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Update to SEC EDGAR Filer Manual Now Available

Posted on the March 15th, 2010 under XBRL by Administrator

Today the SEC made available a DRAFT version of the EDGAR Filer Manual that includes changes to Section 6, the Interactive Data (XBRL) section. Draft Version 14 is available for download here, and includes the following changes…

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Demystifying XBRL (UK-2)

Posted on the March 15th, 2010 under XBRL by Administrator

A useful quick summary of What you need to know about XBRL from a UK tax filing perspective can be found on AccountingWeb. A key point is that if you are able to submit a ‘Short Company Tax Return’ via the HMRC’s online portal as a PDF file, then all the necessary conversion to XBRL will be done for you by HMRC’s web application.

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Rolling the K to the Q: Extension Taxonomy Impact

Posted on the March 15th, 2010 under XBRL by Administrator

With most mandate Group 1 companies coming off their 12/31 10-K XBRL submission and already preparing for the 3/31 XBRL submission, the company’s extension taxonomy comes into focus a bit more than in the previous filing seasons.

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XII’s choice: Change or continue to muddle along

Posted on the March 15th, 2010 under XBRL by Administrator

XBRL International (XII) is a standards organization currently funded by a membership model, with revenue coming from the jurisdictions and conferences. This was a fine model when the XBRL standard was young and large accounting firms and the AICPA saw the benefits from being generous with their support. Conferences were seen as a moneymaker for XBRL International, and funding was adequate to support a startup standard. XII goals were clearly definable, and “easy” to achieve, which also…

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My Fortune.com Piece: California Sunshine for Shadow Banking

Posted on the March 15th, 2010 under XBRL by Administrator

New Fortune.com managing editor (and ‘95 Medill grad) Daniel Roth (@danroth) gave me a chance the other day to write a guest column on transparency and financial recovery and XBRL. It’s now here.

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