Dear Shridhi
Please find below some highlights which will help you;
It has been decided by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to mandate certain class of companies to file balance sheets and profit and loss account for the year 2010-11 onwards by using XBRL taxonomy.
Taxonomy can be referred as an electronic dictionary of the reporting concepts. Taxonomy consists of all the data definitions, the basic XBRL properties and the interrelationships amongst the concepts
XBRL is a language for the electronic communication of business and financial data which is revolutionizing business reporting around the world.
The Financial Statements required to be filed in XBRL format would be based upon the Taxonomy on XBRL developed for the existing Schedule VI, as per the existing, (non converged) Accounting Standards notified under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006.
This Circular is applicable to all companies listed in India and their subsidiaries, including overseas and Companies having a paid up capital of5 Crore and above or a Turnover of100 crore or above.
There are a number of ways to create financial statements in XBRL:
· XBRL-aware accounting software products are becoming available which will support the export of data in XBRL form. These tools allow users to map charts of accounts and other structures to XBRL tags.
· Statements can be mapped into XBRL using XBRL software tools designed for this purpose.
· Data from accounting databases can be extracted in XBRL format. It is not strictly necessary for an accounting software vendor to use XBRL; third party products can achieve the transformation of the data to XBRL.
· Applications can transform data in particular formats into XBRL. The route which an individual company may take will depend on its requirements and the accounting software and systems it currently uses, among other factors.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs would be shortly developing its webpage on XBRL with list of contact persons for training purposes. No worry...............
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