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EDGAR Next Frequently Asked Questions

Pre-enrollment 

Questions about preparing for EDGAR Next enrollment and compliance.

  • EDGAR Next is a modernization effort by the SEC to bring identity management principles to EDGAR. The SEC wants to know the individual making a submission to EDGAR and to ensure that individual is authorized to make the submission.

  • Prior to enrollment

    • Identify who manages your CIK, CCC and Passphrase. These EDGAR codes will be required for enrollment.
    • Ensure that the EDGAR point of contact on the SEC's EDGAR filing website is current. Make changes if necessary.
    • Filers who have not reset their Passphrase or CCC since September 2019 must obtain a new Passphrase and new CCC for enrollment.
      • If the Passphrase is unknown, update the Passphrase via the SEC EDGAR Filer Management website prior to March 24, 2025.
      • If the CCC was set before September 2019, update the CCC via the EDGAR filing website prior to March 24, 2025. Please note that you can use the same CCC for the update so as not to interrupt current live filings.
    • Designate at least two Account Administrators for each CIK.
    • Obtain Login.gov credentials (if applicable).
    • Identify who will manage enrollment.
    • If self-filing using the SEC EDGAR filing sites or interested in the EDGAR Filer Management changes, participate in the beta – available September 30, 2024, through December 19, 2025.

  • Enrollment begins March 24, 2025.

  • Compliance is required on September 15, 2025.

Login.gov

Guidance regarding and managing a Login.gov account.

  • If you manage an EDGAR account (CIK) and/or file electronically on EDGAR, you are required to obtain Login.gov individual account credentials. You do not need a Login.gov account if someone else manages your EDGAR account and submits your filings, for example if you are a reporting owner (i.e., Officer or Director).

  • No, however, the EDGAR account must be enrolled in EDGAR next and the person that is doing the enrollment and the person(s) that file on your behalf is required to have Login.gov account credentials.

  • Go to Create your account | Login.gov to create your Login.gov credentials.

  • Face or Touch unlock, Authentication Application, Security Key, Text Message/Phone Call, Back-up Codes (less secure). Please verify options on authentication-method site as options may change.

  • The EDGAR Filer Manual Volume I, says individuals with Login.gov accounts created with personal email addresses who are concerned about their personal address being visible on the dashboard, or for other reasons do not wish their emails to be used in connection with EDGAR matters, should create new Login.gov individual account credentials with the email addresses they wish to use in connection with EDGAR.

  • The SEC requires individual account credentials. Anyone that accesses the EDGAR filing sites, the EDGAR Filer Management Dashboard or submits filings must have a Login.gov individual account. The SEC wants to know the individual that is accessing the EDGAR sites and submitting filings.

  • A filer must first add the new email address under “Edit my information” on the EDGAR Next Filer Management Dashboard prior to updating the email address on Login.gov. Then go to Login.gov and follow the steps to “Change the email address associated with a Login.gov account”. The Account Administrators assigned to your EDGAR accounts will receive a notification of the address change.

  • If you join a new company, you do not need to create a new Login.gov account. You can change the email address of your existing Login.gov account. Follow the steps to “Change the email address associated with a Login.gov account”.

    The Account Administrators of the EDGAR account will receive a notification of the address change. If you no longer require access to an EDGAR account, you can remove yourself from an EDGAR account.

Filer Management Dashboard

The main things to know about the usage of the Filer Management Dashboard.

  • On March 24, 2025, a new EDGAR Filer Management website that includes the dashboard will go live. The dashboard has interactive functions on EDGAR. After enrollment, filers will manage their EDGAR accounts using the dashboard. The following will be managed from the dashboard:

    • EDGAR Next enrollment
    • CIK confirmation code (CCC)
    • Password (between March 24, 2025, and September 12, 2025)
    • Individuals that use the EDGAR account including the EDGAR Point of Contact
    • Delegation to another filing entity such as a Filing Agent
    • Annual Confirmation of the EDGAR account

    It’s also where the Form ID (application for access codes to file on EDGAR) will be located.

  • The dashboard will be available during EDGAR operating hours, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time each day except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Optional APIs that provide much of the same functionality as the dashboard will also be available during those hours because the APIs rely on dashboard availability.

  • Anyone with Login.gov credentials can access a dashboard; however, it will only contain EDGAR accounts if the individual has been added to an EDGAR account.

  • See the SEC “Overview of EDGAR Filer Management Dashboard” YouTube video.

