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SEC XBRL Coverage and Filing Requirements

Article Quant Q&A · Author: Thomas Johnson
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Summary

The document summarizes which SEC filings require XBRL data and when the requirement took effect for US filers. It states that the mandate began on June 15, 2011, and covers quarterly and annual reports, transition reports, revisions to Form 8-K, and certain Securities Act registration statements.

For quarterly and annual reports, XBRL instances typically include standard income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow items. This provides a concise overview of filing types and common financial statement content, but it does not describe the full range of available tags, historical coverage for individual issuers, or how to retrieve the data. Its scope is therefore a high-level description of requirements rather than a detailed guide to XBRL datasets.

Key ideas

  • The document states that XBRL became mandatory for US filers on June 15, 2011.
  • Covered filings include quarterly and annual reports, transition reports, Form 8-K revisions, and limited registration statements.
  • Quarterly and annual XBRL data typically includes income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow items.
  • The overview does not specify issuer-level historical availability or explain data retrieval.

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# Exactly what data is available in XBRL, and how far back does it go?


# Exactly what data is available in XBRL, and how far back does it go?












What data is available from the SEC in XBRL format? Is it just 10-Qs and 10-Ks, or other filings as well?

When did XBRL become mandatory for all filers (or is it still not?)

## Answer by Robert (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/26385

XBRL became mandatory for US filers on June 15th, 2011. The SEC requires XBRL data for:

- Quarterly and annual reports and transition reports

- Form 8-K revisions

- Limited Securities Act registration statements

XBRL instances for quarterly and annual reports would typically contain the usual items found on Income statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flows.

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