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SEC Requires XBRL in Final Rule “Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies”

The Securities and Exchange Commission published the final rule for Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies, which modifies the registration, communications and offering process for business development companies (BDC) and other closed-end investment companies. In addition, the final rule adopts structured data reporting requirements: BDCs will be required to submit financial statements in Inline […more]

March 2020 Newsletter

March, 2020 March has been a difficult month, as we all adapt to a new environment, way of living and doing business. Filers and XBRL providers may face challenges and the SEC has instituted several temporary relief measures to help filers during the COVID-19 crisis. Many of our members are small businesses which face unique […more]

Variable Interest Entities Guidance

This DQC guidance is designed to address the introduction of the ConsolidatedEntitiesAxis in the 2020 US GAAP Taxonomy. US GAAP taxonomies up to 2019 included in the VIE section of the taxonomy a balance sheet location axis to facilitate reporting the balances on the balance sheet of the portion applicable to the VIE. This was originally designed to allow the use of the Consolidated VIE line items in conjunction with the BalanceSheetLocationAxis. Effective with the 2020 US GAAP Taxonomy, the recommended approach is to discontinue use of the BalanceSheetLocationAxis and instead use the balance sheet line items with the ConsolidatedEntitiesAxis and VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember.

August/September 2019 Newsletter

August / September 2019 Legislative and Regulatory News SEC Publishes Draft EDGAR Filer Manual for Public Review SEC Analyzes Extension Elements in XBRL Filings SEC Chief Economist Speaks on Big Data at NBER SEC Publishes Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation on Inline XBRL SEC Publishes Modernization of Regulation S-K, Items 101, 103 and 105 Rule Proposal […more]

global standards for global investors

Ahmed Algamal, CPA, CA, IFRS XBRL Consultant, and Bethany Moll, XBRL Operations Planning & Strategy, both of DFIN

Hear their views on how foreign private issuers are handling the move to greater standardization in a global marketplace.

June 2019 Newsletter

June 2019 Legislative and Regulatory News GREAT Act Passes Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Reform FERC Adopts XBRL Standards for Utilities Reporting California State Assembly Committee Approves SB 598, Open Financial Statements Act SEC Publishes Concept Release to Harmonize Exempt Offerings SEC Updates EDGAR to Release 19.2, Publishes DEI Taxonomy U.S. Federal Data […more]

California Senate Bill 598 Moves to Assembly

The California State Assembly, Committee on Local Government, unanimously (8 to 0) approved SB 598, the Open Financial Statements Act. If signed into law, this bill requires the creation of the Open Financial Statements Commission, a 9-member commission in the State Treasurer’s office, comprised of a representative from the Controller’s office, a representative from the […more]

California State Senate Unanimously Passes Open Financial Statements Act (SB 598)

The California State Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 598, the Open Financial Statements Act. The bill would establish a 9-member commission called the Open Financial Statement Commission in the Treasurer’s office. The commission would be tasked with contracting with vendors to build taxonomies suitable for public agency financial filings and create a software tool that enables […more]

April/May 2019 Newsletter

April/May 2019 Legislative and Regulatory News SEC Publishes Draft EDGAR Filer Manual SEC Proposes XBRL for Reporting by Business Development Companies & Closed End Funds SEC Finalizes FAST Act Requires XBRL Tagging for Cover Page Small Business Administration Accepts XBRL Data for Surety Bond Guarantee Program FERC Proposal on Transmission Investment Activity References Use of […more]

Q&A – SEC Cover Page Tagging

This Q&A is intended as general guidance and should not be relied upon as authoritative. Filers are encouraged to consult with their own legal and/or with the SEC directly.  Early Adoption/Timing Can a public company elect to tag the cover page on their 8-K using Inline XBRL before they file the first 10-Q? Or is […more]