Survey Respondents | Form BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Can I email my completed BE-125 survey?
- When is the BE-125 survey due?
- Why do I need to complete the BE-125?
- How do I request a filing extension for the BE-125?
- Will BEA acknowledge receipt of my report if requested?
- Who should provide the authorized signature on the report?
- What is the threshold for having to file the BE-125?
- How do I obtain a copy of the BE-125 survey or additional overflow sheets?
- The address and the contact person listed are no longer current. How do I update this information for the BE-125?
- I believe I am exempt from filing data on Schedule A, B, or C on the BE-125 survey. What do I do?
- How do I file?
- Can I submit the BE-125 electronically?
- Do I need to mail a hard copy of the form if I submit the form via eFile?
- Why did I receive the BE-125 survey?
- How should I round currency amounts on the BE-125?
- Can we use estimates when filling out the BE-125?
- Should we report any amortization of purchased IP over future periods, or is the purchase reportable all at once in the period of acquisition?
- How should I interpret the terms 'sales' and 'purchases?' Many organizations and transactions types are really not related to sales or the organization is not involved in sales.
- Should I report on an accrual basis or cash basis on the BE-125?
- How should I account for mergers and acquisitions on the BE-125?
- Should I net purchases against sales on the BE-125?
- At what level should data reported on the BE-125 be consolidated?
- In Part II - Determination of Reporting Status - If we always have sales or purchases in a quarter AND are over the threshold, would we always check the box in column 3 and check the box for yes in column 4? And, do we have to report a country if amount is under $1,000?
- We purchased services from a company in country A, but we sent the payments to a bank in a different country. How should we report this transaction?
- Under "rights related to patents, processes, and trade secrets," why is there no category for "rights to reproduce and/or distribute?"
- Do "education services" include tuition charged to foreign exchange students?
- Do "health services" include in-patient or out-patient care provided directly to foreign residents?
- Should the intercompany charges to foreign affiliates for the reimbursement of management time and expense, advertising expense, etc. be considered "sales" for the purpose of the survey?
- If I have a transaction with a country in an amount that is less than $500 do I list the country and $0.00 or do not have to list the country at all?
- Are the purchases or sales of goods reported on the BE-125?
- We provide services to a U.S. affiliate of a foreign company. Is this transaction applicable to the BE-125?
- When reporting data by country on the BE-125, can regions be used instead?
- How should transactions with international organizations be reported on the BE-125?
- How do I indicate on the BE-125 what type of services I am selling/purchasing?
- Should I report all services not otherwise listed on the BE-125 under service code 42, other selected services?
- My company has been hired by the U.S. Government to provide educational and training services to organizations located abroad. Are such transactions reportable on the BE-125?
- We provide services to one of our foreign affiliates. Is this reportable on the BE-125?
- We provide services to our foreign parent. Is this reportable on the BE-125?
- We provide services to a foreign affiliate of a foreign parent. Is this reportable on the BE-125?
- Under which transaction code do I report licenses to use computer software, i.e. end-user licensing agreements?
- We are a goods producer, and some of our products move from country to country during the manufacturing process. Should we report the value-added of those products under merchanting services?
- How do you add additional schedules/overflow pages?
- Do I need to report shared services amounts between the subsidiaries & parent companies on the BE-125?
- For financial services providers - Are fees and commissions received and paid reported on the survey?
- Should the intercompany charges to foreign affiliates for the reimbursement of management time and expense, advertising expense, etc. be considered "sales" for the purpose of the survey?
- Are cloud computing services reportable on this survey?
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