The latest on Using XBRL Data

Posted Sunday, July 1, 2018

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:

XBRL Filed Data extensions for Excel (365) and Google Sheets
and code samples in
Python –    and    R –


Posted Friday, June 29, 2018

May/June 2018 Newsletter

May/June 2018 Regulatory and Legislative News SEC Adopts Inline XBRL for Operating Companies and Mutual Funds SEC Publishes Draft Strategic Plan for 2018 – 2022 SEC Requests Comment on Fund Retail Investor Experience and Disclosure SEC Requests Comment on Proposal to Require Relationship Summary for Retail Investors SEC’s Baugess Speech at Financial Information Management Conference […more]


Posted Thursday, June 28, 2018

SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson to Keynote XBRL Investor Forum, November 8, 2018, in New York City

SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson to keynote XBRL Investor Forum 2018: Powering Fintech, November 8 in New York City. The event is hosted by Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, with sponsorship by CFA Institute and CFA Society New York.


Posted Friday, June 8, 2018

US Public Companies Need to Stay Relevant In a Digital Age

John Turner, CEO, XBRL International

US lawmakers should reject the suggestion that smaller listed companies’ Fintech-friendly data be replaced with paper. It would be like telling smaller film makers that they can’t use Netflix anymore, but instead need to market their work on VHS tape.


Posted Saturday, April 28, 2018

March/April 2018 Newsletter

March/April 2018 Regulatory and Legislative News Google’s BigQuery Now Hosting SEC Data SEC Proposal on Investment Company Liquidity Measures Out for Public Comment SEC Posts FAQ on the IFRS Notice SEC Updates Interactive Data Test Suite SEC Supports the 2018 XBRL Taxonomies XBRL US News XBRL US Domain Steering Committee Closes Public Review for Draft […more]


Posted Friday, April 20, 2018

Google’s BigQuery Now Hosting XBRL SEC Data

Google’s BigQuery hosts SEC XBRL filings to enable SQL queries of the SEC dataset.


Posted Thursday, March 8, 2018

The Calcbench Insider: March 2018

In this issue:

  • Calcbench and Tax Reform
  • Amazon Segment Disclosures and HQ2
  • Dunkin Donuts and the Ice Cream Adjustment
  • An Early Peek at Share Repurchase Programs

Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2018

January/February 2018 Newsletter

January/February 2018 XBRL US News Final Public Review Launched for Orange Button Solar Finance Taxonomy Join the XBRL API Beta Test Group Replays of Recent Webinars Now Available Point of View: What’s in Your Corporate Family Tree? Recent Point of View Topics Register to Attend XBRL US Data Quality Committee Meeting, Wednesday, March 14 at […more]


Posted Tuesday, February 6, 2018

The Calcbench Insider: February 2018

In this issue:

  • New earnings release tools
  • Cash: Yep, companies had lots of it.
  • Early look at leasing costs.

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2017

November/December 2017 Newsletter

November/December, 2017 Regulatory & Legislative News SEC Publishes XBRL Datasets for Mutual Fund Risk/Return Data XBRL US News XBRL US Submits Letter to SEC on FAST Act Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K CFA View on Standards, Webinar Scheduled for January 10, 2018 XBRL Tagging in IFRS, Webinar Scheduled for January 31, 2018 Video Recording […more]


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