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This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. U.S. entities who receive this survey, or who have transactions covered by the survey with unaffiliated foreign persons are required to complete and return the survey to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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-25extension@bea.gov.
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a. Call (301) 278-9303 to request the survey.
b. Go to http://www.bea.gov/surveys/pdf/be25.pdf to download a copy of the survey.
c. Send an email to be-25@bea.gov for an .xls version of the BE-25.
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A completed form is due within 45 days after the close of each fiscal quarter, except for the fourth quarter of the respondent’s fiscal year when the report is due within 90 days of the close of the quarter.
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Yes. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations require each U.S. person that had transactions with foreign persons in the covered services or intellectual property during its 2022 fiscal year to file a BE-120, regardless of whether or not they have been contacted by BEA. Additionally, while there is some overlap between the two surveys, the BE-120 collects additional information not covered by the BE-125 survey. Any revisions or adjustments to transactions not reported on your 2022 BE-125 filings should be made on the 2022 BE-120.
Completion of a BE-25 survey is required of any U.S. person/company that had a. receipts from an unaffiliated foreign person in any of the types of transactions listed in Section V of the General Instructions for the BE-25 that exceeded $6 million during the previous fiscal year, or can be expected to exceed $6 million in the current year; or b. payments to unaffiliated foreign persons in any of these types of transactions that exceeded $4 million during the previous fiscal year or can be expected to exceed $4 million in the current year.
Requests for an extension of the reporting deadline, may be considered if provided in writing by the July 31, 2023 due date. Extension requests can be submitted through BEA’s eFile system. Visit www.bea.gov/efile for more information. You may also fax the request to (301) 278-9507 or email the request to be-120extension@bea.gov. BEA typically provides a written response within five business days.
Estimates are allowed to be used if actual data are not available and estimates are labeled as such.
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You may be receiving notification from BEA regarding the BE-120 survey for one of several reasons:
No. Service code 11 on the BE-22 only covers direct purchases from unaffiliated foreign persons of financial services by U.S. firms that are not financial services intermediaries or providers. For example, financial services purchased directly from unaffiliated foreign persons by a U.S. manufacturing firm are covered on Schedule B, service code 11 of the BE-22, but financial services purchased by a U.S. bank or brokerage house are covered on quarterly form BE-85.