The SEC adopted a number of new regulations in 2015 and many of them have rules and new EDGAR forms that will become effective in 2016. In the first and second quarter of next year, expect a number of changes to EDGAR to accommodate these changes.

The SEC adopted the final rule allowing companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding on October 30, 2015. These new rules (Regulation Crowdfunding) require companies who opt to raise money through crowdfunding to provide the SEC with new disclosures via EDGAR and are expected to take effect during the second quarter of 2016.

On September 14, 2015, EDGAR 15.3 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release contained new EDGAR forms and changes to exhibits.

On August 3, 2015, EDGAR 15.2.2 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release contained new EDGAR forms and new EDGAR applicant types.

The XBRL US Center for Data Quality has launched a public review for seven proposed validation rules. These rules are available for comment by public companies, data providers, analysts and XBRL providers for sixty days and pertain to providing validation tests for XBRL errors.