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Posted Wednesday, December 2, 2020

November 2020 Newsletter

November, 2020 This year’s XBRL US Investor Forum provided an insightful lens into the future of structured reporting. SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee touched on several topics in her keynote address (watch video). The Commissioner noted several areas including proxy, ESG, MD&A and earnings releases as disclosures that could benefit from structured data formatting: “As […more]


Posted Friday, October 2, 2020

September 2020 Newsletter

September, 2020 College Of DuPage leads move to electronic financial reporting for Illinois community colleges. The forward-thinking college worked with XBRL US to prepare their own financial statements in XBRL format, using the CAFR Taxonomy, and plans to create a data repository containing electronic financials for other Illinois-based community colleges. Oakton Community College, based in […more]


Posted Friday, October 2, 2020

October 2020 Newsletter

October, 2020 SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, and PwC Vice Chair Wes Bricker will provide keynote addresses at the XBRL US Investor Forum 2020, November 17-18, 2020. Commissioner Lee has been an outspoken advocate for transparency and greater accountability to help small business, increase diversity and improve access to information for investors. Wes Bricker, who […more]


Posted Tuesday, September 1, 2020

August 2020 Newsletter

August, 2020 The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) published EE 2.0 impact on XBRL service providers and software. The impact study, called Extensible Enumerations 2.0 Implementation Impact on Service Providers and XBRL Creation Software – Are You Ready?, addresses the implementation of this new XBRL International technical specification in the 2021 US GAAP Taxonomy. Providers […more]


Posted Thursday, August 6, 2020

The Calcbench Insider: August 2020

In this issue:

  • Delta’s bad luck on investments
  • Egg prices cracked, and Cal-Maine got fried
  • On the rise: loan loss provisions
  • Rolling up on toilet paper sales
  • Looking at Q2 coronavirus disclosures

Posted Tuesday, August 4, 2020

July 2020 Newsletter

July, 2020 The XBRL standard was developed, and is supported, by a global community of accountants, technologists, data and software providers, issuers, investors, and standard setters. Our community supports regulators and businesses that adopt the standard by responding to changing technologies, continuously expanding on the specification to meet new demands, and providing education and support. […more]


Posted Monday, August 3, 2020

Video: XBRL for Analysts and Investors

Analysts and investors gain from widespread availability of structured (XBRL) data. Find out how from: Adrien Cloutier, CFA, Global Director of Equity Data, Morningstar Pranav Ghai, CEO, Calcbench Diana Serbu, Head of Company Data Strategy and Management, Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters) See excerpts from the video below. Pranav Ghai, CEO, Calcbench: “We can make data […more]


Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Competitive Advantage of Quality XBRL Data

XBRL US member PwC recently published an article, “The Competitive Advantage of Quality XBRL Data”, which articulates the value of XBRL data, particularly in times like these when automation and technology become even more important to aid in analyzing data and making rapid, insightful decisions. It also calls for the need for a robust data […more]


Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2020

SEC Commissioner Lee and PwC Vice Chair Bricker to Keynote XBRL US Investor Forum 2020


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Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Municipal Beat Podcast on Data Standards

XBRL US member Liz Sweeney of Nutshell Associates discusses data standards to improve state and local government reporting on Municipal Beat Podcast. Listen to the podcast.


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