FASB Academic Resources & US GAAP Taxonomy Tools

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recognizes and appreciates the academic community’s critical role in accounting education and research. The FASB is committed to educating the academic community about using XBRL data and structured data more broadly.

Videos:

• XBRL in Academic Research Program
  Elizabeth Blankespoor from the University of Washington presents a webinar on how to use XBRL data for a detailed data set of financial statements and footnotes for research.
• Introduction to XBRL Video
  This 15-minute introductory video provides an overview of XBRL and the U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy.
• XBRL in Academic Research: A Workshop on How to Pull XBRL Data
  View this webinar from Elizabeth Blankespoor, Roman Chychyla, and Louis Matherne to obtain detailed instructions on how to access and use XBRL data.

Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) with corresponding Taxonomy elements
The ASC is the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP).

FASB Taxonomies
Browse a complete listing of US GAAP Taxonomies published by FASB; resources include downloads, documentation and a viewer tool to explore all concepts for a given year.

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