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“Uniform Presentation” in the Netherlands

December 4, 2014

The Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants has developed a “Uniform Presentation” (UP) specification so that XBRL instance data is displayed the same or nearly identically when created by different software applications.

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Climate Change Taxonomy Released

December 4, 2014

 The Carbon Disclosure Project has announced a public consultation period for its new 2014 Climate Change Taxonomy. The purpose of this taxonomy is to improve data quality and accessibility, align environmental reporting models with those used for financial reporting and make data consistent with other sustainability frameworks using XBRL such as the Global Reporting Initiative […]

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Congressional DATA Act Implementation Hearing

December 4, 2014

The US House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing with testimony from elected and government official on how the DATA Act will impact government spending.

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Small Firms Benefiting from SBR

November 25, 2014

A guest editorial in The Age newspaper details red tape reduction efforts that will be of particular benefit to small and medium sized businesses. In addition to reducing tax filing requirements outright for almost 500.000 businesses, the article stresses the efforts of the Australian government’s use of Standard Business Reporting to reduce paperwork burdens, freeing […]

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SEC underlines importance of structured data, confirms shift towards iXBRL

November 25, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White has made strong statements to a Congressional Committee, reiterating that agency’s commitment to structured data and electronic reporting.

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Digital Signatures for Auditor Reports

November 25, 2014

A recently completed pilot program conducted by the Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants tested the use of digitally signed auditor’s reports.

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Voice Your Opinion on the Need for XBRL Implementation Guidance

November 25, 2014

XII is gathering market feedback from the global community in order to better understand how normative guidance can be prioritized to best meet the needs of stakeholders.

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Audit Data Standards Getting a Close Look

November 18, 2014

The Standardization Administration of China (SAC) has submitted a proposal to ISO for a new international standard focusing on requirements for audit data collection. The aim is to address common issues, improve data accessibility and transparency, standardize collection and avoid duplicated efforts. The importance of this action and its obvious ties to our mission to […]

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XII Elects New Board Members

November 17, 2014

XBRL International is pleased to welcome the following new members to the Board of Directors, elected by the XII Member Assembly following its 5 November 2014 general meeting. Board members provide strategic direction and guidance to the staff and volunteers, along with financial oversight and governance of the XBRL consortium. Leng Bing (Jurisdiction Representative – XBRL […]

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Open Data Coming to Denmark

November 17, 2014

Erhvervsstyrelsen, the Danish Business Authority, has released the final Danish GAAP Taxonomy for use by listed companies in their yearly accounts reporting. Following a positive trend we are seeing in the US, the UK, China and elsewhere, XBRL Denmark indicates that there are plans to make this information freely available to the public directly from the XBRL […]

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