About KPMG and XBRL

KPMG is one of the founding members of the XBRL International consortium and is extremely active in the development and adoption of this remarkable technology around the world.

We are the first professional services organization with a team of full-time professionals dedicated to XBRL. KPMG member firms helps clients in this field understand and clarify their business needs. Applying tools and methodologies that leverage knowledge, we help clients resolve problems and manage risk.

KPMG’s Global XBRL Services Team helps the not-for-profit XBRL International consortium improve and promote XBRL and supports KPMG professionals in the delivery of XBRL-related products and services to KPMG member firms clients everywhere.

Notable accomplishments in this field include:

Co-editors of the XBRL specification
Co-editors of the first XBRL taxonomy
First professional services firm to complete an XBRL pilot
First professional services firm to support a full XBRL implementation
Developer of taxonomies for a national companies regulator in Europe
Delivery of feasibility study and production-ready complex taxonomy development, including formula support, for a U.S. regulator
Delivery of taxonomy production and information navigation tools for an Australian regulator
Review and strategy work with a number of software vendors

Contacts

Chris Rodgers: London Partner and Chairman, XBRL UK
Graeme Sinclair: Wellington Partner and Chairman, XBRL NZ
Lawrence Raff: New York Partner
Jerry Jones: Washington, D.C., Partner

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