{"id":6907,"date":"2020-06-22T08:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casewareafrica.com\/et\/blog\/does-xbrl-affect-me\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:36:38","slug":"does-xbrl-affect-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casewareafrica.com\/et\/blog\/does-xbrl-affect-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Does XBRL affect me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"text-left text-holder\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"object-non-visible animated object-visible fadeInUpBig\" data-animation-effect=\"fadeInUpBig\" data-effect-delay=\"400\">\n\n<em>If you had read our recent post about XBRL, you will know that it stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language and is a global standard that was developed to improve how financial data is communicated and that it also enables digital financial reporting. You can take a look at it\u00a0<strong>here<\/strong>.<\/em>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"text-left text-holder\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"object-non-visible animated object-visible fadeInUpBig\" data-animation-effect=\"fadeInUpBig\" data-effect-delay=\"400\">\n<h4>Wondering if your company is affected by XBRL?<\/h4>\n<strong>XBRL<\/strong>\u00a0has many different uses and is used by a variety of people across different roles. All companies required to submit Annual Financial Statements (AFSs) as part of the Companies Act should be taking note of XBRL.\n\nSimilarly, any company that needs to provide information to financial regulators, securities regulators, stock exchanges, business registrars, tax authorities and statistical and monetary policy authorities is affected by XBRL. Enterprises that regularly move information around in a complex grouping or supply chains that exchange information to manage risk and measure activity will be impacted by\u00a0<strong>XBRL<\/strong>.\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1088\" src=\"https:\/\/test.casewareafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/06\/cw-website-blog-post-images-02.png\" alt=\"cw-website-blog-post-images-02\" width=\"894\" height=\"886\" \/>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>Where is XBRL applicable?<\/h4>\nAccording to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC),\u00a0<strong>XBRL<\/strong>\u00a0can be applied to a wide range of business and financial data. Below are a few examples of the data XBRL can handle:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"bullets\">\n \t<li>Internal and external financial and business reporting;<\/li>\n \t<li>Reporting and exchange of information in all types of regulators such as tax and financial authorities, central banks and even government;<\/li>\n \t<li>Filing of loan reports and applications;<\/li>\n \t<li>Credit risk assessments; and<\/li>\n \t<li>Authoritative accounting literature, providing a standard way of describing accounting documents provided by authoritative bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Who will benefit most from XBRL?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"bullets\">\n \t<li>Regulators, analysts and investors:\u00a0XBRL allows for enhanced distribution and usability of existing financial statement information. It enables automated analysis and less rekeying of information from one form to another.<\/li>\n \t<li>Data aggregators and financial publishers:\u00a0More efficient data collection lowers operating costs, boosts traction capacity and adds value to data to minimise errors.<\/li>\n \t<li>Independent financial software developers:\u00a0Any software that handles financial information can use XBRL for importing and exporting data. This increases the potential for full interoperability for other applications.<\/li>\n \t<li>Companies that prepare financial statements:\u00a0The value of XBRL is that companies can create financial statements more efficiently because they only need to do so once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAt CaseWare, we provide a full range of professional services and \u201cbest of breed\u201d software solutions to thousands of customers. Our solutions automate financial statements and assurance engagements, streamline tax management processes, enable simplified times and billing, and also takes care of secretarial duties. To find out more about how we can help you on your\u00a0<strong>XBRL<\/strong>\u00a0reporting journey,\u00a0<a href=\"\/contact\/\"><strong>get in touch<\/strong><\/a>.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you had read our recent post about XBRL, you will know that it stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language and is a global standard that was developed to improve how financial data is communicated and that it also enables digital financial reporting. You can take a look at it\u00a0here. 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