Forms & Instructions

Attachment E
2007 Economic Census

Information; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Management of
Companies and Enterprises; Administrative and Support and Waste Management
and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care and Social
Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services (Except Public
Administration) Sectors

Information Sheet for Standard and Consolidated Forms

E-1
E-2
E-3
E-4
E-5
E-6
E-7

Information Sheet for Standard Taxable Establishments
Information Sheet for Standard Mixed Establishments
Information Sheet for Taxable Enterprise Support Establishments
Information Sheet for Standard Information Sector Establishments
Information Sheet for Information Sector Enterprise Support
Establishments
Information Sheets for Information Sector Consolidated
Establishments
Information Sheet for Management of Companies and Enterprises
Sector Establishments

Attachment E-1
2007 Economic Census

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care
and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services
(Except Public Administration) Sectors

Information Sheet for Standard Taxable Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ics and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care
and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services,
except Public Administration Sectors
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following areas of economic
activity:

•

Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.

•

If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

•

Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.

•

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110,
Federal Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use "Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT

•

An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007.

Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS

•

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

•

Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services

•

Educational Services

•

Health Care and Social Assistance

•

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

•

Other Services, except Public Administration (including
establishments engaged in Repair and Maintenance;
Personal and Laundry Services; and Religious,
Grantmaking, Civic, and Other Membership Organizations)

If an establishment is NOT engaged in one of these kinds of
businesses, DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19
AND COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.

2. PHYSICAL LOCATION

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
•

•

Answer all sections (A through C) of item 2 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.

Please report information for each establishment owned or
controlled by the company or organization. If the company
or organization has multiple locations and an Ownership
and Control flyer was included in your mailing package,
please complete the enclosed flyer. If your mailing
package does not include this flyer and separate report
forms are not provided for each establishment, visit our
web site at www.census.gov/econhelp or call
1-800-233-6136 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern
time, Monday through Friday, to request additional report
forms.

3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational
status of the establishment at the end of 2007.

Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

•

If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.

•

If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of the company or organization.

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•

In operation – The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.

•

Temporarily or seasonally inactive – Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the
same Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples
include businesses in resort areas that close during the "offseason" or establishments that temporarily close for
remodeling.

•

Ceased operation – The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide
the month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007
during which the establishment was in operation.

•

Sold or leased to another operator – The establishment
was sold or leased to another company or organization.
Provide the month, day, and year that the change
occurred and indicate the name and address of the new
owner or operator. Complete all items for the portion of
2007 prior to the change in operator.
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5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

A. Employment

Include:

Include:

•

Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.

•

All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

•

Advertising agencies, travel industries, and other service
establishments operating on a commission basis commissions, fees, and other operating income, NOT gross
billings or sales.

•

Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.

•

Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

•

Hospitals and other health care establishments - net patient
revenue, NOT gross patient revenue.

•

Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

•

Receipts from services performed for FOREIGN parent
firms, subsidiaries, branches, etc.

Exclude:

•

Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

•

Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.

•

Employees of departments or concessions operated by
other companies at the establishment.

•

Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles,
equipment, instruments, tools, etc.

•

Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

•

Total value of service contracts.

•

Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

•

Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

•

Independent contractors.

•

Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

B. Payroll

•

Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

Include:

•

Sale and licensing of rights to intellectual property
protected by copyright or as industrial property (e.g.,
patents, trademarks).

•

Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

•

Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

•

Salaries of members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

•

Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

•

The spread on stock options that is taxable to
employees as income.

Exclude:
•

Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

•

Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

•

Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

•

Income from interest, real estate investments, dividends,
contributions, and grants.

•

Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

•

Domestic intracompany transfers.

•

Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

•

Other nonoperating income.

Exclude:
•

Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of
an unincorporated company.

•

Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

•

Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS
Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL
Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal
Tax Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer’s Tax
Guide.
If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

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Attachment E-2
2007 Economic Census

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care
and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services
(Except Public Administration) Sectors

Information Sheet for Standard Mixed Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care
and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services,
except Public Administration Sectors
INFORMATION SHEET
C Receipts/revenue and payroll data should be rounded to the
nearest thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.

This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following areas of economic
activity:

• If there are any questions or if any communication regarding
a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit Census File
Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.

