form D View and Form N-PORT View.

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The SEC will be closed Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of May 25 will be due the following business day. Continue reading "SEC Closed Monday, May 25" »

Version 5.3b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains a number of improvements to XDX View as well as some general application changes. Additionally, some changes were made to Form D View, Form N-PORT View, and Form 13F View.

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