TAXONOMY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARTS

Abstract

Starting in 2020, some businesses in Ukraine will submit financial statements to government agencies in eXtensible Business Reporting Language format. These changes in the current legislation require companies that fall under this legislation to use new approaches in preparing and submitting financial statements. eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language, is an XML-based language for tagging financial data, and enabling businesses to efficiently and accurately process and share their data. eXtensible Business Reporting Language taxonomies play the important role in financial reporting. On the one hand, they provide a system of computer-readable tags to allow the interchange of interactive information. On the other hand, a systematic, agreed-upon convention for naming each taxonomy tag is needed. The International Financial Reporting Standards taxonomy does not include tags for industry International Financial Reporting Standards reporting. Although the International Financial Reporting Standards taxonomy provides opportunities for expansion, taking into account the specifics of individual industries, not all jurisdictions will require or allow the use of the possibility of expansion. The purpose of the article is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the eXtensible Business Reporting Language format for the presentation of financial statements in Ukraine under International Financial Reporting Standards, as well as possible ways to organize this process in domestic enterprises. The results of the study identified the benefits of implementing such reporting for different groups of users of financial reporting information. It is determined that the algorithm of preparation for the transition to reporting in eXtensible Business Reporting Language consists of the following steps: 1) checking their own IT systems for the ability to generate reports in eXtensible Business Reporting Language format; 2) mapping of data from IT systems and extended taxonomy UA eXtensible Business Reporting Language International Financial Reporting Standards; 3) eXtensible Business Reporting Language validation.