• Educational Services

• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6 minutes
per response, with an average of 1 hour per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:
Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal Building 3,
U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-1500. You may
e-mail comments to [email protected]; use
"Paperwork Project 0607-0887" as the subject.

• Health Care and Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
• Other Services, except Public Administration (including
establishments engaged in Repair and Maintenance;
Personal and Laundry Services; and Religious, Grantmaking,
Civic, and Other Membership Organizations)
If an establishment is NOT engaged in one of these kinds of
businesses, DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19
AND COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report form.

DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
2. PHYSICAL LOCATION
Answer all sections (A through C) of item 2 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Please report information for each establishment owned or
controlled by the company or organization. If the company
or organization has multiple locations and an Ownership
and Control flyer was included in your mailing package,
please complete the enclosed flyer. If your mailing package
does not include this flyer and separate report forms are not
provided for each establishment, visit our web site at
www.census.gov/econhelp or call 1-800-233-6136 between
8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday, to request additional report forms.

3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational status
of the establishment at the end of 2007.
• In operation – The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.
• Temporarily or seasonally inactive – Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the same
Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples include
businesses in resort areas that close during the "off-season"
or establishments that temporarily close for remodeling.

• Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

• Ceased operation – The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide the
month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007 during
which the establishment was in operation.

• If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.

• Sold or leased to another operator – The establishment
was sold or leased to another company or organization.
Provide the month, day, and year that the change occurred
and indicate the name and address of the new owner or
operator. Complete all items for the portion of 2007 prior to
the change in operator.

• If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of the company or organization.
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5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

C. Revenue and expenses of this (tax-exempt)
establishment

A. Tax status

1. Revenue

Sections 501, 521, 527, and 528 of the Internal Revenue Code
are those sections under which the Internal Revenue Service
may grant tax-exempt status to certain types of "not-for-profit"
organizations, such as charitable, social welfare, educational, or
research organizations. Government establishments should
indicate tax-exempt status although they may be exempt
under different sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

Include:
•

Program service revenue for services provided in 2007,
whether or not payment was received in 2007.

• Gross sales of merchandise, minus returns and
allowances.
• Income from interest, dividends, gross rents (including
display space rentals and share of receipts from
departments operated by other companies), royalties, and
other investments.

B. Operating receipts of this (taxable) establishment
Include:
• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or not
payment was received in 2007.

• Gross contributions, gifts, and grants (whether or not
restricted for use in operations).

• Advertising agencies, travel industries, and other service
establishments operating on a commission basis –
commissions, fees, and other operating income, NOT gross
billings or sales.

• Commissions earned from the sale of merchandise
owned by others (including commissions from vending
machine operators).

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

• Gain or loss from the sale of real estate (land and
buildings), investments, or other assets (except inventory
held for resale).

• Hospitals and other health care establishments - net patient
revenue, NOT gross patient revenue.
• Receipts from services performed for FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.

• Gross receipts from fundraising activities.

• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

Exclude:
• Sales and other taxes collected directly from customers or
clients and paid directly to a local, state, or federal tax
agency.

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

• Gross receipts of departments or concessions operated by
other companies.

• Total value of service contracts.
• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

• Amounts transferred to operating funds from capital or
reserve funds.

• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

2. Expenses

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

Include:

• Sale and licensing of rights to intellectual property
protected by copyright or as industrial property (e.g.,
patents, trademarks).

• Payroll, employee benefits, and payroll taxes.
• Contracted or purchased services.
• Fundraising expenses, including direct expenses for
special fundraising events.

Exclude:
• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

• Depreciation expenses.
• Rent, supplies used for operating, cost of merchandise
sold, and other expenses allocated to operations during
2007.

• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

• Program service grants, contributions and gifts paid,
specific assistance to individuals, and benefits paid to or
for members.

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

• Assessments (dues) paid to the parent or other chapters
of the same organization.

• Income from interest, real estate investments, dividends,
contributions, and grants.
• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

• For establishments engaged in raising funds - funds
transferred to charities or other organizations for
charitable purposes.

• Domestic intracompany transfers.

Exclude:

• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

• Outlays for the purchase of real estate (land and
buildings); for construction; for additions, major
alterations, and improvements to existing facilities; and all
other capital expenditures.

