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Frequently Asked Questions

  • How do the aggregate measures of value added by private goods-producing and private services-producing industries from BEA's Annual Industry Accounts (AIAs) relate to the aggregate measures of final goods GDP and final services GDP?

  • What types of "allocated expenses" are reportable under transaction code 21, Management, Consulting, and Public Relations Services?

  • What is the principal source of revision to the estimates of value added by industry in the Annual Industry Accounts (AIAs)?

  • What new data lead to the sometimes large revisions in wages and salaries?

  • A GAO study showed that U.S. data on offshoring of services to India are more than 20 times smaller than India's data. What's the story?

  • Why did motor vehicle domestic unit production in the third quarter of 2006 decline, while the real—inflation adjusted—value of motor vehicle output in GDP increased?

  • What factors explain the difference between average compensation of federal government civilian employees and average compensation of private-sector employees?

  • Why is the estimate of NIPA dividends as a share of corporate profits much larger than the share reported in private-sector estimates?

  • How are S corporations reported in the NIPAs?

  • How is BEA using the Census Bureau's quarterly services survey in its estimates of personal consumption expenditures?

  • We receive interest payments from a foreign corporation. Do we report the interest received under credit-related services on the BE-85?

  • Should I report all financial services not otherwise listed on the BE-85?

  • My company purchased financial management services from three countries: $5 million from Norway, $5 million from the United Kingdom, and $4 million from Venezuela (totaling $14 million). How should I report this data on the BE-85?

  • I have transactions with countries that are not listed on the BE-85. Should I include those on the survey?

  • How do I indicate on the BE-85 what types of services I am selling/purchasing?

  • How should I report receipts/payments data on the BE-85?

  • How should transactions with international organizations be reported on the BE-85?

  • Should I net payments against receipts on the BE-85?

  • Should I report on an accrual basis or cash basis on the BE-85?

  • We provide services to a U.S. affiliate of a German company. Is this transaction applicable to the BE-85?

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