Summary
Microsoft Corporation filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 3, 2005, to provide information related to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. The primary purpose of this 8-K filing was to include XBRL-formatted financial and other information from the aforementioned 10-Q filing. This was part of an initiative to test XBRL technology and its application in financial reporting. Investors should note that the XBRL data provided in this filing is unaudited and explicitly stated as not being the official, definitive financial statements. Microsoft advised investors to rely on the officially filed version of the Form 10-Q and not to make investment decisions based on this XBRL submission. The information within this 8-K is not considered 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and does not carry the same liability as official filings.
Key Highlights
- 1Microsoft filed an 8-K on May 3, 2005, primarily to furnish XBRL-formatted data.
- 2The XBRL data pertains to Microsoft's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
- 3The filing serves as a test for XBRL reporting technology.
- 4Investors are cautioned that the XBRL financial information is unaudited and not the official filing.
- 5Official 10-Q filing should be the source for investment decisions.
- 6Information in this 8-K is not subject to Section 18 liability of the Exchange Act.
- 7This report includes various XBRL taxonomy extension documents (Instance, Schema, Presentation, Label, Calculation, Reference, Definition).