XBRL Spotlight

Comprehensive XBRL filing services

Are you looking for up-to-date information on the SEC's XBRL Filing program? Merrill can help. We have been directly involved with the XBRL program since it was launched as a voluntary program in 2005.

Our XBRL team has practical experience working with taxonomies; implementation, documentation and requirements that the SEC makes available to voluntary filers.

We provide a complete end-to-end XBRL solution with services ranging from expert consulting, mapping, tagging and validating to compliant filing with the SEC – managed and controlled in-house by Merrill’s own XBRL team of experts.

In-depth accounting know-how
Our XBRL team is composed of CPAs, CMAs, controllers and finance practitioners with years of public accounting and corporate controller experience and a wealth of knowledge and experience in preparing XBRL-formatted documents. Whether it is a question on the cash flow statement or a line item on the balance sheet, you will be talking to one of your own.

Superior Filing Results
To date, Merrill has maintained 100 percent error free filing rate for all its XBRL filings, in sharp contrast to the industry average of less than 50 percent.

Find out about XBRL
For recent case studies summarizing the experience of several participants in the SEC's Voluntary Filing Program, visit: http://xbrl.us/Documents/XBRL_all_case_studies.pdf  

Download the Merrill XBRL fact sheet (PDF) for an overview of  the SEC's proposed mandate, details on those filers affected by the new rules, and the key motivators for an in-house versus an outsourced XBRL solution.

For information on the SEC's XBRL Program, visit http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/xbrl.shtml.

To take a test drive of the SEC's Interactive Financial Report Viewer, visit: http://216.241.101.197/viewer.  

To read Chairman Cox's speech at the 17th XBRL International Conference, visit: http://sec.gov/news/speech/2008/spch050708cc-2.htm

Merrill is part of XBRL International, a consortium of 500 companies and agencies worldwide working together to build XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), and to promote and support adoption. Merrill is also active with the Consortium of Filing Agents and Software Developers, which meets regularly with the SEC to discuss new XBRL and EDGAR requirements.