Point of View is a forum for opinions and thoughts from XBRL US and the XBRL community about business, industry, finance, regulation and legislation, where data standards can play a role. We welcome your feedback on the XBRL point of view.
Earlier (2016)

SEC Concept Release: Business and Financial Disclosures Required by Regulation S-K – XBRL US Response Letter

On July 21, XBRL US submitted a comment letter in response to the April 13 SEC Concept Release on Business and Financial Disclosures Required by Regulation S-K.  XBRL US members played a key role in preparing the recommendations which encourage the Commission to: make greater use of standards, which offer a clear, consistent framework to communicate reported […more]

XBRL US Response to SEC Concept Release on Transfer Agent Regulations

XBRL US responds to SEC Concept Release on Transfer Agent Regulations on April 14, 2016, proposing that inline XBRL be used for transfer agent financial disclosures and that data standards be used to improve corporate actions processing.

Earlier (2016)

HR1675

XBRL US and its members oppose Title IV – The Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act – of legislation under consideration today by the House of Representatives which would exempt companies with revenue less than $250,000,000 from submitting XBRL data to the US SEC.

Earlier (2015)

XBRL US Response to SEC Proposal: Effectiveness of Financial Disclosures on Entities other than Registrant

XBRL US submitted a letter responding to the SEC’s Request for Comment on the rule proposal Effectiveness of Disclosures about Entities Other than Registrant. Recommendations made focus on reducing disclosure burden on public companies and improving the usefulness of data used by investors, analysts and other users of public company data. Key recommendations are: Eliminate […more]

Morningstar Video: The Importance of Financial Data for Stock Research

Morningstar’s Jo Guo discusses the importance of financial fundamentals to stock research and why every public company should report the same information in the same fashion in this 8 minute video. She also covers why investors should determine what data is reported and how that data is reported, not the public companies themselves. And finally […more]