To help filers avoid missing deadlines and reduce online traffic around crucial filing dates, the SEC releases a filing schedule detailing when it expects to receive the highest volume of EDGAR filings. The 2021 schedule is now available from the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Releases 2021 Peak Filing Volume Dates for..." »

The SEC will be closed Thursday, November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 26 will be due the following business day.
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On November 18, 2020, the SEC published a draft of the EDGAR Filer Manual Volume II “EDGAR Filing,” (Version 56). Though there may be elements of the draft the SEC has not approved, may approve or disapprove, and may modify, the agency is making the draft available to the filing community to: 1) solicit responses; and 2) support filers in preparing for the potential amendments to the EDGAR system that are detailed in the draft. The release of the draft EDGAR Filer Manual is not meant to imply SEC support of any proposed changes relating to the EDGAR system expressed in the draft. Continue reading "SEC Releases Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume..." »

Version 5.5c of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains support for the CSS 3 page break properties, as well as a number of corrections and improvements to Page View to create and validate xHTML code. Improvements and corrections were also made to XDX processing.

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The SEC announced on November 19th that it has adopted amendments that will modernize, simplify, and enhance certain financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. These amendments are intended to improve the focus of financial disclosures on material information for the benefit of investors while also simplifying compliance for registrants by reducing the costs and burdens. In addition, the amendments will improve the readability and navigability of disclosure documents and discourage repetition and disclosure of immaterial information. Continue reading "SEC Modernizes and Enhances Management’s..." »

On November 19th, the SEC released an announcement concerning scaling errors between Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding and Common Stock Shares Outstanding in XBRL filings. In certain periodic reports, filers must disclose the number of common shares outstanding on the filing cover page and on the balance sheet. These amounts must be tagged in XBRL submissions with the “Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding” and “Common Stock Shares Outstanding” elements, respectively.
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On November 17, 2020, the SEC voted to approve new rules and rule amendments that will: (1) provide greater flexibility regarding documents filed with the SEC by authorizing the use of electronic signatures in authentication documents and; (2) facilitate electronic service and filing in the SEC’s administrative proceedings. The new rules and amendments are part of a series of measures taken by the SEC that are designed to strengthen and modernize the agency’s operations. The changes to signature requirements are specifically the result of difficulties encountered by filers with obtaining signatures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic signature technology has advanced such that confidence in an electronic signature is equatable to a manual signature. Continue reading "SEC Approves Rules to Facilitate Electronic..." »

The SEC will be closed Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process, or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 11 will be due the following business day.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has published the proposed 2021 XBRL US Data Quality Committee Rules Taxonomy (DQCRT) and its corresponding technical guide. The DQCRT integrates XBRL US Data Quality Committee (DQC) validation rules in the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy for discretionary use by filers. The FASB has also issued its own SEC Reporting Taxonomy technical guide for the proposed 2021 SEC Reporting Taxonomy.
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XBRL US is seeking public review and comment on the fourteenth release of the Data Quality Committee (DQC) rules. The DQC rulesets are intended to help filers avoid mistakes and data inconsistencies which in turn reduces negative effects on the accuracy and timeliness of reported financial information.
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On October 28th, the SEC adopted a new rule and rule revisions to the regulatory framework for derivatives usage under the Investment Company Act. The enhancements will provide an updated and thorough approach to the regulation of registered investment funds’ derivatives usage that reflects developments over the past decades and focuses on investor protection matters. The Investment Company Act generally limits registered funds and business development companies from engaging in transactions that involve potential future payment obligations. This may include obligations under derivatives such as forwards, futures, swaps and written options. The new rule allows funds to enter into these transactions if they comply with conditions designed to protect investors, such as adopting a derivatives risk management program and complying with a limit on the amount of leverage-related risk that the fund may obtain based on value-at-risk (VaR). Continue reading "SEC Revises Regulations for Derivatives Usage..." »

Version 5.5b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains corrections and improvements for the new redlining format for inline XBRL documents and to better validate documents produced by other HTML software. Additionally, a number of improvements have been made to XDX processing for Risk Return documents and to add new tools to adjust the default contexts used to make facts for Level 1 through 3 facts.

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The SEC has released a statement concerning inappropriate custom member use in XBRL pertaining to certain axes. The US GAAP reporting taxonomy has designated a limited set of permitted members for these axes. The SEC has observed that occasionally filers have inappropriately added custom members where they are not allowed. Continue reading "SEC Releases Statement about Inappropriate XBRL..." »

On October 7th, the SEC adopted a new rule and related changes that will put into place a comprehensive regulatory framework for arrangements where funds invests in one or more other funds (“fund of funds” arrangements). The new rule reflects the decades of experience the SEC has with fund of funds arrangements and should foster a consistent and efficient rules-based regime for the formation and oversight of funds of funds. The new rule and amendments are being adopted under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and are designed to streamline and enhance the regulatory framework for fund of funds arrangements. The SEC also is rescinding Rule 12d1-2 under the Act and most exemptive orders granting relief from sections 12(d)(1)(A), (B), (C), and (G) of the Act. Finally, related amendments to Rule 12d1-1 under the Act and Form N-CEN are being implemented. Continue reading "SEC Makes Changes to Regulatory Framework for..." »

The SEC will be closed today, Monday, October 12th, in observance of Columbus Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of October 12th will be due the following business day. Continue reading "SEC Closed October 12th for Columbus Day" »