BEA Survey Questions

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.

These services must be reported if they are provided abroad for U.S. Government nonmilitary agencies, such as the Agency for International Development, or that are part of an aid or technical cooperation program of the Government with foreign persons (for the transaction mentioned above, report it as a sale to India). However, do not report services provided to the U.S. Department of Defense or any of its agencies, such as the Army Corp of Engineers. 

• A BE-120 survey is required of each U.S. person that had transactions with foreign persons in the covered services or intellectual property during its 2022 fiscal year. Any U.S. person that did not have transactions in the covered services or intellectual property is required to complete through page 6, if notified by BEA about this survey.
• Any U.S.

No. The BE-22 collects data only on selected services. Service code 16, other private services, collects data only on the following services: language translation services, salvage services, security services, collection services, satellite photography and remote sensing/satellite imagery services, space transport, and transcription services. Services that are not listed on the BE-22 should not be reported on the BE-22. 


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• Go to http://www.bea.gov/surveys/pdf/be120.pdf to download a copy of the survey.
• Send an email to BE-120@bea.gov for an .xls or .pdf version of the BE-120.
• Call (301) 278-9303 to request the survey.

You have a few options. You could report this data on Schedule B under service code 15, mining services, and list the country detail. Because the total purchases of this particular type of service totaled less than $1 million, you have a second option of reporting this data on Schedule B under service code 15, mining services, without the country detail and reporting the total purchases of mining services on line 32. Finally, you have the option of not reporting these transactions.

A fully completed and certified BE-120 report, or qualifying exemption claim with the determination of reporting status section completed, is due to be filed with BEA not later than July 31, 2023.

Yes, include services transactions that you have with all countries (even those that are not listed on the form). Write in the names of the countries on the lines below where it says “Other-Specify.” If you run out of space, use the overflow sheets provided or write the data on a separate sheet of paper, making sure that you list the proper service type with the proper country.


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• Surveys can be filed electronically via www.bea.gov/efile.
• Surveys can be mailed to:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
  4600 Silver Hill Rd.
  Washington, DC 20233
• Surveys can be delivered via UPS, Federal Express, or other private couriers to:
  Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
  4600 Silver Hill Rd.
  Suitland, MD 20746
• Surveys can be faxed to:
  (301) 278-9507

On page three of the survey, each type of service covered by the survey has a number corresponding to it (for example, advertising services are reported under service code 1). If you sold advertising services, in the space provided below “Service Code” in column three of Schedule A you would enter the service code 1 for advertising services. If you check the “yes” box in Step 1, then enter the service code associated with that service on Schedule A (U.S. Reporter’s Sales of Selected Services to Unaffiliated Foreign Persons).