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CA Chandan Goyal
17th November’2011
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2. Index
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1. XBRL in India 3-4
2. MCA’s mandate 5-6
3. Chronological order of developments 7
4. Common terms 8-11
5. Tagging requirement 12
6. Process flow 13
7. Skill set required for conversion 14-15
8. How to select a service provider? 16-23
9. Interesting facts about XBRL 24-25
10. Contact detail 26
3. 1. XBRL in India
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In India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already
implemented (since Oct 2008) XBRL-based reporting for three
returns: capital adequacy data as per Basel II norms, Form A
and the GPB Return by banks.
Further, it is mandatory for top 100 listed companies in India
to report their quarterly results etc. to BSE & NSE in XBRL. It is
called Corpfiling.
4. …contd.(XBRL in India)
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Now, it’s MCA’s turn to implement it on a wider canvas. In the
1st phase, around 30,000 companies in India need to report to
the MCA in XBRL this year. Going ahead, (from FY 2012-13) it is
expected that almost 9 lakh companies would need to report
in XBRL in the next three years.
5. 2. MCA mandate
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has mandated
financial reporting in XBRL from the Financial Year
2010-2011 for :
all listed companies and their subsidiaries (excluding
overseas subsidiaries),
all unlisted companies having paid up capital of Rs. 5
Crore and above
All unlisted companies having a turnover of Rs. 100
Crore or above
6. …contd.(MCA mandate )
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The companies listed above are permitted to file XBRL
compliant documents up to 30.11.2011 or with in 60
days of their due date, whichever is later without any
additional filing fee.
The current mandate excludes banking companies,
insurance companies, power companies and Non
Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs).
7. 3. Chronological order of XBRL developments
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31st March 23rd May
MCA came out with its MCA released
1 First Notification on 2 1st version of
XBRL Taxonomy
28th July 27th Aug
Extension of due date MCA released
3 of filing from 30th Sep 4 UPDATED
to 30th Nov Taxonomy
1st Oct 5th Oct
5 Release of XBRL Forms for
Validation Tool 6
13th Oct filing issued
MCA released the
14th Oct
7 list of XBRL software
REVISED
vendors and service
providers
8 Validation Tool
released
8. 4. Common terms
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Taxonomy
Generally speaking, taxonomy means a catalogue or
set of rules for classification; in XBRL, taxonomy can be
referred to as an electronic dictionary of the reporting
concepts containing computer-readable definitions of
business reporting terms, as well relationships between
them and links connecting them to resources.
9. …contd. (Common terms)
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Elements
An element is a business or a financial concept which is defined
in the taxonomy according to XBRL specifications. Each element
has a type, is identified by name and may have a set of attribute
specifications as per the XBRL standards. There are 3187
elements in the revised taxonomy issued by MCA.
Business rules
There are approx. 350 business rules which incorporate the
checks for minimum tagging requirements.
10. …contd. (Common terms)
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Tagging
The process of assigning tags (referred to as elements in
taxonomy) from the taxonomy to the company specific
reporting concepts is called tagging.
Tagging requires appropriate selection of elements from
the taxonomy based on attributes, documentation and
relationships with other elements.
11. …contd. (Common terms)
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Instance documents
The final output, which is converted in XBRL format, is
called instance document. Two instance documents are
generated, Balance Sheet and Income Statement (Profit &
Loss a/c).
A company with subsidiary companies, needs to generate
two sets of instance documents, i.e., one on a standalone
basis and another on a consolidated basis.
12. 5. Tagging requirement
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Detailed tagging
Balance sheet and its schedules
Profit and loss a/c and its Text Block tagging
schedules
Director’s report
Cash flow statement
Auditor’s report
Related party transactions (party
Notes to accounts
wise)
Segment reporting
Subsidiary and Holding company
information
Note:
Associates and Joint Ventures From our experience, detailed tagging takes approx.
