On December 8th, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis announced that it has concluded an assessment of how filers are tagging line items on the income statement over multiple periods. The staff noted that a number of filers are using different elements when tagging the same reported line item on the income statement over multiple periods, though each of those tags are included in the taxonomy versions used in the filings. The staff’s findings also determined that some filers were using one element in a form, for example, Form 10-Q, while using another element for the same reported line item in a different form, such as Form 10-K. Continue reading "SEC Offers Guidance on Tagging Income..." »

On November 30th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released for comment the proposed GAAP taxonomy improvements for the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), which is aimed at improving accounting guidance for lease arrangements between entities under common control. Continue reading "FASB Staff Releases Proposed GAAP Taxonomy..." »

The XBRL US Data Quality Committee (DQC) has announced that it published its 20th Rule Set, which is comprised of five proposed rules for corporate issuers and two proposed rules specific to business development companies (BDCs). DQC rules are freely accessible by US GAAP and IFRS issuers so they may better validate their filings and recognize potential errors. Referring to the DQC rules helps issuers prepare financial statements that are consistent and submitted to the SEC in high quality, Inline XBRL format. Continue reading "XBRL US Announces Webinar: DQC Rules for BDCs..." »

On November 15th, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) released proposed implementation guidance that uses a questions and answers format to clarify and expound on certain GASB pronouncements. Continue reading "GASB Proposes Guidance to Help Stakeholders..." »

On November 15th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released a proposed Taxonomy Implementation Guide. The Guide is premised on the proposed 2023 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, which is currently awaiting SEC acceptance and subject to change until the finalized version is published. The newly proposed Guide, Financial Services—Investment Companies (Including SEC S-X Schedules for Business Development Companies), is comprised of examples intended to help users of the taxonomy understand how the reporting framework for investment companies is structured within the taxonomy. Continue reading "FASB Issues Proposed Investment Companies..." »

On September 6th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff issued the Proposed 2023 DQC Rules Taxonomy (DQCRT) for the US GAAP and SEC reporting taxonomies. Individuals and organizations may review and comment on the modifications made to the proposed DQCRT until October 6, 2022. Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed 2023 DQCRT for Review..." »

On August 15th, the SEC updated the EDGAR system to Release 22.2.2 which will now support the 2022Q3 supplemental US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and 2022Q3 supplemental SEC Reporting Taxonomy (SRT). The 2022Q3 supplements to the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and SRT are comparable to supplements that the Financial Accounting Standards Board published on its website on August 2, 2022. Continue reading "SEC Announces XBRL Taxonomy Update" »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released the Proposed 2022 Q3 Supplemental GAAP Taxonomy for public review and comment. The publication introduces enhancements to the GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and the SEC Reporting Taxonomy, collectively known as the GAAP Taxonomy. Continue reading "FASB Announces Release of Proposed 2022 Q3..." »

On June 3rd, the FASB announced that it has released a proposed Taxonomy Implementation Guide based on the 2022 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy related to disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities. Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed Taxonomy Implementation..." »

On May 24th, the SEC announced that the EDGAR system will be upgraded to Release 22.2 on June 21, 2022. 2020 versions of certain taxonomies will be removed, but all 2021 and 2022 versions of taxonomies will be available for use. The SEC reminds filers that they must use the same version year for all of the taxonomies in an EDGAR submission. Filers may not combine taxonomy versions from different years. Continue reading "SEC Announces Removal of 2020 Taxonomies" »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued three proposed Taxonomy Implementation Guides (Implementation Guides) based on the US GAAP Reporting Taxonomy. The guides provide additional guidance and further insight for preparers using the taxonomy when creating their XBRL documents. The guides have been assessed by various advisors, including the SEC, industry resource groups, and members of the Taxonomy Advisory Group (TAG), and are neither authoritative nor the result of actions taken by the FASB. Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed Taxonomy Implementation..." »

On April 20th, the XBRL US Center for Data Quality (DQC) announced the opening of the 18th public exposure period for review and comment on five new automated checks, including modifications to rules for filers using the US GAAP taxonomy. The DQC rulesets are intended to improve the accuracy and integrity of XBRL financial reports that use these taxonomies. Continue reading "XBRL US DQC Releases Ruleset 18" »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has announced that it will host a webcast designed to provide participants with greater knowledge of how enhancements in the 2022 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (including those related to recently implemented FASB Accounting Standards Updates) will affect registrant XBRL filings. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET and will be presented live via webcast on fasb.org. {expires: 2022-04-06} Continue reading "FASB to Host Webinar: 2022 GAAP and SEC..." »

The SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has observed that some filers are not appropriately tagging disclosures about their finance lease liability, undiscounted future lease payments, and the excess amount of the undiscounted future lease payments over the finance lease liability (for example, imputed interest). DERA is providing guidance to filers to address some of this mistakes. Continue reading "SEC Provides Guidance Regarding Proper Tagging..." »