Uk Xbrl filing

[John Ralls]

On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Berni Elbourn wrote:

> On 11/01/11 16:11, John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:58 AM, Berni Elbourn wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I learn today that HMRC are going to require corporate tax returns to be
>>> submitted in Xrbl format from this April. And it is also likely all
>>> returns are going to be required in Xrbl format from next year. Great
>>> news for the likes of Sage....not so good for me as a Gnucash user.
>>> 
>>> Are there any plans for Gnucash to be able to report in the required Uk
>>> Xrbl format.
>>> 
>>> Or are there any alternative open sources packages with such ambitions?
>> 
>> No one has mentioned it before. It would take a while to implement, I think; probably too long to help you for this year. It seems that HMRC have a web-app for smaller businesses: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ct/.
>> 
>> I've added an enhancement request, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639224, on your behalf.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
> 
> Many many thanks!!!
> 
> And Sage have done there very best to (not) help with this "improvement" in our lives. Accounts Production Advanced will require an sql server for this xbrl nonsense. Linux/Samba set-ups which have run for years no longer work. And gosh Windows 2000 support ends too - the timing must be intentional with the April 1 deadline.
> 
> My advice go buy some Microsoft UK shares! :-)
> 
> There are some alternatives and conversion tools mentioned here which may get some out of the hole:
> 
> http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/efiling/ctsoft_dev.htm
> 
> Maybe the tools can help with the enhancement request?

Don't get your hopes up about Gnucash supporting XBRL anytime soon unless you can round up someone to work up a patch. We have hundreds of enhancement requests and only a few active developers.

Regards,
John Ralls