List/Grid Monthly Archives: July 2010
Best Practices: Tagging Your U.S. Financial Report with XBRL
(Tag Your 10-K with XBRL, Tag Your 10-Q with XBRL, Tag Your 20-F with XBRL) Preparing your financial statements (Form 10-Q, Form 10-K, Form 20-F) for the XBRL reporting required by the SEC is a two-step process: mapping comes first, followed by the actual XBRL tagging of the financial report itself. Mapping matches your financial [...]
Make Your Software Development Team Agile
Agile seems to be the most popular set software development methodologies today. But how do you actually implement agile? How do you ensure your software development team is running lean? Is your software being developed iteratively? TeamPulse is an awesome product that is being released later this month that combines agile and lean best practices [...]
The Future of IFRS Financial Reporting Software
A year ago, Trintech issued a document discussing looming changes in financial reporting, including eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and International Financial Reporting Standards, (IFRS). XBRL is now well underway, and most companies are outsourcing the tagging to printers while also looking at embedded technologies to streamline processes and cut costs. IFRS preparations, however, continue [...]
Complying with the HMRC iXBRL Mandate
The recent iXBRL mandate by Her Majesty Revenue & Customs (HMRC) requires that all statutory business tax returns be filed electronically using a technology called iXBRL or inline XBRL. After 31 March, 2010, paper filings will not be sufficient, and companies filing after this date must submit their tax returns online through the Government Gateway. [...]
The way we interact with computers is about to change in a huge way
Frankly the title is wrong. It’s much bigger than that. Do you remember watching Minority Report and getting completely excited about what could be possible in future user interfaces? Microsoft has invested heavily in different ways to interact with the pc, Project Natal which was recently renamed to Kinect is set to be released in [...]