  • Starting March 24, 2025, the legacy Filer Management website will not be available. The legacy Filer Management website is where the “Update Passphrase” function is located. The new Filer Management website/dashboard will have a “Passphrase Reset” function during the enrollment period, however, only the security token method can be used. That means, the EDGAR Point of Contact listed in the Company Information on EDGAR must be someone you have access to. The security token will be sent to the email address of that person. The Passphrase reset function will be located under “Enroll in EDGAR Next” in the dashboard. If both the EDGAR Point of Contact and Passphrase are unknown, you will need to submit a Form ID for “Filer lost electronic access to its existing CIK account”.

    If you need to use the manual “Update Passphrase” function, you must do so prior to March 24, 2025.

  • Unenrolled CIKs will be able to update their existing password on the EDGAR Filing site from the Retrieve/Edit Data section. Once you enroll in EDGAR Next, the password will be managed in the Filer Managment Dashboard. The password management is temporary until September 12, 2025. After September 12, 2025, passwords will no longer be used to log into EDGAR; instead Login.gov credentials will be used to log into EDGAR.

    CIKs who have lost/forgotten the password and therefore can’t log into the EDGAR filing sites will have the option to “Request a Password reset token”, located in the footer of the dashboard. The reset token is sent to the EDGAR Point of Contact for the CIK. That means, the EDGAR Point of Contact listed in the Company Information on EDGAR must be someone you have access to. The security token will be sent to the email address listed for the EDGAR Point of Contact.

  • Unenrolled CIKs will be able to update their existing CCC on the EDGAR Filing site from the Retrieve/Edit Data section. Once you enroll in EDGAR Next, the CCC will be managed in the Filer Management Dashboard.

    CIKs who have lost/forgotten the CCC and therefore can’t enroll because of it have the option to “Request a CCC reset token”, located in the footer of the dashboard. The reset token is sent to the EDGAR Point of Contact for the CIK. That means, the EDGAR Point of Contact listed in the Company Information on EDGAR must be someone you have access to. The security token will be sent to the email address listed for the EDGAR Point of Contact.

    Please note that after enrolling in EDGAR Next, existing CCCs will no longer be valid. The CCC will automatically regenerate upon enrollment. You will be able to view the new CCC via the dashboard under “Manage CCC & Password” for that CIK, and if you are an Account Administrator you can regenerate the CCC or change the CCC to a custom CCC.

  • Company Information updates would continue to be done on the EDGAR filing website under “Retrieve/Edit Data”, except for the EDGAR Point of Contact.

  • The EDGAR Point of Contact is selected in the Filer Management Dashboard under the Manage Individuals section. Click on the Actions menu across from the individual and choose “Select as primary Point of Contact”.

  • Series and Class ID updates would continue to be done on the EDGAR filing website under “Retrieve/Edit Data”.

Enrollment

Questions regarding Enrollment into EDGAR Next.

  • To obtain access to the EDGAR filing sites and submit EDGAR filings, an EDGAR account is required.

    The successful completion of a Form ID (application for access to EDGAR) creates an EDGAR account. During the Form ID process, a Passphrase is established. That Passphrase along with the Central Index Key (CIK) that is provided upon successful completion of the Form ID is used to generate the balance of the EDGAR access codes. Those codes are the CIK Confirmation Code (CCC), Password and Password Modification Authorization Code (PMAC).

    The CIK and password are used to log in to EDGAR. The CIK and CCC are used in EDGAR submissions to identify the registrant.

    The CIK does not change, but the password expires yearly. The PMAC is used to update the password, and the password is used to change a CCC. The Passphrase can be used to generate a new password, PMAC and CCC all at once.

    The SEC does not keep these codes on file. It is the responsibility of the individual designated as the contact for EDGAR to keep the codes secure and provide the relevant code to EDGAR filing parties as needed. The EDGAR contact was established at the creation of the EDGAR account on the Form ID and can be changed by editing the Company Information on the EDGAR filing site.

  • If you have an active EDGAR account and someone submits filings on your behalf, the EDGAR account is required to be enrolled. The person that files on your behalf can perform the enrollment. If there are multiple people or companies that file on your behalf, you must designate one person/company to do the enrollment.

  • A new Form ID is not required to enroll an existing EDGAR account. For the creation of new EDGAR accounts, the current Form ID process should be used until March 24, 2025. Starting March 24, 2025, the amended Form ID process must be used to create new EDGAR accounts.

  • You need the EDGAR account CIK, CCC and Passphrase, the name, email address (must be the email address of the person’s login.gov credentials), business address and business telephone number of the two individuals being authorized as Account Administrators. You will also need to be prepared to select the quarter-end date by which you will perform annual confirmation – March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.

