(*DISCLAIMER: Fin-X Solutions is the UK trade name of IRIS Business Services, the parent company of IRIS CARBON®. We have no association whatsoever with the UK’s IRIS Software Group.)
(*DISCLAIMER: Fin-X Solutions is the UK trade name of IRIS Business Services, the parent company of IRIS CARBON®. We have no association whatsoever with the UK’s IRIS Software Group.)
Ireland’s Revenue began implementing iXBRL in 2013, with Large Corporates Division companies required to submit financial statements in iXBRL for accounting periods ending on, or after, 31 December 2012. Special Purpose Vehicles began to comply with the iXBRL mandate in 2014, for accounting periods ending on, or after, 31 July 2013.
All other Corporation Tax filers began submitting iXBRL financial statements for accounting periods ending on, or after, 31 December 2013. Companies and sole traders with no obligation to submit iXBRL financial statements may do so voluntarily.
Companies with total assets, including liabilities, less than €4.4 million; turnover of less than €8.8 million; and an average number of employees of 50 or fewer do not have an obligation to file iXBRL financial statements.
Revenue requires financial statements to be filed in iXBRL because the digital format makes risk analysis more efficient. Key accounting ratios across companies can be compared and predictive analytical models to identify tax risk can be developed more effectively when financial statement data is captured in iXBRL.
Revenue has not provided a list of iXBRL tagging products or services or a tagging facility for small entities. But filers may use UK iXBRL software or service packages after confirming that they support the applicable taxonomies. iXBRL financial statements must be filed with the regulator through the Revenue Online Service (ROS).
Fin-X Solutions has been leading efforts to develop the XBRL standard. Our work in XBRL reporting spans 17+ years and we have collaborated with over 30 global regulators, helping some of them develop XBRL taxonomies. We like to call ourselves XBRL evangelists.
Apart from filings with Revenue and the HMRC, we facilitate UKSEF/ESEF reporting in the UK and EU. In the US, we facilitate iXBRL filings with the SEC and XBRL filings with the energy regulator FERC. We also handle CIPC iXBRL filings for South African companies.