XBRL For Dummies
Learn to:Understand XBRL and its implications for your organizationPlan for XBRL implementation and set action-oriented agendasAdapt existing US GAAP and IFRS financial information into the XBRL formatMake sense of XBRL using simple, hands-on exercisesAre you ready for XBRL? Get up to speed with this friendly guide!Extensible Business Reporting Language — XBRL — is revolutionizing business reporting, including financial reporting. It's complicated, but this book isn't! Here's how to get business and IT folks on the same spreadsheet so that everyone can grasp the concept and be ready for the switch. You'll discover the important details you need to make smart business and technical decisions about XBRL.What is it? — understand what XBRL is, its parts, and how it worksLearn from the masters — discover how gurus including Marc van Hilvoorde; Christine Tan, PhD; Raynier van Egmond; and Eiichi Watanabe put XBRL to workInformation, please — see how information is used and why new ways to exchange it are necessaryMaking it happen — be able to identify stakeholders, find a common vocabulary, and build an implementation teamStep by step — see how to create and use XBRL modules and taxonomiesVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/xbrl to find links to URLs in the book and bonus materialOpen the book and find:Common misconceptions about XBRLTen ways to make learning XBRL easierA look at the information supply chainHow to make a business case for XBRLPitfalls to avoidAll about meeting the SEC mandateThe future of business information exchangeVarious implementation approaches