IFRS Foundation publishes Formula Linkbase 2012

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07 Aug 2012

The IFRS Formula Linkbase 2012 is now available for download on the IASB's website. The formula linkbase was developed to (1) improve the data quality of IFRS taxonomy filings and (2) provide additional guidance to better understand the IFRS concepts and their meaning from a financial reporting and a technical perspective. This version of the formula linkbase is updated from the formula prototype released in October 2011. The 2012 formulae are designed to work with the IFRS Taxonomy 2012. Most of the improvements from the previous version are related to the content.

The formula linkbase can be used with software packages supporting the XBRL formula specification 1.0 and allows for additional validations of the reported facts. Developed in a generic manner, the IFRS Formula Linkbase 2012 can be used directly on the filings created, based on the IFRS Taxonomy (instance documents) or the company specific extensions to the IFRS Taxonomy (filer extension taxonomy and instance document). Guidance documentation for the formula linkbase is also available.

Technical changes in the 2012 version include (1) positive and negative formula validation is placed in separate files, (2) redundant members in the filter for the Dimension aggregation formulae are removed and (3) precondition expressions in the validation are  simplified (earnings per share formulae).

Click for the press release to access the Formula Linkbase 2012 on the IASB's website.

Correction list for hyphenation

These words serve as exceptions. Once entered, they are only hyphenated at the specified hyphenation points. Each word should be on a separate line.