Summary
This Form 8-K filing by Microsoft Corporation on October 10, 2006, primarily serves to provide XBRL-formatted data from its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. This supplementary filing is for testing purposes related to the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) technology. Investors should note that the XBRL data provided is unaudited and not the official financial statements. Therefore, investors should continue to rely on the officially filed versions of Microsoft's financial reports for making investment decisions, as the XBRL data in this 8-K is not intended for direct use in investment analysis or to incur liability under Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
Key Highlights
- 1Microsoft Corporation is filing this Form 8-K on October 10, 2006, to provide XBRL-formatted data from its FY2006 10-K.
- 2The XBRL data pertains to specific sections of Part I and Part II of the previously filed Form 10-K, excluding auditor reports.
- 3This filing is for testing the XBRL format and related technology.
- 4The XBRL financial information included in this filing is explicitly stated as unaudited.
- 5Investors are cautioned to rely on the official, filed versions of Microsoft's financial statements and not on this XBRL data for investment decisions.
- 6This filing is not intended to create liability under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
- 7The filing includes various XBRL documents such as instance, schema, calculation, definition, label, and presentation linkbase documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
The primary purpose of this Form 8-K is to provide XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) formatted versions of certain sections of Microsoft's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. This is being done for testing purposes related to XBRL technology.
No, investors are strongly advised not to rely on the XBRL data provided in this filing for making investment decisions. The filing explicitly states that this XBRL data is unaudited and is not the official version of Microsoft's financial statements. Investors should continue to refer to the officially filed financial reports.
XBRL is a global standard for the digital transmission of business and financial data. Microsoft is testing XBRL to explore and evaluate the technology for potential future use in reporting financial information, aiming for greater efficiency and accessibility.
No, according to Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information provided in this 8-K, including the XBRL exhibits, is not considered 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and will not be subject to the liabilities of that section. It also won't be automatically incorporated into other filings unless expressly stated.