The non-profit community improving U. S. reporting through a free, open standard
Data Standards and the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA)
Implementing the right data standard, as called for in the FDTA, will enable economies of scale, reduce the cost of reporting, data collection and analysis, and generate good quality, actionable data for policy-setters, regulators, and the public, including investors, and researchers.
Point of View
SEC Can Look to States for Municipal Finance Standardization Ideas
Marc Joffe, Senior Policy Analyst, The Cato Institute
The FDTA promise to provide municipal bond investors with standardized data of counties, cities and special districts that issue debt securities. Local governments in 18 states are already providing fielded financial statement data.
Membership
Public company accountants, financial service professionals, data providers, technologists, federal regulators and a growing number of industry groups view XBRL as an important component of transparency in the markets. These organizations support the business reporting standard by collaborating on XBRL US initiatives with other like-minded organizations and individuals. Learn about membership options for individuals and organizations and get started today.
XBRL Data Community
Join the growing number of professionals using the XBRL application programming interface (API) to get reported data and check reports before filing.
Check out our growing collection of free resources, including:
Tools & Instructions
for FERC Filers
Electric utilities, gas pipeline companies, oil pipeline companies, centralized service companies and electric transmitting companies reporting to the FERC are required to submit Forms 1, 2, 2-A, 3-Q, 6, 6-Q, 60 and 714 in XBRL.
We’re providing sample documentation, guides and applications to use before becoming a FERC Filer Member, plus a list of comprehensive FERC-enabled products and services from XBRL US Members.
