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Frequently Asked Questions

  • How does the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect BEA's business income statistics?

  • How does the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect BEA's estimates of personal taxes?

  • What is a satellite account?

  • Are Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories included in the estimates of U.S. GDP?

  • What are the effects of the Volkswagen settlements on GDP and the national accounts?

  • How will BEA use the Census Bureau's new Advance Quarterly Services Report in its estimates?

  • Can current-dollar GDP decline when real (chained-dollar) GDP increases?

  • Why do federal corporate taxes increase in the fourth quarter of 2015?

  • How will the inventories data from the Census Bureau's "Advance Economic Indicators Report" affect BEA's GDP estimate?

  • What caused the large increase to government current transfer receipts from business in the fourth quarter of 2015?

  • How will the revised Census Bureau construction spending data affect BEA's quarterly and annual estimates of private fixed investment?

  • How does BEA account for seasonality in GDP?

  • How will the Census Bureau's new advance trade report impact BEA's GDP estimate?

  • How are fines, penalties, and legal settlements paid by foreign corporations to governments in the United States classified in the national income and product accounts?

  • How will the Affordable Care Act affect BEA's measure of personal income and outlays?

  • How will the federal government shutdown be reflected in the methodologies used for estimating GDP for the fourth quarter of 2013?

  • How does BEA estimate the average age of net stocks of fixed assets and consumer durables?

  • What accounts for the downward revisions in the rate of change of the price index for PCE for 2007-2010 in the comprehensive revision of the NIPAs of 2013?

  • What changes were made to pensions during the 2013 comprehensive revision, and how have the changes affected private, federal, and state and local compensation?

  • How did BEA change the treatment of spending for research and development during the 2013 comprehensive revision?

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