• Other nonoperating income.

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• Funds invested.

B. Payroll

• Income taxes.
Include:

• Sales and other taxes collected directly from customers
or clients and paid directly to a local, state, or federal tax
agency.

• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

• Interest paid, bad debt, and inventory impairment.
7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax
Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer’s Tax Guide.

• Salaries of members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.
• The spread on stock options that is taxable to
employees as income.

A. Employment
Include:

Exclude:

• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS

Exclude:

Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.
• Employees of departments or concessions operated by
other companies at the establishment.
• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).
• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.
• Independent contractors.

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Attachment E-3
2007 Economic Census

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; and Other Services (Except Public
Administration) Sectors

Information Sheet for Taxable Enterprise Support Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ic and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; and Other Services, except Public
Administration Sectors
(Enterprise Support)
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
“enterprise support” establishments engaged in the following
areas of economic activity:

• Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services
• Other Services, except Public Administration (including
establishments engaged in Repair and Maintenance;
Personal and Laundry Services; and Religious, Grantmaking,
Civic, and Other Membership Organizations)

• If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.

If an establishment is NOT engaged in one of these kinds of
businesses, DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19
AND COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.

• If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of your company or organization.

DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.
• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007.

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal
Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use “Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE SUPPORT
ESTABLISHMENT
An enterprise support establishment is an establishment that is
primarily engaged in performing management, supervision,
general administrative functions, and supporting services for
other establishments of the same enterprise, rather than for
the general public or other business firms.
DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE
An enterprise or company is a business, service, or
membership organization consisting of one or more
establishments within the United States under common
ownership or control. It includes all establishments of
subsidiary companies, where there is more than 50 percent
ownership, as well as establishments of firms which the
enterprise has the power to direct or cause the direction of
management and policies.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
2. PHYSICAL LOCATION

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all sections (A through C) of item 3 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.

• Complete a separate report form for each establishment
owned or controlled by the company or organization. If a
separate report form was not received for each
establishment, visit our web site at
www.census.gov/econhelp or call 1-800-233-6136 between
8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday, to request additional report forms.

3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational
status of the establishment at the end of 2007.
• In operation — The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.

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• Temporarily or seasonally inactive — Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the
same Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples
include businesses in resort areas that close during the "offseason” or establishments that temporarily close for
remodeling.

7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL
Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax
Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide.
If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

• Ceased operation — The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide
the month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007
during which the establishment was in operation.

A. Employment
Include:

• Sold or leased to another operator — The
establishment was sold or leased to another company or
organization. Provide the month, day, and year that the
change occurred and indicate the name and address of the
new owner or operator. Complete all items for the portion
of 2007 prior to the change in operator.

• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.
• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.
• Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

Include:
• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.

Exclude:

• Advertising agencies, travel industries, and other service
establishments operating on a commission basis commissions, fees, and other operating income, NOT gross
billings or sales.

• Employees of departments or concessions operated by
other companies at the establishment.

• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.

• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

• Receipts from services performed for FOREIGN parent
firms, subsidiaries, branches, etc.

• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

• Independent contractors.
B. Payroll
Include:

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

• Total value of service contracts.
• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.
• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.
• Sale and licensing of rights to intellectual property
protected by copyright or as industrial property (e.g.,
patents, trademarks).

• Salaries of members of a professional service organization
or association (operating under state professional
corporation statutes and filing a corporate federal income
tax return).

Exclude:

• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

• The spread on stock options that is taxable to employees as
income.
Exclude:

• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Income from interest, real estate investments, dividends,
contributions, and grants.

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

16. SELECTED EXPENSES
Report only those expenses directly attributable to this
establishment in column 1. Establishments engaged in
performing management and administrative services for
other establishments of the same enterprise should report
payments made by this establishment for selected
categories of expenses incurred by other establishments of
your enterprise in column 2.

• Domestic intracompany transfers.
• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.
• Other nonoperating income.

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19. KIND OF BUSINESS

21. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OR ACTIVITY OF THE
OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS SERVICED

Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

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Establishments engaged in performing management and other
supporting services for other establishments of the same
enterprise should choose the one kind of business box that
best describes the industry activity of the establishment
serviced. Do not respond based on the activity of this
establishment as reported in item 19.

