Clarification On Filing Of Annual Reports In XBRL Mode – BSE
In continuation to the Circular to the Companies dated February 08, 2019 with regards to filing of Annual Report in XBRL mode under Regulation 34 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the following may be noted.
In order to enable ease of business and make filing easier, BSE had adopted the XBRL taxonomy issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, for submission of Financial Statements in XBRL mode. All the listed entities can download the XBRL taxonomy from website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs. All the listed entities can submit to the Exchange, the Annual Report prepared using the XBRL taxonomy of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, itself.
· Filings in respect of Annual Report has to be done by all listed entities in XBRL mode in addition to the currently used PDF mode mandatorily, for periods ending March 31, 2019.
· The submission in XBRL mode may be made at the same time when the listed entities file Form AOC-4 (XBRL) with Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
· The timeline for submission of Annual Report in PDF mode shall be as per the amended Regulation 34 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2018 w.e.f. April 01, 2019.
Listed entities may, if they so desire, file their Annual Report for FY 2017-18 also in XBRL on the BSE Listing Centre to test the system and get the feel of ease of filing. All listed entities are urged to cooperate in this initiative and help us to make the filing process with the Exchange easier, more convenient and faster.