–ical, plex Subject Made Easier to Understand for Financial Reporting and General Audiences.

Clarity Systems, a leader in external reporting solutions, today announced the launch of the Clarity Systems Limited Edition SEC XBRL Mandate for Dummies guide. The book is designed to clearly and cleverly explain what can be a daunting ic: the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange mission’s phased-in mandate for filing SEC submissions in the XBRL format.

“By the middle of 2012, all domestic and foreign mpanies that are publicly traded in the United States must provide their SEC filings using the XBRL format, beginning with simple block tagging but progressing to more mplex ‘detail’ tagging of financial information, including footnotes and schles,” said Mark Nashman, President & CTO, Clarity Systems.

To assist external reporting professionals tasked with quickly and aurately assembling, tagging and filing their mpanies’ external reports, this excellent reference document explains the basics of XBRL and demystifies the specifics of the SEC’s mandate. Further, it reviews the various options for implementing XBRL tagging, including outsourcing to service providers; bolting on XBRL tagging engines and the deployment of an integrated XBRL solution. The guide ends with a mprehensive ‘checklist’ of features to look for in an integrated XBRL filing solution.

pies of the book are available online by visiting http://www.claritysystems.m/secmandatefordummies or by request to rjordan(at)claritysystems.m. Attendees to Clarity System’s user nference, Vision:10 () will also receive a free py of the book.

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