BEA Survey Questions

One BE-45 survey should be completed on behalf of the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter. The fully consolidated domestic U.S. enterprise consisting of (i) the U.S. corporation whose voting securities are not owned more than 50 percent by another U.S. corporation, and, proceeding down each ownership chain from that U.S. corporation, (ii) any U.S. corporation whose voting securities are more than 50 percent owned by the U.S. corporation above it. The fully consolidated domestic U.S. enterprise excludes foreign branches and other foreign affiliates.

The country transactions are based on the domicile of the foreign parties engaging in the transaction.

Report data 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.

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. Insurance transactions with these organizations should be reported on the BE-45.

No. We collect data by country, not by region.

No. U.S. affiliates or U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies are considered U.S. persons for the purposes of this survey. Any transactions between your company and U.S. persons are not reportable on the BE-45.

Yes. Transactions with your company’s foreign parent are considered foreign transactions and should be reported on the BE-45 survey in the sections labeled “Foreign Parent(s) and Other Members of the Foreign Parent Group (FPG)”. Reinsurance transactions should be reported on Schedule A2. Primary insurance and auxiliary insurance transactions should be reported on Schedule B2.

Yes. Transactions with your company’s foreign affiliates are considered U.S.-to-foreign transactions and should be reported on the BE-45 in the sections labeled “Foreign Affiliates”. Report reinsurance transactions with foreign affiliates on Schedule A1. Report primary and auxiliary insurance transactions with foreign affiliates on Schedule B1.

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