SIE (file format)

The SIE format is an open standard for transferring accounting data between different software produced by different software suppliers.

SIE could be used to transfer data between software on the same computer, but also used for sending data between companies, for example between the company, the accountant and the audit. It can also be used for transferring from trade pre-systems like payables, receivables and salary systems to accounting as well as from accounting to tax administrative special applications.

SIE is a tagged text file format, not XML like XBRL GL and UN/CEFACT accounting. Elder not able to use new XML technology, but about 20 times compacter file format.

The SIE files are in five sections:

SIE was formed in 1994 as a Swedish national Accounting standard SW vendor and specialist (accountant/audits) interest group and its accounting data file interchange specification has full market implementation in Sweden in all types of accounting SW. It is more or less a demand for purchase in Sweden that products do have SIE support.

SIE is closely related to the Swedish standard charts of accounts organisation BAS (accounting) (the most advanced and fully covering standard account chart in the world), and SIE is one of the owning members of BAS. However the SIE file format works with any charts of accounts and is technically independent of BAS. However together they make a strong concept for accounting information interchange that has proven working firmly since 20 years.

SIE has since year meeting 2012 developed the previous relations with XBRL Sweden and the board is working on a SIE XBRL GL implementation. Most likely the present SIE will stay in business for the future in parallel with a compatible SIE XBRL GL implementation.

SIE is not an SIS (Swedish Standards Institute local ISO) national standard because SIS is organised on pay documentation and nobody in the computer world are paying for standard documents. SIE wants its specifications to be open available. SIE is however a member of SIS.

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