The Divisions of Corporation Finance and Investment Management receive paper “courtesy copies” of materials from many individuals and entities when they file or submit via EDGAR, email, online form or other electronic methods of communication. Registrants frequently send marked copies of amendments to registration statements or copies of electronically filed registration statements showing modifications from previously submitted or filed versions. Continue reading "The Divisions of Corporation Finance and..." »

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 webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST. {expires: 2022-03-24} Continue reading "XBRL US to Hold Virtual Data Quality Committee..." »

On January 14th, staff in the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis noted that some filers were using incorrect context dates when tagging fact values in Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Continue reading "SEC Issues Guidance for Filers Using Incorrect..." »

The SEC previously announced that the 2021Q4 version of the Document and Entity Information (DEI) taxonomy, which includes the newly added elements for tagging auditor information required in Release No. 93701, is compatible only with the 2021 versions of other taxonomies. If a filer attempts to use the 2021Q4 version of the DEI taxonomy with the 2020 version of another taxonomy in the same filing, the filing will be suspended. Continue reading "SEC Releases Taxonomy Compatibility for Newly..." »

In September 2021, the SEC introduced a project entitled “EDGAR Next – Improving Filer Access and Account Management”, wherein the SEC proposed a rule that would implement potential technical changes to the way filers access the EDGAR System to make submissions and how filers manage individuals who make submissions on their behalf. After a first round of feedback from stakeholders within the community, the SEC is now seeking further input in undertaking these technical changes. Continue reading "SEC Provides Update on Its Request for Comment..." »

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 one-hour webinar will take place on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 and will begin at 12:00 p.m. EST. {expires: 2022-01-20} Continue reading "XBRL US to Hold Data Quality Committee Web..." »

On December 20th, the SEC updated the EDGAR system to Release 21.4. The system now supports the 2021Q4 versions of the taxonomies listed below. With this release, the Closed-End Fund (CEF) taxonomy will be accepted in EDGAR for the first time, and the Document and Entity Information (DEI) taxonomy has been updated to include elements for tagging auditor information. For more information, refer to the final 2021Q4 taxonomies’ Release Notes. Continue reading "SEC Releases 2021Q4 XBRL Taxonomies Update" »

To help filers avoid missing deadlines and reduce online traffic around crucial filing dates, the SEC releases a filing schedule detailing when it expects to receive the highest volume of EDGAR filings. The 2022 schedule is now available from the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Releases 2022 Peak Filing Volume Dates for..." »

On December 15th, the SEC proposed amendments that would enhance certain reporting requirements to improve the SEC’s ability to monitor and analyze money market fund data. Money market funds are a category of mutual funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Act) and regulated pursuant to rule 2a-7 under the Act. Continue reading "SEC Proposes Money Market Fund Reforms" »

On December 15th, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 to enhance disclosure requirements and investor protections against transactions in company securities. Adopted by the SEC in August 2000, Rule 10b5-1 provides corporate insiders an affirmative defense to insider trading: (1) for parties that commonly have access to material nonpublic information, including corporate officers, directors, and issuers, and (2) in circumstances where (subject to certain conditions) the trade was (a) under a binding contract, (b) part of an instruction to another person to execute the trade for the instructing person’s account, or (c) part of a written plan adopted when the trader was not aware of material nonpublic information. Continue reading "SEC Proposes Updates to Rule 10b5-1 Insider..." »

On November 4th, the SEC announced that it is proposing rule and form amendments to update filing requirements that would affect issuers, registered investment advisors, institutional investment managers, and others that file or submit reports to the SEC on EDGAR. These changes are intended to increase efficiency, transparency, and operational resiliency of the filing process by updating the way data is submitted to the SEC and disclosed. Continue reading "SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to Electronic..." »