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Attachment E-4
2007 Economic Census

Information Sector

Information Sheet for Standard Information Sector Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ics and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Information Sector
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following areas of economic
activity:
• Publishing
• Motion Picture and Sound Recording
• Broadcasting and Telecommunications
• Information Services and Data Processing Services
If an establishment is NOT engaged in one of these kinds of
businesses, DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19
AND COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.
DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007. Locations with no paid employees, including
broadcasting antennas, telephone relay and switching
stations, and other similar facilities, are not considered
separate establishments.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Please report information for each establishment owned or
controlled by the company or organization. If the company
or organization has multiple locations and an Ownership
and Control flyer was included in your mailing package,
please complete the enclosed flyer. If your mailing package
does not include this flyer and separate report forms are not
provided for each establishment, visit our web site at
www.census.gov/econhelp or call 1-800-233-6136 between
8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday, to request additional report forms.
• Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6 minutes
per response, with an average of 1 hour per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:
Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal Building 3,
U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-1500. You may
e-mail comments to [email protected]; use
"Paperwork Project 0607-0887" as the subject.
• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report form.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
2. PHYSICAL LOCATION
Answer all sections (A through C) of item 2 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.
3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational status
of the establishment at the end of 2007.
•

In operation – The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.

•

Temporarily or seasonally inactive – Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the same
Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples include
businesses in resort areas that close during the "off-season"
or establishments that temporarily close for remodeling.

•

Ceased operation – The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide the
month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007 during
which the establishment was in operation.

•

Sold or leased to another operator – The establishment
was sold or leased to another company or organization.
Provide the month, day, and year that the change
occurred and indicate the name and address of the new
owner or operator. Complete all items for the portion of
2007 prior to the change in operator.

• If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.
• If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of the company or organization.

5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.

•

• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or not
payment was received in 2007.

•

Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property protected
by copyright (e.g., literary works, software, audio visual
works, musical compositions and recordings, etc.) or as
industrial property (e.g., patents, trademarks).

Include:

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
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•

Advertising sales.

Exclude:

•

Sales of goods and services marketed through sales offices.

•

Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.

•

Sales to and receipts from FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.

•

Employees of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

•

Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

•

Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

•

Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

•

Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

•

Independent contractors.

•

Total value of service contracts.

•

Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

•

Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

•

Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

•

Public broadcast stations and libraries should include
contributions, gifts, grants, income from interest, rental of
real estate, and dividends; all others should exclude such
revenues.

B. Payroll
Include:
•

Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

•

Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

•

Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

Salaries of members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

•

Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

•

Gross receipts collected on behalf of others.

•

•

Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

The spread on stock options that is taxable to
employees as income.

Exclude:

Exclude:
•

•

Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

•

Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

•

Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

•

Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld

•

Contributions, gifts, grants, income from interest, real
estate investments, and dividends, except for public
broadcast stations and libraries.

•

Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

•

Domestic intracompany transfers.

•

Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

•

Other nonoperating income.

7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL
Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax
Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer’s Tax Guide.
If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

9. VALUE OF INVENTORIES
Report the total value of merchandise inventories this establishment
owned on December 31, 2007 and on December 31, 2006, regardless of
where held. Exclude the value of inventories held by this establishment
but owned by others.
The sum of the inventories of all establishments of this enterprise should
be approximately equal to the enterprise’s total inventories after
adjusting for valuation differences.
A. If you had inventories on the last day of either 2006 or 2007, then
answer "Yes" to this question. If you do not have inventories, or had
inventories during 2007 but not on the last day of the year, answer "No".
B. Report inventories for products owned by this establishment as of
December 31, for the following lines:

1-4. Report the value of all inventories by stage of fabrication
the establishment owned on December 31, 2006 and on
December 31, 2007. If any part of the inventory is valued
using the LIFO method, report the amount on inventories
before any adjustment for LIFO reserve.

A. Employment
Include:
•

All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

•

Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.

