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This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. U.S. entities that receive this survey from BEA, or that have transactions with foreign persons covered by the survey, are required to complete and return the survey to BEA.
Either you have filed a similar survey in the past, or we believe that you may have had transactions covered by this survey.
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A written request for an extension will be considered if it is received at least 15 days before the due date. BEA will provide a written response to such a request. Requests for extensions may also be sent via email to BE-125extension@bea.gov.
A completed form BE-125 is due 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter for the three quarters that are not the final calendar quarter of the year. For the close of the final calendar quarter of the year, reports are due 45 days after the close of the quarter.
Completion of a BE-125 survey is required of any U.S. person/company that had
Estimates are allowed to be used if actual data are not available and estimates are labeled as such.
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No. Interest is not a financial services transaction covered by the survey. Please see Section V, Type of Financial Services Excluded From Coverage, of the general instructions for financial services not covered by the BE-185.
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No. Only report those financial services listed on the survey. Please see Section IV, Services Covered, of the general instructions for the list of services covered on this survey.
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You have a few options. You could report this data on Schedule B under service code 4, financial management services, and list the country detail. Because the total purchases of this particular type of service totaled less than $15 million, you have a second option of reporting this data on Schedule B under service code 4, financial management services, without the country detail and reporting the total purchases of financial management services on line 29. Finally, you have the option of not reporting these transactions.