The 57,000 Page Tax Return

Re:The 57,000 Page Tax Return by Pythondj on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @09:22PM (#3272736)

If you'd really like to dive deep into GE's filing try taking at look at it as a tagged XML file using XBRL at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/viewer?action=view&cik=40554&...

You can also download the data as an Excel Spreadsheet - they may obfuscate as much as they want - but if you start leveraging the XBRL tags - you can automate search for that incriminating needle in a haystack...

This is what the SEC auditors are doing these days1

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Re:The 57,000 Page Tax Return by dfc on Thursday November 24, 2011 @01:48AM (#3273444)

You realize that is a 10-Q and not a tax return? IRS and SEC are separate institutions. There is a big difference between the types of financial reporting for stocks versus federal income tax.

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Re:The 57,000 Page Tax Return by dfc on Thursday November 24, 2011 @01:49AM (#3273448)

What incriminating needle? Nobody has alleged any criminal conduct. Mr. Samuels is a smart man, that's not against the law.

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