•

Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

•

Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

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In completing this report, INCLUDE those inventories owned
by this establishment that are held elsewhere, such as a
warehouse operated by your company or a public
warehouse. The inventories owned by an operating
establishment help elsewhere should be report by the
operating establishment and not by the warehouse where
they are actually stored. Inventories should not be
duplicated on establishment reports.
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5. Report the amount of LIFO reserve or allowance
applicable to any amount on line B4 that is valued using
the LIFO method. Respondents who do not use the LIFO
method or inventory valuation should check the “Mark “X”
is None” box.
6. Report the total inventories after any LIFO adjustment
for reserves. This should equal line B4 minus line B5.
Respondents who do not use LIFO method of valuation will
report the same values for line B4 and B6.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS
Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

10. INVENTORIES BY VALUATION METHODS
Of the total inventory amount reported in item 9, line B4,
indicate the inventory valuation method breakdown. Provide
the amount of inventory that was valued using each of the
following methods: Last-in, First-out (LIFO), First-in, First-out
(FIFO), average cost, standard cost, or some other method.
The other methods could include market or specific cost.
Specify any other method used in the space provided. The
total of lines 10A through 10E should equal item 9, line B4.

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Attachment E-5
2007 Economic Census

Information Sector

Information Sheet for Information Sector Enterprise Support Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ic and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Information Sector
(Enterprise Support)
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
“enterprise support” establishments engaged in the following
areas of economic activity:

• Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

• Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
If an establishment is NOT engaged in one of these kinds of
businesses, DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19
AND COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.

• If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.

DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT

• If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of the company or organization.

An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007. Locations with no paid employees, including
broadcasting antennas, telephone relay and switching
stations, and other similar facilities, are not considered
separate establishments.

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.
• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE SUPPORT
ESTABLISHMENT

• If additional space is necessary to complete any item, use
the remarks section at the end of the report form (if
applicable) or attach a separate sheet. If extra sheets are
added, write the CFN and the item number at the top of
each additional page.

An enterprise support establishment is an establishment that is
primarily engaged in performing management, supervision,
general administrative functions, and supporting services for
other establishments of the same enterprise, rather than for
the general public or other business firms.

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal
Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use “Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE
An enterprise or company is a business, service, or
membership organization consisting of one or more
establishments within the United States under common
ownership or control. It includes all establishments of
subsidiary companies, where there is more than 50 percent
ownership, as well as establishments of firms which the
enterprise has the power to direct or cause the direction of
management and policies.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Complete a separate report form for each establishment
owned or controlled by the company or organization. If a
separate report form was not received for each
establishment, visit our web site at
www.census.gov/econhelp or call 1-800-233-6136 between
8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday, to request additional report forms.

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• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS

Exclude:

2. PHYSICAL LOCATION

• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

Answer all sections (A through C) of item 2 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.

• Gross receipts collected on behalf of others.
3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational
status of the establishment at the end of 2007.

• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

• In operation — The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

• Temporarily or seasonally inactive — Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the
same Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples
include businesses in resort areas that close during the "offseason" or establishments that temporarily close for
remodeling.

• Contributions, gifts, grants, and income from interest, real
estate inveestments, and dividends.
• Domestic intracompany transfers.
• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

• Ceased operation — The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide
the month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007
during which the establishment was in operation.

• Other nonoperating income.
7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

• Sold or leased to another operator — The
establishment was sold or leased to another company or
organization. Provide the month, day, and year that the
change occurred and indicate the name and address of the
new owner or operator. Complete all items for the portion
of 2007 prior to the change in operator.

Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal
Tax Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer's Tax
Guide.
If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE
Include:

A. Employment

• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.

Include:
• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

• Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property protected
by copyright (e.g., literary works, software, audio visual
works, musical compositions and recordings, etc.) or as
industrial property (e.g., patents, trademarks).

• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.
• Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

• Advertising sales.
• Sales of goods and services marketed through sales offices.

• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

• Sales to and receipts from FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.

Exclude:

• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.
• Employees of departments or concessions operated by
other companies at the establishment.

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.
• Total value of service contracts.

• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

• Independent contractors.

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.
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B. Payroll

16. SELECTED EXPENSES

Include:
•

Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

Report only those expenses directly attributable to this
establishment in column 1. Establishments engaged in
performing management and administrative services for
other establishments of the same enterprise should report
payments made by this establishment for selected categories
of expenses incurred by other establishments of your
enterprise in column 2.

