EDGAR Release 26.1

On March 16, 2026, EDGAR Release 26.1 will introduce the following changes:

EDGAR Filing Website  

• EDGAR generally will suspend filings rather than issue warnings for incorrect or incomplete structured filing fee-related information for all filers. EDGAR will continue to issue warnings in some instances.
• The ACH limit for filing fees will change from a maximum of $99,999,999.99 per transaction to $24,999,999.99 per transaction. Filers that need to exceed that limit may make multiple transactions.
• As of March 24, 2025, Form X-17A-5 Part III no longer requires the oath or affirmation to be notarized. Therefore, the text and checkbox acknowledging notarization of the oath or affirmation have been removed from the submission template for Form X-17A-5 on the EDGAR Filing website and are no longer required in filer constructed submissions.
• On October 3, 2025, Form 13H, 13H-A and 13H-Q had updates made to Item 6 to allow reordering of entries as well as additions and deletions in the middle of the list per filer preference. The change does not impact the XML technical specifications for Form 13H.

XBRL 

• EDGAR will accept the 2026 versions of the following taxonomies:
  • US-GAAP, US-GAAP-EBP, SRT (published by FASB)
  • CEF, COUNTRY, CURRENCY, CYD, DEI, ECD, EXCH, FFD, FND, NAICS, OEF, RXP, SBS, SIC, SNJ, SPAC, SRO, STPR, VIP (published by SEC)
  • See https://www.sec.gov/edgar/information-for-filers/standard-taxonomies for a complete list of supported standard taxonomies. 

Fee Exhibit Preparation Tool (FEPT) 

• The Fee Exhibit Preparation Tool (FEPT) will no longer display “N/A” in table cells when the “Not Applicable” checkbox is selected. For tables marked “Not Applicable,” FEPT will generate a table which displays populated column and row headers, with empty cells.

EDGAR Online Forms Management Website 

• Beginning March 18, 2026, each director or officer of a foreign private issuer that has securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) must file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, pursuant to the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (enacted December 18, 2025). Starting March 18, 2026, Forms 3, 4, & 5 will include a Country field requiring a country name for all reporting persons and a field to provide a Foreign Trading Symbol, as well as other technical and conforming changes as detailed in the technical specifications for those forms.
• Schedules 13D and 13G (including associated submission types) will be updated to accommodate up to 20 CUSIP numbers. At least one CUSIP entry is required.

APIs 

• The EDGAR Operational Status API will be updated to reflect two new statuses for degraded EDGAR service both within and after EDGAR operating hours. The messages indicate that EDGAR is experiencing technical difficulties and to consult the EDGAR News and Announcements page on SEC.gov for more information.”