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Yes, your company is still required to file a BE-12A, BE-12B, or BE-12C form if your company is owned by a foreign entity which has a ten percent or greater voting (or equivalent) interest.
Yes, a U.S. branch of a foreign business enterprise is required to file a BE-12.
If the U.S. business enterprise was still in existence and still at least 10 percent foreign-owned at the end of its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2022, then the company is required to file a BE-12A, BE-12B, or BE-12C.
If the U.S. business enterprise was no longer in existence or no longer foreign-owned before the end of its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2022, AND was notified to file by BEA, then the company must submit a BE-12 Claim for Not Filing.
Yes, if you always have sales and purchases in a quarter in an amount over the threshold, you would check the box in column 3 and also check yes in column 4 for that particular transaction type. Data are rounded to the nearest thousands of dollars on the survey. If, for a particular transaction type, total receipts or payments in a particular country are less than $500, then round to 0.
International organizations (such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund) are, according to balance of payments conventions, considered foreign entities, even if they are headquartered in the United States.
Transactions in services with these organizations should be reported on the BE-125. Enter “Int’l Org” under “Other – Specify country” on Schedules A, B, or C and enter the data for each transaction type for which you had transactions.
Complete pages 1 through 7 of the survey. If you do not check a box “yes” in Tables 1-4 of Part 2, and you do not wish to report on a voluntary basis on Schedule A, B, or C, then return the survey to BEA per the instructions on the cover of the form.
eFile is BEA's electronic filing system and preferred filing method. The eFile system and its instructions are available at www.bea.gov/efile.
Surveys can be mailed to:
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division BE-50 (SSB)
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233
Surveys can be delivered to:
Yes, you may file electronically at http://www.bea.gov/efile. This system allows you to access a fillable PDF version of the BE-125; you may work on the survey over however much time you need to complete it, and save your progress in the eFile system as you go. Once you have finished filling out the applicable sections of the survey, you can then select “submit” and securely transmit your completed form to BEA electronically.