Comment letters

Comprehensive collection of SEC comment letters for US public companies.

The Ideagen Audit Analytics SEC comment letter database is an extensive collection of SEC staff reviews and company responses. Each letter is indexed according to 2,800 proprietary issues regarding specific accounting rules and regulations.

Module Corporate and legal
Source SEC filings
Coverage All ’33 & ’34 Act filers
Data Since 2004
Updated Daily
Availability Online • Data Feed • Excel • WRDS
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SEC comment letters are correspondence from the SEC in connection with their review of disclosure filings. The staff’s comments are in response to a company’s disclosure and other public information and are based on the staff’s understanding of that company’s facts and circumstances.

The SEC began publicly releasing comment letters in 2005 for filings made after August 1, 2004 that were reviewed by the SEC staff.