XBRL FAQ: What Is a Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program?
Q What is a Standard Business Reporting (SBR) program, and what are its defining features? A SBR programs are regulatory initiatives aimed at streamlining and reducing the cost of business-to-government reporting. There are currently two officially recognized SBR programs: the Standard Business Reporting Programma in The Netherlands and the Standard Business Reporting Program in Australia. The SBR approach is also under consideration by various other countries. The key features that distinguish a SBR initiative are: They are...
read moreAn update on the Australian Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program
A few different documents and reports recently published by the Australian Government offer a wealth of information on the origin and history of the SBR program, on its current status, on its impact on the Australian business environment so far and on its future perspectives. The Productivity Commission Report On May 15, 2012 the Productivity Commission of the Australian Government — an independent research and advisory body on a range of economic, social and environmental issues — published a research report titled “Impacts of the Council of...
read moreXBRL and Red Tape Reduction Initiatives in Canada — SBR Webinar June 7, 2010
Following recent announcements by the Canadian Government on the formation of a Red Tape Reduction Commission to consider ways of reducing the cost of compliance for businesses, XBRL Canada will hold a webinar on June 7, 2010 at 4:00pm EDT on how XBRL and the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) model can help. The webinar includes a presentation by Paul Madden, Director of the SBR Program in Australia. See the press release here and the XBRL Canada website to register for the event. Paul’s presentations are very informative and pragmatic, and...
read moreSBR Blog Officially Launched
The Australian Standard Business Reporting Program has now an official blog — see the press release here.
read moreDownunder Again
I realized today that I have not been posting anything for a few weeks now. If anybody is wondering, I did not run out of things to write about… quite the opposite, there is probably too much going on right now in the XBRL and XBRL GL world. The thing is that after 3 months or so I am back in Australia again. Once I settle in I will start posting again, probably with a few updates on the Convergence Assistant and...
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