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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

SEC News from Novaworks Software

Posted this month: SEC Requests Public Comment on Ways to Improve the Exempt Offering Framework SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors Updated Application for First-time EDGAR Filers’ Form ID SEC Enhances Protections and Preserves Choice for Retail Investors Notice Regarding EDGAR Password Expiration Date SEC Releases EDGAR 19.2

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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]

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

SEC Publishes Concept Release to Harmonize Exempt Offerings

The SEC published a concept release on ways to ways to simplify, harmonize, and improve the exempt offering framework to expand investment opportunities while maintaining appropriate investor protections and to promote capital formation. One of the goals of the Commission is to facilitate a company’s ability to transition from one offering to another or to […more]

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

California Senate Bill 598 Moves to State Assembly Committee

California Senate Bill 598 is now moving to the State Assembly and will be considered in a hearing of the Local Government Committee on June 19, 2019. XBRL US has submitted a second letter of support to this committee based on the current version of the legislation. Read the letter: XBRL US Supports SB 598 June […more]

Monday, June 10, 2019

XBRL US Comments on SEC Proposal: Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies

XBRL US submitted a comment letter to the SEC concerning their proposal for Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End Investment Companies. This proposal, if passed as currently written, will require the use of Inline XBRL for financial data submitted to the Commission by Business Development Companies, for prospectus’ and for data on certain forms. The XBRL […more]

SEC Upgrades EDGAR to Release 19.2, Publishes DEI Taxonomy

On June 10, 2019, the SEC upgraded the EDGAR System to Release 19.2 to support the 2019 Document and Entity Information (DEI) Taxonomy which now contains new elements to facilitate compliance with cover page tagging of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F and 40-F. Read the release.  

Thursday, June 6, 2019

The Calcbench Insider: June 2019

In this issue:

  • Trends in capex spending
  • Calcbench insights on charge-offs
  • How to find earnings release data
  • Speaking Out: Disclosure for ‘BDCs’
  • Geeking Out on the Filings – the legal marijuana industry and inventory
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

U.S. Federal Data Strategy Plan Out for Public Review & Comment

The U.S. Government published the Federal Data Strategy Plan along with a request for public comment. The Year 1 plan focuses on four areas including Enterprise Data Governance, Access Use and Augmentation, Decision Making and Accountability, and Commercialization, Innovation and Public Use. The plan covers three types of activities: Shared actions are led by a single […more]

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

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]

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Preliminary Information for Tagging Cover Page Data Using Inline XBRL

To help US GAAP filers prepare for tagging the cover information, Novaworks Software has drafted a guide sheet with information that illustrates the XBRL elements and their corresponding data points. This guide sheet is applicable to all filers, with information for the cover pages for Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, Form 20-F, and Form […more]


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