WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US, the national consortium for XML standards in business reporting and developers of the XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies, is conducting an in-person training workshop in Los Angeles, CA on March 11, 2009 to educate preparers on how to create XBRL-formatted financial statements for mandatory submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use the XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies and how to convert primary financial statements and block tag footnotes in XBRL format.
All attendees will leave the workshop with a completed XBRL-formatted financial statement and a repeatable step-by-step guide. Preparers can register for the workshop at http://xbrl.us/events/Pages/training.aspx.
Who should attend: CFOs, Controllers, Assistant Controllers, External Reporting Managers, and finance staff members who have direct responsibility for implementing SEC XBRL filing requirements.
What attendees will learn: How to create an XBRL-formatted financial statement, including footnotes.
Topics Covered:
- Overview of XBRL
- SEC requirements for filing in XBRL
- Planning considerations – resources, software and services
- Building an XBRL-formatted document step-by-step
- Mapping financial statements to taxonomies
- Creating taxonomy extensions
- Tagging financial statements
- Validation
- Filing XBRL-formatted documents
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm PT
Where: The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles, CA
The cost for the full-day workshop is $695. Preparers can register for the Los Angeles workshop as well as additional workshops to be held in New York City (May 20, 2009) and San Francisco (September 16, 2009) at http://xbrl.us/events/Pages/training.aspx. Requests for further information about the workshops can be e-mailed to training@xbrl.us.
About XBRL US
XBRL US is the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the United States and is a jurisdiction of XBRL International. It represents the business information supply chain, including accounting firms, software companies, financial databases, financial printers and government agencies. Its mission is to support the implementation of XML business reporting standards through the development of taxonomies relevant for use by US public and private sectors, working with a goal of interoperability between sectors, and by promoting adoption of these taxonomies through the collaboration of all business reporting supply chain participants. XBRL US has developed taxonomies to support US GAAP and common reporting practices under a contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies are available for public comment at http://usgaap.xbrl.us.
Links: xbrl.us
CONTACT: Michelle Savage, Vice President, Communication, XBRL US, Inc., michelle.savage@xbrl.us, 917-747-1714
