Merrill’s Dimensions Newsletter – April 2016

Filers on alert as XBRL consumption soars and market adoption takes hold. XBRL submissions have quickly and quietly become a key source of data relied on by the SEC, and spawned many innovative products for use by financial analysts and individual investors. Major data providers, including Bloomberg and S&P Capital IQ, now incorporate XBRL disclosure […more]


Merrill Corporation’s Mike Schlanger Elected Vice Chairman of XBRL US Board of Directors

Merrill Corporation, a global provider of secure content sharing, regulated communications and disclosure services, announced that Mike Schlanger, an XBRL industry leader and member of the XBRL US Board of Directors since 2009, has been elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the XBRL US Board. His appointment is effective immediately. Read the release


FEI Daily: The XBRL US Center For Data Quality: How It Will Help Filers Produce Accurate XBRL Disclosures

Mistakes in XBRL-tagged (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) financial disclosures remain a major concern for companies, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the market. To help filers tag XBRL data accurately XBRL US and several major companies have established the XBRL US Center for Data Quality. This initiative seeks to address public concerns about XBRL and improve […more]


New Developments in SEC XBRL Reporting

1 PM ET Tuesday, December 8, 2015
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Join Bill Sinnett of the Financial Executives Research Foundation on this complimentary Merrill Corporation webinar with and expert panel discussing the release of new XBRL quality rules, tools and technology available to assist filers, and comments from the SEC about XBRL rules to create better quality. Panelists: Lou Rohman, VP, XBRL Services – Merrill Corporation […more]


Dimensions – The Newsletter for Compliance Professionals

September 2015: http://resources.merrillcorp.com/DimensionsV21 Seven Rules Proposed By The New XBRL US Center For Data Quality FASB Finalizes Four Taxonomy Implementation Guides And Proposes Another EDGAR No Longer Supports 2013 GAAP Taxonomy For XBRL Tagging Proposed SEC Disclosure On Clawbacks Will Need To Be Tagged In XBRL Noted XBRL Expert Joins The SEC’s Division Of Economic And […more]


Center Formed to Address XBRL Data Quality Concerns

Market leaders join forces to improve the utility of XBRL data XBRL US and an alliance of five companies – Merrill Corporation, RDG Filings, RR Donnelley, Vintage (a Division of PR Newswire), and Workiva Inc. – today announced the joint formation of the XBRL US Center for Data Quality to improve the utility of XBRL […more]


Managing SEC Financial Disclosure with Merrill Bridge

1:00 PM EDT Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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Join Merrill Corporation for an upcoming webinar being held exclusively for companies either currently using or considering a web-based platform for financial disclosure management. Presenter: Craig Sisler, Vice President of Product Marketing The learning objectives for this webinar include: Exploring the five benefits of a web-based disclosure platform. Discovering key lessons learned from adopters of web-based […more]


Managing SEC Financial Disclosure with Merrill Bridge

1:00 PM EDT Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Webinar hosted by Toppan Merrill
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Join Merrill Corporation for an upcoming webinar being held exclusively for companies either currently using or considering a web-based platform for financial disclosure management. Presenter: Craig Sisler, Vice President of Product Marketing The learning objectives for this webinar include: Exploring the five benefits of a web-based disclosure platform. Discovering key lessons learned from adopters of web-based […more]


Committees

XBRL US member volunteers are the driving force helping to set the strategic direction of the organization. All members have the opportunity to join one of the primary steering committees. Each steering committee may also establish working groups for a specific activity.


Data Quality Committee (DQC) and Rules Working Group

The Committee is responsible for developing guidance and validation rules that can prevent or detect inconsistencies or errors in XBRL data filed with the SEC. The Committee focuses on data quality issues that adversely affect data consumption and analysis and prioritizes issues based on input from users. The Committee provides an open collaborative process with stakeholders through exposure of its proposed guidance and validation rules for public comment. Members of the Committee include representatives from software providers, data aggregators, institutional investors, the accounting profession and academia.