Be ESEF compliant without overthinking it
Upload your annual report in PDF format, tag the report with a taxonomy of your choice, and download the generated ESEF report ready to be published
How will ESEF affect you?
As of 2020, the European Securities Markets and Authorities (ESMA) issued the ESEF standard which requires all issuers on EU regulated markets to prepare and file annual consolidated financial reports in Inline XBRL (iXBRL) format.
Due to the difficulties posted by the pandemic on both issuers and auditors, the ESEF requirements were postponed in most countries in Europe, by one year till 2021. This means that all annual financial reports beginning on or after 1st January 2021 must be submitted in iXBRL format to comply with the ESEF standard.
This means that if your company has securities listed on any EU stock exchange, you must comply with the ESEF standard.
Who?
All companies listed in EU, EEA and UK regulated markets.
When?
For all annual reports for fiscal years beginning 01/01/2021.
How?
Convert your annual report to electronic iXBRL/XHTML format using specialized software.
A streamlined workflow towards ESEF reporting
With CFOUR Comply, we focused on simplifying the process, that you as the issuer need to follow to generate an ESEF submission, which is ready to be published to your regulator as well as on your website.
Our cloud solution handles everything from precise conversions of your annual report in PDF format to HTML and providing you with an intuitive interface to tag your financial statements within the report. After you tag your report and fix any validations issues, you can download the XBRL generated by Comply and proceed with the submission.
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Upload your annual reports in PDF format to CFOUR Comply.
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CFOUR Comply converts the report to XHTML.
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Tag the consolidated financial statements with XBRL directly within Comply.
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Comply validates the tagging done based on the taxonomy ruleset.
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Give permission to your auditor to review the tagging in Comply.
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Sign off the final report and generate an XBRL submission.
Product Features
PDF to XHTML conversion
Accurate conversion from PDF to XHTML including complex graphics and fonts
Tagging of financial statements
Tagging of financial statements with XBRL concepts of a taxonomy including member tagging, footnotes, and notes
Validation of tags
Validation of the tagged annual report with XBRL concepts based on taxonomy rules
XBRL generation
Generation of the XBRL package to be submitted to the regulatory body and the iXBRL report that can be published on your website
Auditor Review
Give permissions to your auditor to review the tagging on your annual report within the same solution
Taxonomy extension
Add extension concepts to cater for your entity specific disclosures and anchor to the base taxonomy
Singe sign-on
Sign in to your Comply subscription using your Office 365 or G-Suite organizational account
Team collaboration
Give access to all your team members, assign roles and permission, and promote collaboration between all team members
Flexible options to help you comply with ESEF requirements
We offer different solutions to issuers depending on the needs you may have as well as how closely you would like to be involved with the technicalities of ESEF.
You can either make full use of our bolt-on solution to tag your annual report with the ESEF or any other taxonomy, or you can also send us your annual report and let our experts do the tagging on the report for your review.
XHTML only
Need to be ESEF compliant without having IFRS consolidated statements to tag? We offer a solution to convert annual reports to XHTML without getting into the tagging process.
Self-managed
Want to have full control on the tagging process and benefit from all the features Comply offers? With our self-managed solution, you have full access to a Comply subscription where you can benefit from all its features.