ACCT 6230 Week 10 (2)

Week 10 Assignments – XBRL

DUE DATE: Sunday midnight of Week 6, submitted in a MS Word (or Excel if

computations required) document with filename format:

Last First_Week X hwk.doc or .xls Make sure your name appears on each page of the

homework using the header function.

Homework questions:

1. Why do you think it took from 1999, when the XBRL concept was invented, until 2009

for the SEC require that public filers adopt?

2. From the PWC Webcast on XBRL, what are the differences between the “bolt-on” and

“embedded” approach to XBRL?

3. If you worked in the Finance and Accounting department of a company, how could you

use XBRL tags to help in your job? Could XBRL tagging help other functions in a

company do their jobs?

4. US public filers are required to begin tagging and reporting financial data using XBRL

beginning in 2009. From earlier in this course, they also have many major projects that

are required now or in the coming years (IFRS, Fair Value, etc.). Aside from the obvious

benefit of job creation for CPA’s and the companies which provide these

services/software ☺, what impact do you think these requirements are going to have on

companies? Will this divert attention and resources from their core business or will this

be like all other changes they go through (e.g. SOX), an intense implementation then

business as usual?