    If the Passphrase is invalid during enrollment, be prepared to reset the Passphrase. During enrollment, security token is the only Passphrase reset option. You must have access to the current EDGAR Point of Contact listed in the Company information located on EDGAR. The security token will be sent to the email address of that person.

    If both the EDGAR Point of Contact and Passphrase is unknown, you will need to submit a Form ID for “Filer lost electronic access to its existing CIK account”.

  • Yes, anyone can enroll as long as they are authorized by the company to do so. Authorization to enroll is not a formal process. Providing the CIKs, CCCs and Passphrases is the authorization to enroll.

    The company can instruct a filing agent to enroll the EDGAR account(s). “Filing agent” means any person or entity engaged in the business of making submissions on EDGAR on behalf of filers. Filing agent examples are financial printers, EDGAR service providers and law firms.

  • Yes. Two Account Administrators are required at enrollment. Although individuals or single-member companies are only required to have one Account Administrator, the SEC encourages listing two Account Administrators at enrollment for each EDGAR account. The bulk enrollment form requires two Account Administrators regardless of single-member company.

  • No. The receipt of EDGAR account CIK, CCC and Passphrase, as well as information about the individuals being authorized as Account Administrators is the filing agent's authorization to conduct enrollment.

  • No. Authorization of Account Administrators is done by including the Account Administrator's information with the CIK, CCC and Passphrase at enrollment.

  • Identify the person who is the EDGAR contact for the EDGAR account. If you do not know where to begin, you can contact a filing agent that submits filings on behalf of the account to assist you.

    If the filing agent has a valid CCC for the EDGAR account, they can log into EDGAR using the filing agent’s CIK and password and retrieve the EDGAR account company information. The company information will list the EDGAR contact. Reach out to the EDGAR contact. If the EDGAR contact is no longer valid and you cannot locate anyone else that has valid EDGAR access codes, you will need to submit an update Passphrase request.

  • Once you have a Login.gov account, starting March 24, 2024, go to the Filer Management Dashboard and select “Enroll in EDGAR Next” then follow the instructions. “Manual enrollment” allows for enrollment of one EDGAR account at a time. “Bulk enrollment” allows for enrollment of multiple EDGAR accounts simultaneously.

  • Contact your DFIN representative.

  • Bulk enrollment enables multiple EDGAR accounts to be enrolled simultaneously. The EDGAR Next Filer Management Dashboard provides a bulk enrollment template (.csv file) that can be downloaded, filled out and uploaded. Bulk enrollment template instructions are also provided. The SEC will only accept 100 row entries on the bulk enrollment form. The header is considered a row entry. That means you can enroll up to 99 accounts/CIKs using the form.

  • Yes. Legacy (CIK and password) EDGAR access will be available from March 24, 2025, to September 12, 2025. Filers can access EDGAR and submit filings as they have done prior to EDGAR Next during that 6-month enrollment period.

  • If an EDGAR account is not enrolled by September 15, 2025, you will not be able to submit filings. Filings submitted on September 15, 2025, or after September 15, 2025, for that EDGAR account will suspend.

    There is an extended 3-month enrollment period that ends December 19, 2025; available to EDGAR accounts that did not enroll by September 12, 2025.

  • On December 22, 2025, filers who have not enrolled in EDGAR Next will be required to submit an amended Form ID through the Filer Management Dashboard to apply for access to their existing EDGAR accounts.

  • If the information is accurate, enrollment could be effective the same day enrollment is submitted.

  • When you are successfully enrolled, the Passphrase will be deactivated. The CCC will automatically regenerate. The password will be active until September 12, 2025, then it will also be deactivated.

  • If you are an Account Administrator, log in to the EDGAR Next Filer Management Dashboard and go to “Manage CCC”. If you are a User, click on “Account Details” to view the CCC. If you are a delegated Account Administrator or delegated User, select “View filer information” under actions to view the CCC.

Roles

Questions about the different roles which can be applied to your EDGAR users.

  • An Account Administrator is the person(s) authorized to manage the EDGAR account. Each EDGAR account is required to have at least two Account Administrators and can have a maximum of twenty Account Administrators. Filers that are individuals or single-member companies are required to authorize and maintain at least one Account Administrator, however the SEC encourages at least two Account Administrators for those accounts.

    An Account Administrator can add and remove Users, Account Administrators and Technical Administrators (including removing themselves as an Account Administrator); create and edit groups of Users; delegate filing authority to other EDGAR accounts and remove delegation; generate a new CCC; make submissions on EDGAR; and receive notifications regarding significant events affecting the account (notifications are emailed to the Account Administrator’s email address and available on their dashboard).

