2017 BE-120 Announcement Letter Insert

The 2017 BE-120 Benchmark Survey
of Transactions in Selected Services and
Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons
Transaction Category Changes

Reporting Requirements
Did your transactions exceed the
“combined” thresholds of $2 million in
sales and/or $1 million in purchases?
- Mandatory schedules are
required.

1) Intellectual Property transactions reported by rights
conveyed:
o Rights to use
o Rights to reproduce and/or distribute
o Outright sale or purchase
2) Additional breakout of existing services categories:

Were your transactions below the
“combined” reporting threshold(s)?
- Complete pages 1-8, providing
a total dollar amount for sales
and purchases, as applicable,
by transaction type.

Services by Mode of Supply

3) New categories:

Identify percentage of remotely sold
and/or purchased services, in select
transaction types, for reporters
exceeding the “combined” thresholds.

Contract Manufacturing Services
Covers the processing, assembly,
labeling, packaging, and so forth of
materials and physical components
owned by others.
- Additional mandatory detail is
required for reporters
exceeding the “combined”
reporting threshold(s).

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