Editor’s note: The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to publish a rule mandating XBRL technology for financial statements as soon as this fall. To hear how much of a challenge XBRL implementation can be, we caught up with four financial reporting executives at companies that have already been participating in the SEC’s voluntary pilot XBRL filing program. These are their stories. If you’re interested in hearing first-hand the experiences of the speakers below, join Compliance Week at our XBRL Primer, Nov. 19 in New York City.

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