QSS-4f(E) Quarterly Services Survey

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

QUARTERLY SERVICES SURVEY

FORM

QSS-4f(E)

(DRAFT)

Due Date

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Throughout this survey, any reference to "this firm" is referring to the EIN that is printed in the mailing
address area or the new EIN that was provided as a response in 2 . Any responses related to "this firm" should
only include data for the EIN referenced.

21914015

• Any significant change in this firm's operations should be noted in 8
• For establishments sold or acquired during the quarter(s), report data only for the period the establishments
were operated by this firm
• Estimates are acceptable if book figures are not available
• Enter "0" where applicable
• Report data on an accrual basis
Bil.
Mil.
Thou.
Dol.
• Dollars should be rounded to the nearest dollar
• If a figure is $1,030,280,456 it should be reported as
Include:
• Data for all Services establishments (excluding data for Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing, Mining, and
Construction operations) operated by this firm
• Data for auxiliary facilities primarily engaged in supporting services to this firm's establishment(s) such as
warehouses, garages, central administrative offices, and repair services

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SURVEY COVERAGE
Did this firm provide the business activities described below?

Yes
No - Specify this firm's business activity

2

FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN)
Does this firm report payroll under EIN
Yes
EIN (9 digits)
No - Enter current 9-digit EIN AND date payroll was first
reported for this EIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Month

3

Day

Year

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
A. Did this firm experience any acquisitions, sales, mergers, and/or divestitures in third or second quarter
of 2012?
Yes
No - Go to

4

B. Which of the following organizational changes occurred in third or second quarter of 2012?
Check all that apply. If more than one organizational change occurred during the reporting period, explain in
Month

Acquisition

Day

8

.

Year

Date of organizational change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale

21914023

AND
Merger
Enter detailed information below
Divestiture
Name of company

EIN (9 digits)

Address (Number and street, P.O. Box, etc.)

City, town, village, etc.

State

ZIP Code

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REPORTING PERIOD
What time period is covered by the data provided in this report?
Third Quarter
Beginning Date
Month Day
Year

Calendar quarter

Second Quarter
Beginning Date
Month Day
Year

Other - Report beginning and ending dates . . . . . .
Month

5

End Date
Day
Year

Month

End Date
Day
Year

SALES, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE
Firms operating on a commission basis should report commissions, fees, and other operating revenue income,
not gross billings or sales.
INCLUDE
• Net realized gains as well as losses within
specified area(s) of activity
• Earned interest
• Commissions and fees received from all sources,
including fees earned for exchanging currencies,
selling money orders, and cashing checks
• Net gains (losses) from the sale of real property
owned by this establishment for investment, rent, or
lease (NOT gross sales)
• Gross sales (NOTE net gains (losses)) of real
property developed or buildings built by this
establishment for sale
• Gross rents from real property leased by this
establishment to others
• Total value of service contracts
• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others
• Revenue from services performed by domestic
locations for foreign parent firms, subsidiaries,
branches, etc.
• Rents from departments or concessions operated by
other companies at this establishment
• Franchise sales, fees, and royalties
• Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property
protected by copyright or as industrial property
(e.g., patents, trademarks)

$ Bil.

EXCLUDE
• Taxes (sales, amusement, occupancy, use, or other)
collected directly form customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, State, or Federal tax agency
• Revenue from a domestic parent organization, or
from franchise locations owned by others
• Revenue of departments or concessions operated
by other companies at this establishment
• Revenue of foreign subsidiaries (those located
outside the U.S. , i.e., outside the 50 states, District
of Columbia, U.S. Commonwealth Territories, or
U.S. Possessions)
• Intracompany transfers

Third Quarter
Mil.
Thou.

Dol.

$ Bil.

Second Quarter
Mil.
Thou.

Dol.

A. What was this firm's revenue in third
and second quarters of 2012? . . . . .
B. Does the revenue reported in

5

A represent book figure(s) or estimate(s)?

21914031

Book figures
Estimates
6 and 7

Not Applicable.

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REMARKS - Please use this space to explain any significant quarter-to-quarter changes, to clarify responses, or indicate
where data were estimated.

9

CONTACT INFORMATION
Name of person to contact regarding this report (Please print)

21914049

Area code
Telephone

Number

-

Title

Extension

Area code
Fax

Number

-

Website

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