On August 2nd, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released a proposed Taxonomy Implementation Guide, Income Taxes (Topic 740), which is based on the 2024 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (GRT). The proposed guide is designed to illustrate how income taxes are reported under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740. Note that it focuses only on detail tagging (Level 4). Continue reading "FASB Publishes Proposed Taxonomy Implementation..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released proposed GAAP Taxonomy Improvements for the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Derivatives Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for a Share-Based Payment from a Customer in a Revenue Contract. Continue reading "FASB Publishes Proposed GAAP Taxonomy..." »

On July 1, 2024, the EDGAR system was upgraded to Release 24.2, which now accepts the Security-Based Swap (SBS) taxonomy and supports the 2024 version of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxonomy. Continue reading "SEC Issues EDGAR 24.2 Release XBRL Taxonomies..." »

On June 28th, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) released a report analyzing the way filers use custom tags in their eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) submissions from 2021 to 2023. The average custom tag rate for filings in 2023 decreased compared to 2022 for Forms 10-K and 10-K/A across all filer status except the accelerated filer category. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Trend Analysis of Custom Tag..." »

On Thursday, May 30th, the SEC reminded issuers that, under US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), certain entities must provide basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) with equal prominence on the face of the income statement for each period presented in their annual and interim reports. For filings in which basic and diluted EPS have the same value and are presented only once on the face of the income statement, an entity should tag that amount twice using both tags. Continue reading "SEC Provides Guidance Related to Incorrect..." »

On March 18, 2024, the SEC upgraded the EDGAR system to Release 24.1. The system now supports the 2024 XBRL reporting taxonomies. The SEC does not anticipate the removal of the 2022 versions of any taxonomies to occur before June 2024. Continue reading "SEC Issues 2024 XBRL Taxonomies Update" »

The SEC announced that its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) reviewed certain Forms 10-Q and Forms 10-K filed in 2023 to determine whether filers’ cash flow statement data element presentation structure (such as parent and descendant relationship) is organized correctly. Cash flow statement presentation structure includes three parents: Net Cash Provided by or Used in the Operating Activities Abstract, Financing Activities Abstract, and Investing Activities Abstract. Continue reading "SEC Staff Reviews Cash Flow Statement Data..." »

On January 26th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released two proposed Taxonomy Implementation Guides based on the 2024 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, which is currently under consideration by the SEC. These guides focus on the XBRL modeling for the reporting of leases and reporting by investment companies. Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed Taxonomy Implementation..." »

Last month the FASB released proposed updates to the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (GRT) related to a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) on Debt with Conversion and Other Options. Updates to the proposed taxonomy will include new elements and reference modifications. The proposed updates to the GRT are just some of several updates released throughout the year as proposed ASUs are issued. The GRT, which includes all of these taxonomy updates, is published in the last quarter of each calendar year. Continue reading "FASB Publishes Proposed Updates for US GAAP..." »

On November 2nd, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff released for public comment proposed improvements for references in the 2024 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes. As part of the FASB staff’s ongoing efforts to review the taxonomy references for further improvement, the proposed improvements would, among other things, add references to sections 45, 50, and S99 of certain accounting topics in the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. Continue reading "FASB Issues Improvements for 2024 US GAAP..." »

On November 3rd, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) concluded its assessment of how filers label the elements used in tagging reported items on the income statement over multiple periods. Staff noted that some filers use various labels for the same element used to tag the same reported item on the income statement from one period to the next. This even occurred when the description of the reported item did not change. More specifically, filers used one label in a certain form (such as Form 10-Q) while using a different label for the same element in a different form (such as Form 10-K). For instance, the element “Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax” should not use the label “Operating revenue” on Form 10-Q while using the label “Total operating revenue” on Form 10-K. Continue reading "SEC Releases Findings from Evaluation of..." »

On October 6th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff released proposed technical and other conforming improvements for the 2024 US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Financial Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes for public review and comment. Continue reading "FASB Publishes Technical and Other Improvements..." »

The SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has announced that it has concluded its assessment of the way filers are tagging write-offs for their credit quality indicator disclosures in their Form 10-K and their allowance for credit loss. The assessment was conducted only on those filers that have financing receivables and follow Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, a set of accounting standards that modernized the way entities measure credit losses on financial instruments published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in March 2022. Continue reading "SEC Issues Findings on Tagging Allowance for..." »

The SEC's Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has observed that filers are using tags associated with accrual items related to operating activities as presentation child elements on certain Forms 10-K and 10-Q and has offered guidance to more correctly tag these items. Continue reading "SEC Offers Guidance Regarding Correct Usage of..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff has published GAAP Taxonomy Improvements for a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), which addresses stakeholder concerns regarding comparability and complexity related to purchased financial assets. Continue reading "FASB Staff Issues Proposed GAAP Taxonomy..." »