2.4.0.80201 - Disclosure - Basis of Presentationtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseJan_01_2013_Jun_28_2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000815917duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-28T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Basis of Presentation [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsDisclosureAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00    NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION The Partnership’s Business and Basis of Accounting. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P. and all wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Partnership”). All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Non-controlling minority interests are accounted for under the equity method. The results of the Partnership’s subsidiaries in Canada are included in the Partnership’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and six month periods ended May 31, 2013 and 2012 because of the timing of the Partnership’s financial reporting process. The Partnership’s principal operating subsidiary, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), is comprised of two registered broker-dealers primarily serving individual investors in the United States (“U.S.”) and, through a subsidiary, Canada. Edward Jones primarily derives its revenues from the retail brokerage business through the sale of listed and unlisted securities and insurance products, investment banking, principal transactions, distribution of mutual fund shares, and through fees related to assets held by and account services provided to its clients. The Partnership conducts business in the U.S. and Canada with its clients, various brokers, dealers, clearing organizations, depositories and banks. For financial information related to the Partnership’s two operating segments for the three and six month periods ended June 28, 2013 and June 29, 2012, see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Trust services are offered to Edward Jones’ U.S. clients through Edward Jones Trust Company (“EJTC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) which require the use of certain estimates by management in determining the Partnership’s assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Under the terms of the Partnership’s Eighteenth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement (the “Partnership Agreement”), a partner’s capital is required to be redeemed by the Partnership in the event of the partner’s death or withdrawal from the Partnership, subject to compliance with ongoing regulatory capital requirements. In the event of a partner’s death, the Partnership must generally redeem the partner’s capital within six months. The Partnership has withdrawal restrictions in place limiting the amount of capital that can be withdrawn at the discretion of the partner. Under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, limited partners withdrawing from the Partnership are to be repaid their capital in three equal annual installments beginning the month after their withdrawal. The capital of general partners withdrawing from the Partnership is converted to subordinated limited partnership capital or, at the discretion of the Managing Partner, redeemed by the Partnership. Subordinated limited partners are repaid their capital in six equal annual installments beginning the month after their request for withdrawal of contributed capital. The Partnership’s Managing Partner has discretion to waive or modify these withdrawal restrictions and to accelerate the return of capital. All current and future partnership capital is subordinate to all current and future liabilities of the Partnership.   The interim financial information included herein is unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, such information includes all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of interim operations. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 28, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ended December 31, 2013. These Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (“Annual Report”). Revenue Recognition. The Partnership’s commissions, principal transactions and investment banking revenues are recorded on a trade date basis. All other forms of revenue are recorded on an accrual basis. The Partnership classifies its revenue into the following categories: Commissions revenue primarily consists of charges to clients for the purchase or sale of mutual fund shares, listed and unlisted securities and insurance products. Principal transactions revenue is the result of the Partnership’s participation in market-making activities in municipal obligations, over-the-counter corporate obligations, government obligations, unit investment trusts, mortgage-backed securities and certificates of deposit. Investment banking revenue is derived from the Partnership’s distribution of unit investment trusts, corporate and municipal obligations and government sponsored enterprise obligations. Asset-based fee revenue is derived from fees determined by the underlying value of client assets. Most asset-based fee revenue is generated from fees for investment advisory services within the Partnership’s advisory programs, including Edward Jones Advisory Solutions (“Advisory Solutions”), Edward Jones Managed Account Program (“MAP”) and, in Canada, Edward Jones Portfolio Program. The Partnership also earns asset-based fee revenue through service fees and other revenues received under agreements with mutual fund and insurance companies based on the underlying value of the Partnership’s clients’ assets invested in those companies’ products, including revenue related to the Partnership’s ownership interest in Passport Research Ltd., the investment adviser to the Edward Jones Money Market Funds. Account and activity fee revenue includes fees received from mutual fund companies for sub-transfer agent accounting services performed by the Partnership and retirement account fees primarily consisting of self-directed IRA custodian account fees. This revenue category also includes other activity-based fee revenue from clients, mutual fund companies and insurance companies. Interest and dividends revenue is earned on client margin (loan) account balances, cash and cash equivalents, cash and investments segregated under federal regulations, securities purchased under agreements to resell, partnership loans, inventory securities and investment securities. The Partnership derived from one mutual fund vendor 20% of its total revenue for both the three and six month periods ended June 28, 2013 and 19% of its total revenue for both the three and six month periods ended June 29, 2012. All of the revenue generated from this vendor related to business conducted with the Partnership’s U.S. segment. Significant reductions in the revenues from this mutual fund source due to regulatory reform or other changes to the Partnership’s relationship with this mutual fund vendor could have a material impact on the Partnership’s results of operations. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure, and significant accounting policies of the reporting entity. 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