ESEF Tagging, Done for you
Outsourced ESEF iXBRL tagging and filing for listed companies: accurate, ESMA-compliant and delivered on your timeline
ESEF Reporting, Simplified
ESMA compliant ESEF iXBRL reporting made easy
What ESEF Tagging Involves
The European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) requires issuers with securities admitted to trading on EU and EEA regulated markets to publish their annual financial reports in XHTML. Where the report contains IFRS consolidated financial statements, those statements must be tagged in Inline XBRL (iXBRL) using the ESEF taxonomy.
A compliant ESEF filing typically requires:
- Conversion of the annual report into a single XHTML file that preserves its visual design
- Detailed tagging of the primary financial statements
- Block tagging of the notes to the financial statements
- Extension elements, anchored to the closest elements in the base taxonomy, where no suitable standard element exists
- Validation against the ESEF Regulatory Technical Standards and ESMA’s Reporting Manual
- Packaging of the report as an ESEF-compliant reporting package
Our ESEF Tagging and Filing Services
Full ESEF Conversion and Tagging
We take your final annual report as PDF or Word and deliver a validated, filing-ready ESEF reporting package. The design matches your printed report.
Block Tagging of the Notes
Our team applies text-block tags to each note and accounting policy, then reviews them for consistency with your primary statements.
Validation and Quality Review
Every file goes through automated validation and a manual review by a second iXBRL specialist before delivery.
Roll-Forward for Repeat Filers
For returning clients, we roll forward your previous year’s tagging. This keeps your tag choices consistent year on year and shortens turnaround.
Auditor Support
We give your auditors the review files and tagging reports they need for their ESEF assurance work.
Why Companies Switch to DataTracks
Guaranteed, Quick Turnaround
Delivery timelines built around your filing date, with priority options for late-stage changes.
Unlimited Revisions Before Filing
Your report changes until the last minute, and our team keeps pace.
A Seamless Switch from Your Current Provider
We take over your prior-year ESEF file and map your existing tags, so your first year with us stays consistent with your last.
ESEF Filing Process
Understanding the scope
We confirm your scope, timeline and taxonomy version, assign your filing manager, and you send your annual report in draft or final form.
Conversion and tagging
We convert your report to XHTML, then apply iXBRL tags, block tags and extensions.
Review and revisions
You review the tagged report through our online reviewer’s guide, and we incorporate edits (if any) to your annual report.
Validation and delivery
We deliver a validated ESEF reporting package, ready to file.
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What European regulatory reporting solutions does DataTracks offer?
DataTracks provides software and services for KVK and ESEF reporting, alongside solutions for AIFMD Annex IV, COREP/FINREP, Solvency II, FATCA/CRS, CbCR, and other regulatory requirements. Our team helps you select the right solution for your reporting obligations.
How does DataTracks support Dutch KVK reporting?
DataTracks helps prepare annual accounts for digital filing with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. Our support includes XBRL/iXBRL conversion, taxonomy mapping, tagging, and validation to prepare filing-ready reports.
What is ESEF reporting, and which companies does it apply to?
ESEF is the European Single Electronic Format for annual financial reports of issuers subject to the EU Transparency Directive’s reporting requirements. Reports must be prepared in XHTML, with Inline XBRL tagging applied to IFRS consolidated financial statements.
Are KVK and ESEF reporting requirements the same?
No. KVK reporting concerns statutory annual accounts filed with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, while ESEF concerns annual financial reporting by issuers within its scope. Although both can use XBRL-based formats, their taxonomies, report contents, and submission requirements differ. An ESEF report should not automatically be treated as a KVK-ready filing.
What is AIFMD Annex IV reporting?
AIFMD Annex IV reporting requires alternative investment fund managers within scope to report information about their funds to the relevant national competent authorities. This includes information on investments, exposures, leverage, liquidity, and risk.
What other regulatory reporting solutions does DataTracks offer in the EU?
Alongside KVK and ESEF, DataTracks offers solutions for AIFMD Annex IV, COREP/FINREP, Solvency II, MiCA, FATCA/CRS, and CbCR. Fund managers, and financial institutions can choose support suited to their applicable reporting obligations.
