AIES Content Changes Between the 2023 and 2024 AIES

Attachment Q Department of Commerce United States Census Bureau OMB Information Collection Request Annual Integrated Economic Survey OMB Control Number 0607-1024 AIES Content Changes Between the 2023 AIES and 2024 AIES
Topic/Question group	AIES Company Level	AIES Industry Level	AIES Establishment Level	Question	2023 vs 2024 AIES	Comments
Revenue		All NAICS for Retail, Services, Wholesale		•Prior Year Revenue	Remove from Collection.	Needed in 2023 AIES for benchmarking and time series purposes. Not needed for the 2024 AIES. Census will use the ending inventories that were collected in the 2023 AIES to obtain this data. In the future, this item will be collected during the 1st year after a new sample is drawn.
Inventories		Most NAICS for Retail, Services, and Wholesale		•Total Value of Inventories for Prior Year	Remove from Collection.	Needed in 2023 AIES for benchmarking and time series purposes. Not needed for the 2024 AIES. Census will use the ending inventories that were collected in the 2023 AIES to obtain this data. In the future, this item will be collected during the 1st year after a new sample is drawn.
Inventories			All NAICS for Manufacturing	Inventory Valuation Methods (Current Year): •Non Last In First Out: •First In First Out •Average Cost •Standard Cost •Other Non Last In First Out •Total Non Last In First Out •Total Last In first Out and Non Last In First Out	Remove from Collection.	Through discussions with stakeholders, these items are not needed on an annual basis. This aligns with other trades in the AIES. These items will move to a 5-year collection.
Inventories			All NAICS for Manufacturing	Prior Year Ending Inventories: •Total Before Last-In First-Out Adjustment •Total Inventories: •Finished Goods •Work-in-Process •Materials •Inventory Valuation Methods: •Non Last In First Out: •First-In First-Out •Average Cost •Standard Cost •Other Non Last-In First-Out •Total Non Last-In First-Out •Last-In First-Out •Total Inventories after Last-In First-Out Adjustment •Total Last-In First-Out and Non-Last-In First-Out •Last-In First-Out Reserve	Remove all Prior Year Items from Collection.	Census will use the ending inventories that were collected in the 2023 AIES to obtain this data. This aligns with other trades in the AIES.
Tax Status			All NAICS for all Trades	•Tax Status	Remove from Collection.	Previously collected for internal purposes, not published or provided to stakeholders.
Inventories		Wholesale		•Foreign Inventories	Remove from Collection.	Only select Wholesale NAICS received this question. Removed this item to align and standardize across trades. Primary stakeholder is no longer a user of this item.
Inventories		Services (Select Industries)		Truck Transportation: •Trucks with Drivers •Trucks without Drivers •Total Trucks •Truck-Tractors with Drivers •Truck-Tractors without Drivers •Total Truck-Tractors •Trailers with Drivers •Trailers without Drivers •Total Trailers	Remove from Collection.	No longer needed by stakeholders.
Capital Expenditures		All NAICS for Agriculture, Construction, Mining, Retail, Services, and Wholesale	All NAICS for Manufacturing	•New Buildings and Structures •Used Buildings and Structures	Consolidate question to: •New and Used Buildings and Structures	Used Buildings and Structures is heavily suppressed. Combining new and used will likely result in more publicly available data.
Capital Expenditures		All NAICS for Agriculture, Construction, Mining, Retail, Services, and Wholesale	All NAICS for Manufacturing	•New Machinery and Equipment •Used Machinery and Equipment	Consolidate question to: •New and Used Machinery and Equipment	Used Machinery and Equipment is heavily suppressed. Combining new and used will likely result in more publicly available data.
Expenses		All NAICS for Services	All NAICS for Manufacturing	Purchased Communication Services	Remove from Collection.	Move to "All Other Expenses".
Expenses		All NAICS for Services	All NAICS for Manufacturing	•Lease and Rental Payments for Machinery and Equipment •Lease and Rental Payments for Land, Buildings, and Structures	Combine into one question, detailed breakout is only needed every 5 years.	Will breakout into two questions to collect the detail every 5 years.
