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..." »

In consultation with the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the staff of the FERC’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) will host a virtual seminar to discuss topics related to technical assistance and ways OPP can prioritize technical assistance for the public. The free event will be presented via webcast and takes place on Thursday, September 16, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. {expires: 2021-09-27} Continue reading "FERC’s Office of Public Participation to Host..." »

The SEC has announced a virtual Investor Advisory Committee meeting that will take place on Thursday, September 9, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. EDT. The public may attend the free event, which will be presented live via webcast at sec.gov. {expires: 2021-09-10} Continue reading "SEC to Host Investor Advisory Committee Meeting" »

The SEC has announced that it will be carefully monitoring the impact and developments affecting investors and capital markets since Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021. Continue reading "SEC Closely Observing Effects of Hurricane Ida..." »

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 that during fiscal year 2022, fees for public companies and other issuers paying to register their securities with the SEC will be fixed at $92.70 per million dollars. The SEC’s projections are calculated using a process developed in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget. Continue reading "SEC Issues Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year..." »

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..." »

The FERC has announced that it will host two virtual staff-led webinars regarding energy and ancillary services markets administered by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. {expires: 2021-10-13} Continue reading "FERC to Host Two-Part Technical Conference..." »

The SEC has submitted to the Federal Register a request for an extension of the current process for data collection of the Form S-1 (17 CFR 239.11), which is used by domestic issuers not eligible to use other forms to register a public offering of their securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.). The data collected is intended to ensure that the information required to be filed by the SEC both allows confirmation of adherence to securities law requirements and assures that such information is accessible to the public. {expires: 2021-09-09} Continue reading "SEC Seeks Comment on S-1 Data Collection" »

The FERC will present a workshop to address certain performance-based ratemaking approaches that may foster deployment of transmission technologies, particularly shared savings. When utilized in certain circumstances, transmission technologies may enhance reliability, efficiency, and capacity, and improve the operation of new or existing transmission facilities. {expires: 2021-09-11} Continue reading "FERC to Host Webinar to Discuss Certain..." »

The SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office, the Better Business Bureau, the Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission, and the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance will jointly convene an online town hall to address both consumer and investment fraud and the rise of digital and cryptocurrencies. The event will take place on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET. The interactive session requires no registration and is free and open to the public. {expires: 2021-08-26} Continue reading "SEC Regional Office to Host a Virtual Town Hall..." »

The final phase-in to use inline XBRL for Risk Return filings begins September 17, 2021. After September 17, all fund groups will need to comply with the Inline XBRL requirements for any initial registration statement (or post-effective amendment that is an annual update to an effective registration statement) that becomes effective on or after that date. To help this transition, Novaworks is presenting a free webinar to help filers learn how to prepare Inline XBRL for the Risk Return taxonomy using our patented XDX technology.

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Version 5.9b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains changes and improvements to XDX View and Inline XBRL validation. Changes to XDX include new features to support separate cover page document for filings and to allow users to paste data directly over tables within XDX while preserving as much of the XDX tagging as possible.

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XBRL US will host a remote seminar to prepare filers for phase two of the roll-out of Inline XBRL for mutual funds that begins September 17, 2021. The one-hour event will held on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. ET. The session is free and open to the public, though registration is required. {expires: 2021-08-19} Continue reading "XBRL US to Present Webinar on Inline XBRL for..." »