Categorising financial information

We are currently using the bulk financial data but have ran into a problem. We need to know if each data point, e.g. IncreaseDecreaseInLiabilitiesDefinedBenefitSchemeFromBusinessCombinations or FinalDividendsPaid, belongs in the balance sheet or the profit and loss section of the financials. Is there any source we can use to obtain this information.

Regards.

I will see if I can find an answer for you question, and get back to you as soon as I can.

There’s over 6,000 elements that can be provided in countless different ways in the customers’ submitted accounts, often it will depend on the individual accounts - iXBRL is flexible so different companies can choose to tag their information in lots of different ways.
Dividends for example are related to the profit for the year which is provided in the Profit and loss account, but Dividends are not really a part of the P&L any longer. Many of the items will not relate to either the BS or P&L but will be part of various Notes.
Therefore we advise that you should seek advice from professional accountants.