Expenses		All NAICS for Services		•Water, Sewer, and Refuse Expenses	Remove from Services industries.	No longer needed by stakeholders.
Expenses		All NAICS for Services		•Purchased Fuel Expenses	Only collect for select industries (22, 486, 517, 531, 561, 562, 622, 7212, 722, and 81).	Remove from select Services industries.
Expenses		All NAICS for Services	All NAICS for Manufacturing	•Expensed software Expenses	Remove from Collection.	BEA uses data from these questions to deduct from the expense totals. BEA does not have a need to Census to collect these items if we can collect expenses while ensuring that we exclude these items. Explicit instructions where added to instruct respondents.
Expenses		All NAICS for Services	All NAICS for Manufacturing	•Depreciation and Amortization Expenses	Remove from Collection.	BEA uses data from these questions to deduct from the expense totals. BEA does not have a need to Census to collect these items if we can collect expenses while ensuring that we exclude these items. Explicit instructions where added to instruct respondents.
Expenses			All NAICS for Manufacturing	•Quantity of Purchased Electricity •Quantity of Electricity Sold or Transferred to Other Establishments •Quantity of Generated Electricity	Remove from Collection.	Item poorly reported and heavily suppressed.
Expenses		Select NAICS for Services		•Hotel Third-Party Expenses	Remove from Collection.	Item has been collected but not published or provided to stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (484110, 484121, 484122, 484210, 484220, 484230)		•All Other Motor Carrier Revenue - Specify	Remove the "write-in/Specify" for All Other from Collection.	Item is no longer needed by Census and has never been published or provided to stakeholders. Keeping the "All Other" question just removing the "write-in" piece.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (484110, 484121, 484122, 484210, 484220, 484230)		•Commodities Hauled that were Designated Hazardous Materials •Percent of Total Motor Carrier Revenue from Hauling Hazardous Materials	Remove from Collection.	Items are no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (511120)		•Total Sales, Shipments, Receipts, or Revenue from Publishing Periodicals	Remove from Collection.	Item is no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (511120)		•Periodical Revenue Received from Print Periodicals •Periodical Revenue Received from Online Periodicals •Periodical Revenue Received from Other Media Periodicals	Remove from Collection.	Items are no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (511140)		•Directories, Databases, and Other Collections of Information Revenue Reported from Print •Directories, Databases, and Other Collections of Information Revenue Received from online •Directories, Databases, and Other Collections of Information Revenue Received from other (exclude paper and online)	Remove from Collection.	Items are no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (511110)		•Advertising Space Revenue Reported from Classified Advertising •Advertising Space Revenue Reported from All Other Advertising	Remove from Collection.	Items are no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (517311)		•Total Sales, Shipments, Receipts, or Revenue from Fixed Local Telephony •Percentage of Total Fixed Local Telephony Revenue from Household Consumers and Individual Users •Percentage of Total Fixed Local Telephony Revenue from Businesses, not-for-profit Organizations, and Government (federal, state, and local) •Total Sales, Shipments, Receipts, or Revenue from Fixed Long-Distance Telephony •Percentage of Total Fixed Long-Distance Telephony Revenue from Household Consumers and Individual Users •Percentage of Total Fixed Long-Distance Telephony Revenue from Businesses, Not-For-Profit Organizations, and Government (federal, state, local) •Amount of Total Sales, Shipments, Receipts, or Revenue from Subscriber Line Charges •Percentage of Total Subscriber Line Charges Revenue from Household Consumers and Individual users •Percentage of Total Subscriber Line Charges Revenue from Businesses, Not-For-Profit Organizations, and Government (federal, state, and local)	Remove from Collection.	Items are no longer needed by stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (721110, 721120)		•Number of Establishments (Hotels) Owned or Leased and Owned by Company •Number of Establishments (Hotels) Owned or Leased by Company and managed by Another Company	Remove from Collection.	Item was not published or provided to stakeholders.
Revenue		Select NAICS for Services (721110, 721120)		•Does Company Manage Hotels for Another Company (Third-Party) •Number of Hotels Managed for Another Company (Third-Party)	Remove from Collection.	Item was not published or provided to stakeholders.