XBRL US will host a webinar to prepare filers to use the SEC’s new EDGAR Filer Management dashboard that will go live on March 24, 2025. The session will feature an overview of important deadlines, a “prep for enrollment” checklist, and technical demonstrations of both the bulk and manual enrollment process. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). {expires: 2025-03-06} Continue reading "XBRL US to Host Webinar to Promote Readiness..." »

On February 3rd, the EDGAR system was upgraded with interim release 25.0.1, and it now supports the 2024q3 version of the Fund (FND) taxonomy. The 2024q3 version of the FND taxonomy will now include the requisite update for compatibility with the 2024q3 version of the Open-End Fund (OEF) taxonomy enabling filers to use both taxonomies in one filing, and provide the elements for tagging disclosures related to the SEC’s rulemaking regarding enhanced prospectus disclosure requirements for terminology used in fund names. Continue reading "SEC Announces Interim Release 25.0.1 for EDGAR..." »

On January 29th, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly extended the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF. Adopted on February 8, 2024, this is the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, including those that also are registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators (CPOs) or commodity trading advisers (CTA). Continue reading "SEC, CFTC Announce Extension of Form PF..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released for public review and comment proposed GAAP Taxonomy Improvements for the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) on Topic 818, Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations, along with related release notes. Continue reading "FASB Staff Releases Proposed GAAP Taxonomy..." »

In December 2024, the SEC published its semi-annual report to Congress regarding public and internal use of machine-readable data for corporate disclosures, in compliance with the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 (FDTA) signed into law on December 23, 2022. The FDTA requires the SEC to submit this report to both the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives every 180 days through December 23, 2029, when the provision requiring the report concludes. Continue reading "SEC Staff Issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress..." »

The SEC has adopted amendments that would add to the revised filing and recordkeeping requirements the agency has been implementing for the past 20 years. The amendments require the electronic filing, submission, or posting of certain forms, filings, and other submissions that national securities exchanges, national securities associations, clearing agencies, broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants make with the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Updates the Submission of Certain Forms,..." »

The SEC has released its draft of the EDGAR® Filer Manual, Volume II: “EDGAR Filing” (Version 72) to prepare issuers for potential updates to the EDGAR system scheduled to be introduced in EDGAR Release 24.4 on December 16, 2024. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Current Draft EDGAR Filer Manual" »

On December 3rd, the SEC announced that the EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume I) General Information has been amended to reflect rule and form updates, the implementation of technical changes, and other minor edits adopted in its September 2024 rulemaking. For more details, please see the EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management final rule. The amendments are effective March 24, 2025. Continue reading "SEC Updates Volume I of the EDGAR Filer Manual" »

On November 15th, the SEC voted to approve new rules and amendments to enhance transparency requirements and provide additional investor protection in initial public offerings (IPOs) by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and in future business combination transactions between SPACs and target companies (de-SPAC transactions). Continue reading "SEC Adopts New Rules to Increase Transparency..." »

On October 30th, the SEC provided guidance related to a technical issue identified in the Open-End Fund (OEF) taxonomy. To address the matter, the SEC has published an updated 2024Q3 version of the OEF taxonomy and the related updated taxonomy guide. Continue reading "SEC Releases Updated 2024Q3 Version of the..." »

The SEC has published the 2025 Peak Filing Volume Dates for EDGAR filings. To help filers avoid missing deadlines and to lessen online traffic around important filing dates, the SEC releases a filing schedule detailing when it expects to receive the highest volume of EDGAR filings. The 2025 Peak Filing schedule is now available on the SEC’s EDGAR Calendar webpage.

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XBRL US will present a webinar to familiarize issuers with the SEC’s rulemaking for public company cybersecurity disclosures, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure, which was initially proposed in March 2022. The 60-minute virtual will take place on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. The event is free for the public to attend but registration is required. {expires: 2024-11-07} Continue reading "XBRL US to Host Webinar to Discuss SEC..." »

On September 27th, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to streamline connections to and enhance the security of the EDGAR system while improving a filer’s access and ability to manage their EDGAR accounts. These revisions are related to certain technical updates to the EDGAR system, which are commonly referred to as EDGAR Next. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Rules to Improve EDGAR System, Opens..." »

On September 24th, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) announced that it had concluded an assessment of how filers are tagging provision (benefit) for credit losses on income statements. Staff performed the assessment on Forms 10-K and 10-Q that have one or more custom tags for tagging the provision (benefit) for credit losses section of the income statement. Continue reading "SEC Provides Guidance for Proper Use of Custom..." »

On September 18th, the SEC published the draft of the 2025 updates to its reporting taxonomies, including updates within the annual review and update process for all SEC taxonomies accepted in the EDGAR system. The Draft 2025 Release Notes provide more information related to specific changes in the 2025 update. Continue reading "SEC Publishes 2025 Draft Taxonomies for Review..." »