XBRL News

IFRS XBRL Team Presentation to Standards Advisory Council

26 February 2006

Today, members of the IASC Foundation (Kurt Ramin, Josef Macdonald and director of operations, Tom Seidenstein) are presenting XBRL for the first time to the Standards Advisory Council (SAC) of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

The SAC is a forum where the IASB consults individuals, and representatives of organisations affected by its work, that are committed to the development of high quality International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).  It includes representatives and/or observers from international organisations such as:

• Basel Committee of Banking Supervisors
• International Association of Insurance Supervisors
• Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
• International Federation of Accountants
• International Monetary Fund
• International Organisation of Securities Commissions
• United Nations Conference for Trade and Development
• World Bank
• European Commission
• Financial Services Agency of Japan
• US Securities and Exchange Commission

Details of the 2 day SAC meeting can be obtained by clicking here.
To understand more about the SAC, click here.  To find out about its relationship to the IASB, click here.

The SAC meeting is followed by a full day IASB IT Discussion Group Meeting on Wednesday 28 February.

To view or download presentations such as this by IASC Foundation XBRL Team members, click here.