Taxonomy of financial reporting in compliance with international standards: practical aspects

Abstract

Financial reporting is an important part of economic life. The order of preparation and submission of financial reporting is formed under the influence of various factors, including the following ones: the state of the economy, the level of information technology development, the needs of stakeholders, and others. Strengthening of the trends in digital transformation of economy resulted in the emergence of new trends in financial reporting or certain modification of existing ones. The place and role of electronic format for submitting the financial recording according to XBRL Taxonomy in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards are investigated in this paper. Creation of digital, unambiguous, accurate, and multiple versions of financial reporting is one of the main features of XBRL standard. Theoretical and methodological statements of XBRL format application for reporting based on IFRS Taxonomy are determined, its defining features and advantages are investigated. The prospects of XBRL technology use are proved, since business reports in this format facilitate the search of data for financial reporting on the Internet and the possibility of their automatic analysis. IFRS Taxonomy improves communication between compliers and users of financial reporting that comply with IFRS Standards. The distinctive feature of financial reporting based on XBRL electronic format is its flexibility, and therefore XBRL reporting is becoming more popular. The transition of domestic companies that are required to report under IFRS to statutory report in the XBRL Taxonomy format requires the assessment of their technical and resource capacities. Problematic issues on the way of introduction the taxonomy of financial reporting UA XBRL IFRS are outlined. Particularly, the need to develop software products adapted to the Ukrainian taxonomy is highlighted. Therefore, in Ukraine there is the growing need to train specialists with sufficient level of knowledge in both XBRL and IFRS. Further maintaining the trend of priority of the electronic reporting format will contribute.