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New Canadian Rules for Oil and Mining Disclosures?

By Dave Nitchman on October 30, 2014

Following the lead of the EU and the US, the Canadian government has introduced legislation to implement new mandatory reporting standards for extractive (e.g. oil and mining) companies for the disclosures of payments to foreign and domestic governments at all levels.To reduce regulatory burdens, the intention is for reporting requirements to be uniform with EU and […]

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Enumerations Spec Advanced to Rec Status

By Dave Nitchman on October 30, 2014

Additional multi-lingual capability added to XBRL At its 29 October meeting, the XII Board of Directors approved the promotion of the Extensible Enumerations 1.0 specification to Recommendation Status, meaning the spec is stable and considered suitable for broad adoption and implementation.The Extensible Enumerations specification helps regulators and filers that need to customise structured data definitions. It allows the […]

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Impact of IFRS in the EU

By Dave Nitchman on October 29, 2014

The deadline for response to the European Commission’s public consultation on Regulation 1606/2002 (“the IAS Regulation”) is due Friday, 31 October. Click here to read the consultation document. The IFRS Foundation response is available here. [pdf]

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Overview – Bank of England and Solvency II

By Dave Nitchman on October 28, 2014

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatory Authority recently held a seminar of insurance industry members on Solvency II, providing information on what firms need to do to prepare for transposition on 31 March 2015 and implementation on 1 January 2016.  Topics included a full policy and implementation overview, modelling, technical information and more.  

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Italian Taxonomy for Financial Notes

By Dave Nitchman on October 23, 2014

Following a two year testing period, an extension of the Italian GAAP Taxonomy to include Notes to financial statements has been completed. The initial version of the taxonomy will only cover  information explicitly provided for in the Civil Code, with further integration with national accounting standards to come. The tagging of notes will come into effect […]

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Report Pushes US Government on Open Data

By Dave Nitchman on October 23, 2014

Urging the US Department of Commerce to explore leading a Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative in the US was among one of the more interesting findings in a report released by New York University’s GovLab this week. The report details recommendations from a roundtable held earlier this year that explored the potential of open data […]

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Workiva files S1 for IPO on NYSE.

By Dave Nitchman on October 23, 2014

Workiva has filed  an S1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for a proposed initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Workiva (formerly Webfilings) is the company behind WDesk, a leading disclosure management and report management collaboration platform for SEC XBRL filings, among other things. Workiva is an XBRL US member. Read the […]

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XII Releases Guidance for Regulators and Standards Setters

By Dave Nitchman on October 22, 2014

XBRL International has released its first “XBRL Taxonomy Guidance Document”, which links specific reporting goals to architecture design options and observed good practices.

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SICONFI Taxonomy Released

By Dave Nitchman on October 20, 2014

The Brazilian Treasury (Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional)  has released a preliminary version of their basic taxonomy  for the Public Sector Accounting and Fiscal Information System (SICONFI) project, including the Statement of Annual Accounts, composed of entries for the Balance Sheet, Budgetary Revenues, Budgetary Expenditures, Expenses by Function, Payables and Changes in Equity. The taxonomy is viewable here. (Portuguese)

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UN Committee Hears About the Benefits of XBRL

By Dave Nitchman on October 20, 2014

Delegates at the International Standards of Accounting and Reporting workshop as part of the UNCTAD World Investment Forum were briefed on the benefits of XBRL in Geneva this week.The program highlighted how to address challenges in corporate reporting, social responsibility, environment protection, and corporate governance. XII Best Practices Chair Ian Hicks offered his perspective on how XBRL supports […]

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