BEA Survey Questions

No. A single submission is sufficient.

• If you are completing the survey via eFile, enter the updated contact information when prompted and click on the “update address information” button.
• If you are completing a PDF or Excel version of the BE-180, enter the correct name and address of the contact person on the appropriate lines on the cover page of the survey.
• You may call (301) 278-9303 and we will update this information for you.

Report currency amounts in U.S. dollars rounded to thousands (omitting 000). For example, $1,455,328 should be reported as 1,455 and $2,328,596 should be reported as 2,329. Amounts less than $500 round to 0 and should, therefore, be omitted.

Estimates are acceptable when actual values are not available. When data items cannot be fully subdivided as required, report totals and an estimated breakdown of the totals.

No. Please report on a gross value basis. Sales are reported on Schedule A and purchases are reported on Schedule B of the BE-180.

Table 1 on page 4 collects sales and purchases information by individual transaction type for each type of service covered by the survey with a corresponding service code listed in column 1. For example, sales of financial management services are designated as service code 4. If you report any amount in column 3 or 4 of the table, and the combined total of those transactions listed exceeded $3 million (either sales or purchases), then enter the service code associated with that service under “Service Code” on Schedule(s) A, and/or B.

Complete pages 1 through 5 of the survey. If you do not check a box “yes” in Question 6 and/or 7, on page 8, and you do not wish to report on a voluntary basis on Schedule A through D then return the survey to BEA per the instructions on the cover of the form.

If your company was acquired by a U.S. entity, please complete the survey through question 4 on page 2 and include the name and address of the company that purchased your company.

If your company was acquired by a foreign entity, please contact our office at (202) 606-5588 to ensure that you accurately report transactions that occurred both before and after the acquisition date.