Should XBRL Filings be Mandatory?

XBRL Canada recently held a webinar and included a poll in which it asked the question "Should XBRL be mandatory for Canadian companies?" More than 50% of the respondents answered yes, so it was decided to expand the poll to a wider audience. Please register your views by clicking on this link. It will only take a few minutes to complete.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G6GNGQW

Financial Reporting Developments at the SEC – How the emerging use of XBRL will impact your company

The XBRL Canada Webinar, hosted by Newswire, was presented on June 12. 

It is now archived at: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=624975&s=1&k=167036719207E922F158DBC76158DA6B.

Please note that the audio does not come on until the poll results are presented.

REMINDER: Today, June 12, 2013 at 12:30 PM Eastern, XBRL Canada will be holding its Webinar

REMINDER: Today, June 12, 2013 at 12:30 PM Eastern, XBRL Canada will be holding its Webinar
“Financial Reporting Developments at the SEC – How the emerging use of XBRL will impact your company”.

 It will be presented by Virginia Meany, Assistant Director in the Division of Risk Management and Financial Analysis at the SEC and responsible for the Interactive Data program, Kimberly Earle - Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of Interactive Data and Matthew Slavin - IT Program Manager of the Office of Interactive Data.

You can participate by clicking on: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=624975&s=1&k=167036719207E922F158DBC76158DA6B.

Audience members may arrive 5 minutes in advance of this time.

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REMINDER - WEBINAR June 12, 2013: Financial Reporting Developments at the SEC - How the emerging use of XBRL will impact your company

TORONTO, June 5, 2013 /CNW/ - On June 12, 2013 at 12:30 PM ET, XBRL Canada will be holding a Webinar focusing on the role of XBRL at the SEC, and the implications for listed companies, including Canadian "foreign filers". It will be presented by Virginia Meany, Assistant Director in the Division of Risk Management and Financial Analysis at the SEC and responsible for the Interactive Data program, Kimberly Earle - Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of Interactive Data and Matthew Slavin - IT Program Manager of the Office of Interactive Data.

The Webinar will feature discussion on the following;

• status of the current rules regarding filing of interactive data;
• key issues - including filer challenges and quality concerns;
• update on the IFRS taxonomy and emerging software tools.
• update on the new XBRL filing rules for extractive companies

Other important topics include the Accounting Quality Model (which the press has dubbed "Robocop") and the considerations relating to adoption of Inline XBRL. There will be time for questions and comments.

Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, June 12 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time.

Please register at: : http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=624975&s=1&k=167036719207E922F158DBC76158DA6B

XBRL Canada is funded and supported by Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.

SOURCE: XBRL Canada

For further information:

Gerald Trites,
XBRL Canada,
gtrites@xbrl.ca