90% of total tagging time
13. 6. Process flow of conversion
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Client Client provides soft copy of Annual Report of FY 2010-11
XBRL Service Analysis of Mapping and Review and XBRL instance
Provider Annual Report tagging validation document
Client Review and upload of XBRL documents to MCA website
14. 7. Skills required for conversion
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To convert Financial Statements in XBRL format, one needs to
have a good understanding of Financial Statements and
Business Rules defined for Taxonomy.
Software is just an enabler and plays less than 25% part in
whole conversion process.
Every company has its own set of peculiarities in the Financial
Statements and a service provider should be proficient in
Indian GAAP’s to understand the Financial Statements.
15. …contd.(Skill set for conversion?)
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The quality of tagging (i.e., choosing a particular tag) plays
an important role in making a tagged Financial Statements
useful for analysis. However, this area is normally
overlooked by clients while engaging any service provider
for conversion service.
The most problematic information to be tagged is Profit and
Loss a/c as there is no specified format in Schedule VI and
every company follows it’s own format.
17. #1. Experience
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Ask prospective service providers about their experience in
handling of Financial Statements across various industries.
Ask about the number of years of experience in Finance and
Accounts, Financial Reporting; training in XBRL; total team
size;
The nature of services provided by the service provider can
be a good indication about its knowledge of Financial
Statements.
18. #2. XBRL conversion process
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Ask potential XBRL service providers about their XBRL
conversion process. What inputs shall be required from the
client and at what stages?
The amount of additional information required for accurate
conversion and filing varies from company to company; it
could include information other than that provided in the
Annual Report of the company.
19. …contd.( XBRL conversion process)
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Normally, a service provider should be able to ascertain and
evaluate the requirement for additional information within
one working day from the receipt of the Annual Report. If not,
you may want to reconsider your selection.
20. #3. XBRL team
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Enquire about the following from a prospective service
provider’s :
No. of people in XBRL team
Their qualifications
Do they have prior experience on the XBRL conversion process
Is there a separate team or person for review of tagging quality?
This information will help you to assess whether a
particular service provider can handle volumes or not.
21. #4. Clients or References
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Ask about the service providers’ existing client list.
Ask for at least two reference for whom the service
provider has converted financial reports into XBRL. One
phone call can provide you an assurance about the
competence and quality of an XBRL service provider.
22. #5. Confidentiality of information
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A client should enquire about the data handling process at
service the provider’s office.
Does the service provider have a policy of signing a
confidentiality agreement or an NDA (non-disclosure
agreement)?
Even if there is no policy or practice of signing NDA, you must
insist on signing an NDA prior to data conversion. This secures
confidentiality and is in line with best practices, globally.
23. Some further questions !
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Can someone there help with tagging questions specific to
my industry?
Where is the help/support team located precisely?
What are the support hours?
Who will be in charge of my filing? How will I defend this
choice if something goes very wrong?
Do I trust these people with my company's good standing
with stakeholders, MCA, and others?
24. 9. Interesting facts about XBRL
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Presently, there is no software available in the market which
does automatic tagging.
XBRL software prices ranges from Rs. 5,400 to Rs. 400,000.
Similarly, conversion fee ranges from Rs. 9,000 per company
to Rs. 45,000 per company and Rs. 300 per page to Rs 3,000
per page.
No certification/ accreditation process for XBRL software's
and service providers.
25. …contd. (Interesting facts about XBRL)
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At present, there is not much difference in effort in tagging
between a listed company and an unlisted company.
There are service providers who quote their fees over the
phone without ascertaining the complexity of Financial
Statements.
Complete dearth of channels which can train/educate clients
about XBRL process.
26. Contact us Blue Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is a listed
service provider for XBRL conversion by
MCA. Blue Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
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BC, has its roots in a well established,
Index four decade old chartered accountants
firm.
Chandan Goyal
We have a separate division for XBRL
Chief Executive Officer
conversion services.
chandan.goyal@blueconsulting.co.in
Our XBRL team members also have
+91 98104 10421 experience of XBRL filing for UK and US
+91 120 4230649 companies as well.
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