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TMI BlogFiling of Balance Sheet & Profit & Loss Account in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) modeX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ts and Profit and loss Account along with Director's and Auditor's Report for the year 2010-11 onwards by using XBRL taxonomy. The Taxonomy Business Rules, Validity tools etc. required for preparation the above documents in XBRL format as the existing Schedule VI and Accounting Standards notified under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 have been prepared and hosted on the website of the Ministry at www.mca.gov.in . The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about XBRL have been framed by the Ministry and they are being annexed as Annexure I with this circular for the information and easy understanding of the stakeholders. To enable filing on XBRL by stakeholders, MCA-21 portal will have XBRL filing module by July, 2011. Actual d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... aration, analysis and communication of business information. It offers cost savings, greater efficiency and improved accuracy and reliability to all those involved in supplying or using financial data. XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It is already being put to practical use in a number of countries and implementations of XBRL are growing rapidly around the world. 2. Who developed XBRL? XBRL is an open, royalty-free software specification developed through a process of collaboration between accountants and technologists from all over the world. Together, they formed XBRL International which is now made up of over 650 members, which includes global companies, accounting, technology, Government and financial servi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to become the standard way of recording, storing and transmitting business financial information. It is capable of use throughout the world, whatever the language of the country concerned, for a wide variety of business purposes. It will deliver major cost savings and gains in efficiency, improving processes in companies, Governments and other organisations. 6. Does XBRL benefit the comparability of financial statements? XBRL benefits comparability by helping to identify data which is genuinely alike and distinguishing information which is not comparable. Computers can process this information and populate both pre-defined and customised reports. 7. Does XBRL cause a change in accounting standards? No. XBRL is simply a language ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... instance document. Taxonomy defines the elements and their relationships based on the regulatory requirements. Using the taxonomy prescribed by the regulators, companies need to map their reports, and generate a valid XBRL instance document. The process of mapping means matching the concepts as reported by the company to the corresponding element in the taxonomy. In addition to assigning XBRL tag from taxonomy, information like unit of measurement, period of data, scale of reporting etc., needs to be included in the instance document. 10. How do companies create statements in XBRL? There are a number of ways to create financial statements in XBRL: XBRL-aware accounting software products are becoming available which will support th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... anking sector, is acknowledged by XBRL International. These taxonomies are available at http://www.xbrl.org/in/ 13. Where can I find more information about XBRL? Please visit www.xbrl.org. Also Ministry of Corporate Affairs would be shortly developing its webpage on XBRL with list of contact persons for training purposes. 14. What are XBRL Documents? An XBRL document comprises the taxonomy and the instance document. Taxonomy contains description and classification of business financial terms, while the instance document is made up of the actual facts and figures. Taxonomy and Instance document together make up the XBRL documents. 15. What is Taxonomy? Taxonomy can be referred as an electronic dictionary of the reporting ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... XBRL Instances contain the reported data with their values and "contexts". Instance document must be linked to at least one taxonomy, which defines the contexts, labels or references. Thus, in order to concluded the usage and explain the XBRL technology which leads to more information exchanges that can be effectively automated by use. This one standard approach leads to the best interest of the company or more so for the international business interests globally that warrant the accuracy of all the financial data for the end users and early collaborative decisions by the companies or those whose interest is involved for acquisition/rights etc. Annexure II ( i ) Smt. Nirupama Koutru, Director Ministry of Corporate Affai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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