Update Fiscal Year End in EDGAR

The fiscal year end must be the same in the EDGARElectronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR), is a SEC system used by public companies to transmit filings of annual and quarterly reports and other disclosures. system and your XBRLExtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is an XML-based standard for defining and exchanging business and financial performance information.. If the month/day of your fiscal year end changes, you can update it in the EDGAR system.

Credentials Required

This process requires:

Changing the Fiscal Year End in EDGAR

To change the fiscal year end for your company:

  1. Visit the EDGAR website https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/.
  2. Log in using your company CIK and password.
  3. In the left panel, click Retrieve/Edit Data.

  4. Log in again using your CIK and CCC, then click Continue.
  5. Click Retrieve Company Information.


  6. At the bottom of the page, click Edit Company Information.

  7. In the second section of Filer Information, update Fiscal Year End (MM/DD).

  8. Click Submit Changes.

Availability

The EDGAR site is only available during EDGAR Hours of Operation.