Commentary & Opinion

Commentary & Opinion

February 12, 2010 XBRL adds universal access to corporate reporting

Source:QFinance

One of the annoying things about printed documents in this electronic age is that you have to do quite a lot of work to turn them back into machine-useable form. This is particularly true of complex documents like a company’s...

July 16, 2009 XBRL filing requirement could cost firms 'tens of thousands'

Source:Accountancy Age

Tax experts have condemned the insistence from the taxman that corporate tax returns only be made in the future using the controversial computer language XBRL.

June 24, 2009 XBRL financial reporting faces hurdles

Source:Robert MacMillan

The introduction of a computer code to financial reports was supposed to transform the way investors' could analyze the data. The reality is proving to be a little less exciting.

June 16, 2009 Is Your Investor Relations Web Site Ready For XBRL?

Source:Diane Mueller, ECMConnections

The U.S. SEC recently issued new rules requiring companies to provide financial statement information on their corporate web sites in an interactive data format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). This is...

April 15, 2009 A Tidal Wave of Regulations to Hit IT Shores

Source:ServerWatch.com

A tidal wave of new compliance regulations looks set to wreak havoc in IT departments when it hits some time in the next 12 to 18 months.

April 1, 2009 Lack of reporting, communication threaten TARP program

Source:Nextgov.com

The Obama administration has yet to clearly communicate to the public and Congress the financial results of one of its key economic recovery programs, which could jeopardize future funding for the initiative, say federal auditors...

March 7, 2009 The Fed CIO Agenda: Should Every Mortgage Have a (XBRL) Data Tag?

Source:Info Week - CIO Blog

Based on his track record, Vivek Kundra, the U.S. government's new CIO, is sure to push Web 2.0 tools to increase transparency. But what does that really mean? One idea: Requiring mortgages to have XBRL tags that describe them,...

March 2, 2009 It's Here (Seriously)

Source:CFO Magazine

"XBRL: You can't ignore it anymore." So we declared in December 2006. Turns out you could afford to ignore it then, but no longer. Last month the Securities and Exchange Commission issued the final rule that spells out XBRL...

February 27, 2009 XBRL and Document Management: The Perfect Storm

Source:CIO Blog

How can you turn the U.S. SEC eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mandate’s requirements into an opportunity when making process improvements to comply? Implement an XBRL-enhanced document management strategy as part of...

December 22, 2008 XBRL Victory! SEC Mandate Of XBRL Extends Benefits Of Financial Standards

Source:Diane Mueller, Just Systems

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission mandate of XBRL is great news! It's a triumph for SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, who played a pivotal role in ensuring the modernization of IT infrastructure of the EDGAR filing system...

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