    If two Account Administrators are required on the EDGAR account, and there are only two, you cannot remove an Account Administrator until another is added first.

    An Account Administrator is also responsible for the annual confirmation of the EDGAR account.

    One Account Administrator will act as the primary EDGAR Point of Contact (EDGAR POC). The SEC staff may contact the filer’s other Account Administrators if, for example, the EDGAR POC cannot be reached or is nonresponsive.

  • Users are person(s) added by the Account Administrator to make submissions on EDGAR. The SEC doesn’t require a minimum number of Users. They allow up to 500 Users for each EDGAR account.

    Users can view basic information about the filer’s account including the filer’s name, CIK, CCC, corporate and contact information, as well as the contact information for Account Administrators.

    Users can update Company Information (COUPDAT) as well as Series and Class ID information (SCUPDAT) on the EDGAR filing sites.

    Users cannot add or remove individuals from the dashboard other than themselves. They also cannot alter or generate a new CCC.

  • A Technical Administrator is a person(s) that manages the technical aspects of a filer’s connection to APIs. They are only required if the filer opts to connect to EDGAR APIs. A filer can use its delegated entity’s API connections.

    If used, there must be at least two Technical Administrators. The maximum number of Technical Administrators per EDGAR account is twenty.

    They generate the filer API token and manage the API connections as well as serve as points of contact for questions from SEC staff regarding the filer’s connections to the APIs.

  • An Account Administrator is able to delegate authority to file to any other EDGAR account, such as a filing agent. The filing agent would then become a Delegated Entity.

  • The Account Administrator of an EDGAR account that received delegation is considered a delegated Account Administrator. They accept delegation invitations; decide whether their Users should have access to the EDGAR account that has been delegated; view the CCC of the delegated EDGAR account; and submit filings for the account that was delegated.

    A delegated Account Administrator cannot access the dashboard of the account that was delegated and does not have the ability to make changes to the account except for Company Information and Series and Class ID information located on the EDGAR filing websites.

  • The User of an EDGAR account that received delegation is considered a delegated User. They can submit filings for the account that was delegated.

    A delegated account User cannot access the dashboard of the account that was delegated and does not have the ability to make changes to the account except for Company Information and Series and Class ID information located on the EDGAR filing websites.

  • User groups allow a delegated Account Administrator to group subsets of the filer’s users into user groups. The user group function would assist delegated entities to authorize certain of their users to make submission on behalf of specific filers.

  • Upon enrollment the first Account Administrator listed will automatically be the EDGAR POC.
    On the amended Form ID, the first Account Administrator listed will automatically be the EDGAR POC.
    You can change the EDGAR POC in the SEC dashboard.

Delegation

Questions about delegating filing authority and managing requesting delegation.

  • EDGAR Next will require the filer to programmatically give permission “delegate” (using the Filer Management Dashboard) to the filing agent to use their CIKs to submit filings on their behalf.

  • If you are an Account Administrator, you can delegate to more than one account at a time by using the “Bulk Actions” menu from the main account page of the Filer Management dashboard. Select the EDGAR accounts that you want to delegate, then from the “Bulk Actions” dropdown select “Add delegation”. This will take you to the “Delegate authority to file” screen where you will enter the CIK of the EDGAR account you want to delegate to.

    Account Administrators can also manage delegation at the account level using the “Manager Delegations and User Groups” section and selecting “Add Delegation”.

    Once successfully submitted, an invitation will be sent to the Account Administrators of the other EDGAR account. One of the Account Administrators from the other EDGAR account will need to accept the invitation for the delegation to take effect. The other EDGAR account will become a Delegated Entity.

  • Yes. In the dashboard a delegation preference of “auto accept delegation” can be checked to allow an EDGAR account to auto accept delegation. That means if a filer sends a delegation request to DFIN, DFIN will be able to automatically accept. DFIN would then become a delegated entity and will be able to make filings on the filer’s behalf.

  • Delegation does not expire; however, the Account Administrator or delegated Account Administrator can cancel the delegation.

  • Yes. The dashboard has a “Request Delegation” function. This process would enable filing agents to assist their filers in delegating to the correct EDGAR account. Once the delegation request is sent, an account administrator of the filer will have to accept the invitation.

    For this process to work, the filer’s EDGAR account delegation preference must be set to “Allow delegation request” before the delegation request is sent. 

