XBRL US Expands Education Program to Meet Growing Public Company Filer Demand

NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- XBRL US, the national consortium for XML standards in business reporting, has increased the number and coverage of educational programs offered in 2011 to meet rising demand from an estimated 8,000 public companies that will be filing XBRL-formatted financials in 2011 for the first time.  A new monthly webinar "Detailed Footnote Tagging in XBRL", a 60-minute program to help companies that are getting started on the second phase of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rollout, has been added.  XBRL US SEC Filer Training Workshops have been expanded to include a 90-minute online preparatory session in addition to the full-day in-person training, and will now be offered eight times in 2011.  Upcoming programs include:

Implementing XBRL for SEC Reporting, 2/16, 3pm ET – Free introductory program.  No CPE available.

Covers the essentials of implementing XBRL for SEC reporting including organizing data – mapping, extending, tagging, creating the XBRL document; quality control and validation; updates on taxonomy development and findings from the XBRL data to date.  Learn more and register at http://xbrl.us/webinars.

Detailed Footnote Tagging in XBRL, 2/23, 3pm ET, 60 minutes.  Earn 1 CPE.

Provides the skills to begin mapping and tagging detailed footnotes including handling tables and establishing the correct process.  Covers review of SEC requirements and approach to timing for footnote tagging; differences between year one and year two tagging of footnotes; examples of simple and more complex detailed footnote tagging.  Learn more and register at http://xbrl.us/DFTwebinar.

In-Person Training:  SEC Filer Training Workshop, 3/4 online session and 3/10 in-person training in New York, NY.  Earn up to 10 CPE.  

This interactive 2-part workshop explains how to use the US GAAP Taxonomy, convert primary financial statements and block tag footnotes in XBRL format.  Learn more and register at http://xbrl.us/training.

Who should attend: CFOs, Controllers, Assistant Controllers, External Reporting Managers, and finance staff members who have direct responsibility for implementing SEC XBRL filing requirements.

About XBRL US

XBRL US is the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the U.S. and it represents the business information supply chain.  Its mission is to support the implementation of XML business reporting standards through the development of taxonomies for use by U.S. public and private sectors, with a goal of interoperability between sectors, and by promoting XBRL adoption through marketplace collaboration.  XBRL US has developed taxonomies for U.S. GAAP, credit rating and mutual fund reporting under contract with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. XBRL US Labs, the research and development arm of XBRL US, leverages the XBRL US platform, methodologies and people to address the quality of taxonomies and the harmonization of XBRL with other XML standards. For more information, go to www.xbrl.us.

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