In May 2021, the Financial Transparency Act (FTA) was reintroduced to the 117th United States Congress. This bill, if passed, would direct all eight major US financial regulatory agencies to implement consistent data standards for the information they collect from filers under existing securities, commodities and banking laws.
This is part of a series on common errors and pitfalls in ESEF filings, observed in our analysis of hundreds of reports collected in our repository, at filings.xbrl.org. For the series introduction, start here. An ESEF report is made up of multiple files which must be submitted in a specially formatted ZIP file, known as […]
This is part of a series on common errors and pitfalls in ESEF filings, observed in our analysis of hundreds of reports collected in our repository, at filings.xbrl.org. For the series introduction, start here. An XBRL taxonomy can define a calculation tree for describing and validating simple totals and subtotals in an XBRL Report. For […]
Tagging the same fact reported multiple times in different sections of an XBRL report leads to duplicate facts, which can be useful – but what if the values don’t match? Revathy Ramanan tackles the issue of inconsistent duplicates and what to do about them in the second post in her series on common errors and pitfalls in […]
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published a proposed comprehensive framework for the preparation of management commentaries. The new framework is intended to reflect changes and innovations in the corporate reporting landscape, and better meet the information needs of today’s investors.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is consulting on revised disclosure rules for publicly listed companies, including new environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements.
Is the UK ready to implement the Inline XBRL-based European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)? What has the experience of filers been like so far, and what further support is needed? If you have thoughts, the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) wants to hear them!
This is part of a series on common errors and pitfalls in ESEF filings, observed in our analysis of hundreds of reports collected in our repository, at filings.xbrl.org. For the series introduction, start here. Often the same fact is reported multiple times in different sections of a report. Tagging all the occurrences of a fact […]
What does an ESEF report look like, and how can you browse and compare them? What are the advantages of using Inline XBRL? What are the common errors to avoid?
Accompanying the launch of filings.xbrl.org, we bring you a new blog series from Revathy Ramanan, XBRL International’s Guidance Manager, on ‘ESEF Errors and Common Pitfalls.’ She has analysed many of the filings we have gathered – and the validation errors and warnings they generate – to start to understand where and how problems are occurring.
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