  • If you don’t delegate, only your EDGAR Account Administrators and Users will be able to access the EDGAR filing websites and submit filings on your behalf.

  • The DFIN filing agent CIKs that you need to delegate to are: 0001193125 and 0000950130.

API and API Tokens

Answers for what is API and how to use API Tokens.

  • Application Programming Interface (API) means a software interface that allows computers or applications to communicate with each other. EDGAR offered 3 APIs with the proposed rule and offers 12 additional APIs with the final rule.

  • A User API Token is a confidential alphanumeric string of text generated on the individual's dashboard. The token represents a security requirement that eliminates the need to manually enter individual account credentials and perform multifactor authentication each time a submission is made via an API.

    The User API token adheres to the capabilities of the Users roll. For example, the User API Token must be that of an Account Administrator of the CIK for which individuals are to be added when using the “Add individuals” API.

  • Yes. The User API Token expires every 30 days. It can only be regenerated from the dashboard.

  • A Filer API Token is a confidential alphanumeric string of text generated at the EDGAR account level on the dashboard by a Technical Account Administrator. It’s used to identify the filer or filing agent accessing the API.

  • Yes. The Filer API Token expires yearly. It can only be regenerated from the dashboard.

  • No. The User and Filer API token are only needed when using APIs.

Co-registrant and Subject companies

Managing Co-registrants and Subject companies.

  • EDGAR will not require role-based permissions for co-registrants at this time, and the addition of co-registrants to a filing will continue to be performed the same way it is currently performed (i.e., simply by listing the CIK and CCC of each co-registrant).

  • Per the SEC, a subject company does not require role-based permissions because it does not require CIK/CCC confirmation. Addition of subject companies to a filing will continue to be performed the same way it is currently performed.

Annual confirmation

Information about confirming user's authorization annually.

  • Each filer is required to perform an annual confirmation that all the filer’s Users, Account Administrators, Technical Administrators, and delegated entities are authorized by the filer to act on its behalf, and that all information related to the filer reflected on the filer’s dashboard is accurate. Account Administrators will act for the filer to carry out this function.

  • EDGAR will allow Account Administrators to select one of four quarterly dates as the filer’s ongoing confirmation deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 (or the next business day if the date falls upon a weekend or holiday when EDGAR is not operating).
    If you enroll on March 24, 2025, and select March 31 as your confirmation date, annual confirmation will be due March 31, 2026 (one year from the current quarter). If you enroll on March 24, 2025, and choose June 30, September 30, or December 31, those will all be 2025 due dates.

    An Account Administrator need not wait until the deadline to confirm. Confirmation in an earlier quarter will result in a confirmation deadline one year after the end of the quarter in which the early confirmation occurred.

  • Prior to the confirmation deadline, EDGAR will send notices six weeks, three weeks and each of the five business days leading up to the confirmation deadline.

  • EDGAR allows for a three-month grace period during which filers will be able to continue to make submissions and take actions on EDGAR as usual, while Account Administrators will receive notices reminding them to complete annual confirmation by the end of the grace period.

    If the Account Administrator does not execute the annual confirmation by the end of the three-month grace period, EDGAR will deactivate the filer’s access, and the filer will be required to submit a new Form ID application to request access to file on its account.

Power of Attorney (POA)

Questions regarding Power of Attorney, specifically submitting documents.

  • When submitting a Form ID a power of attorney (“POA”) from an authorized individual of the filer is needed under the following circumstances:

    (1) The applicant is an individual or single-member company who seeks to authorize another individual as Account Administrator; or

    (2) The applicant is a company that seeks to authorize an individual who is not employed by the applicant or its affiliates as Account Administrator.

    In these circumstances, the applicant must submit a POA signed by an authorized individual of the filer permitting an Account Administrator to act on the applicant’s behalf to manage its EDGAR account, together with a Form ID. The signature of the authorized individual of the filer on the POA authorizing the Account Administrator in these circumstances must be notarized.

  • Yes. The Form ID allows for multiple POA attachments.

Asset-Backed Entities

Information about how EDGAR Next manages Asset-Backed Entities.

  • New serial companies can be created under “Manage ABS Issuer Activity”. New serial companies requested to be created via that process will automatically inherit all dashboard information (e.g., contact information, Account Administrators, Users, Technical Administrators, and delegations) associated with the ABS issuing entity that made the Asset-Backed Securities Issuing Entities Creation (“ABSCOMP”) submission.

    The SEC will eliminate the ability of ABS issuers to create new ABS serial companies “on the fly” when filing a 424H submission.

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