•

Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS

•

Salaries of members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

•

Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

•

The spread on stock options that is taxable to employees
as income.

21. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OR ACTIVITY OF THE
OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS SERVICED

Exclude:
•

Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of
an unincorporated company.

•

Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

•

Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

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Establishments engaged in performing management and
other supporting services for other establishments of the same
enterprise should choose the one kind of business box that
best describes the industry activity of the establishment
serviced. Do not respond based on the activity of this
establishment as reported in item 19.

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Attachment E-6
2007 Economic Census

Information Sector

Information Sheet for Information Sector Consolidated Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Integrated Record Production and Distribution
Consolidated Report Forms
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following area of economic
activity:
• Integrated Record Production/Distribution
This report form requests data for activities conducted in the
United States during 2007.
If the consolidated report form does NOT seem to apply to an
activity engaged in by this company, DESCRIBE the business or
activity in ITEM 19 AND COMPLETE the report form.
Complete items 28A and 28B as accurately as possible. In many
cases this will satisfy Census Bureau requirements.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report form.

DEFINITION OF A CONSOLIDATED REPORTING UNIT
A consolidated reporting unit is the grouping of all the
domestic establishments of a company that operate in a specific
industry (major activity) into a single reporting unit.
Establishments are generally single physical locations. The
consolidated reporting unit includes all the establishments of a
company that contribute to the production of goods or services
covered by the industry (major activity) specified in the mailing
address section of the consolidated report form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE
Report total operating receipts for the company’s United States
locations engaged in the industry printed in the mailing address
section on the first page of the consolidated report form.
Receipts should be reported in thousands of dollars.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Complete the report form for all locations operating in the
industry printed in the mailing address section on the first
page of the consolidated report form, for the United States,
including the fifty States and the District of Columbia. Do not
include United States possessions or territories.

Report total consolidated receipts derived from
releasing and distributing sound recordings (e.g., compact
discs, audio tapes, phonographs), including recordings
marketed through sales offices that receive and report
on their own census report form (such as, WH-42141) and
are not pre-identified in item 28A.

• The report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar year,
fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items except
payroll (calendar year figures for payroll, for each location,
should be available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form
941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in
item 30 the exact dates covered.

Include:
• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or not
payment was received in 2007. Includes royalties, license
fees, and other payments from the marketing of intangible
products (e.g., licensing the use of or granting reproduction
rights for software, musical compositions and recordings,
and other intellectual property).

• If an establishment listed in item 28A stopped operating in the
major activity printed, before January 1, 2007, indicate action
and date in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations of
Operation supplement (item 28A).

• Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property protected by
copyright (e.g., literary works, software, audio visual works,
musical compositions and recordings, etc.) or as industrial
property (e.g., patents, trademarks).

• If an establishment listed in item 28A was closed, sold, or
leased to another company or organization during 2007,
complete column (b) for the portion of 2007 that the location
operated in the major activity printed. Indicate action and date
in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations of Operation
supplement (item 28A).

• Sales to and receipts from FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.
• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.
• If there are any questions or if any communication regarding
the report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit Census File
Number (CFN) printed in the mailing address section on the
first page of the consolidated report form.

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
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• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 9 hours and 30
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour and 6
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal
Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-1500.
You may e-mail comments to [email protected]; use
“Paperwork Project 0607-0887" as the subject.

• Total value of service contracts.
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• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

B. Payroll

•

Include:

Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

Exclude:
• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise Tax)
collected directly from customers or clients and paid directly to
a local, state, or federal tax agency.

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.
• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

• Gross receipts collected on behalf of others.
• The spread on stock options that is taxable to employees as
income.

• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated by
others.

Exclude:
• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for resale).

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Contributions, gifts, grants, and income from interest, real
estate investments, and dividends.

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Domestic intracompany transfers.
9. VALUE OF INVENTORIES

• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

Report the total value of merchandise inventories this establishment
owned on December 31, 2007 and on December 31, 2006, regardless
of where held. Exclude the value of inventories held by this
establishment but owned by others.

• Other nonoperating income.
7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

A. If you had inventories on the last day of either 2006 or 2007, then
answer "Yes" to this question. If you do not have inventories, or had
inventories during 2007 but not on the last day of the year, answer
"No".

Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return,
and as described in Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide.

B. Report inventories for products owned by this establishment as of
December 31, for the following lines:

If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

1-4. Report the value of all inventories by stage of
fabrication the establishment owned on December 31, 2006
and on December 31, 2007. If any part of the inventory is
valued using the LIFO method, report the amount on
inventories before any adjustment for LIFO reserve.

A. Employment
Include:

In completing this report, INCLUDE those inventories owned
by this establishment that are held elsewhere, such as a
warehouse operated by your company or a public
warehouse. The inventories owned by an operating
establishment help elsewhere should be report by the
operating establishment and not by the warehouse where
they are actually stored. Inventories should not be
duplicated on establishment reports.

• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the pay
period including March 12, 2007.
• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.
• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

5. Report the amount of LIFO reserve or allowance
applicable to any amount on line B4 that is valued using the
LIFO method. Respondents who do not use the LIFO
method or inventory valuation should check the “Mark “X”
is None” box.

Exclude:
• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.
• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was filed
under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

6. Report the total inventories after any LIFO adjustment for
reserves. This should equal line B4 minus line B5.
Respondents who do not use LIFO method of valuation will
report the same values for line B4 and B6.

• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.
• Independent contractors.

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B. Additional Locations of Operation

Of the total inventory amount reported in item 9, line B4, indicate
the inventory valuation method breakdown. Provide the amount
of inventory that was valued using each of the following
methods: Last-in, First-out (LIFO), First-in, First-out (FIFO), average
cost, standard cost, or some other method. The other methods
could include market or specific cost. Specify any other method
used in the space provided. The total of lines 10A through 10E
should equal item 9, line B4.

Provide additional establishments not prelisted in item 28A
that operate in the industry printed in the mailing address
section on the first page of the consolidated report form.
• If your company operates at locations for which you receive
separate establishment report form(s), do not add them, but
rather complete the other report form(s).
• If additional space is needed to add locations, please
photocopy a blank page of item 28B and provide the
additional locations.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS
Choose the one kind of business that best describes the primary
business activity of this consolidated reporting unit in 2007. If
none of the provided selections seem appropriate, provide a
specific description of the primary business activity.

• Column (a) — List separately any locations of your
company and its subsidiaries that were not included in item
28A, but were in operation and engaged in the industry
printed in the mailing address section on the first page of the
consolidated report form.

28. LOCATIONS OF OPERATION

• Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.

A. Pre-identified Locations of Operation
We prelisted physical locations of your company that are part of
this consolidated reporting unit based on Census records. Please
bring this list up to date as follows:

• Column (c1) — Enter the two-digit code from the MAJOR
ACTIVITY CODES list that best describes the major activity of
each location. Please specify the principal products or
services.

• Column (a) — Please correct any errors or omissions in the
prelisted information. If the major activity listed is not the
major activity of the location, correct the major activity and do
not include this location in the count, item 28C.

• Column (c2) — Provide the name and address of previous
owner and date of purchase for each acquired establishment
listed.

• Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.

C. Number of Locations of Operation
Provide a summation of all establishments prelisted in item
28A that are in operation or temporarily inactive, minus the
establishments closed or sold, plus the establishments added in
item 28B.

• Column (c), Operational Status — Mark (X) the one box
that best describes the operational status of the
establishment at the end of 2007.
• In operation -- The establishment was open and
actively conducting business on December 31, 2007.
• Temporarily or seasonally inactive — Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the
establishment will eventually reopen and conduct
business under the same Employer Identification
Number (EIN). Examples include businesses in resort
areas that close during the "off-season" or
establishments that temporarily close for remodeling.
• Ceased operation — The establishment has gone out
of business or closed and does not plan to reopen.
Provide the month, day, and year that the
establishment ceased operation. Complete all items for
the portion of 2007 during which the establishment was
in operation.
• Sold or leased to another operator — The
establishment was sold or leased to another company or
organization. Provide the month, day, and year that
the change occurred and indicate the name and address
of the new owner or operator. Complete all items for the
portion of 2007 prior to the change in operator.

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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ic and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Motion Picture and Video Production and Distribution
Consolidated Report Forms
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following areas of economic
activity:

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 9 hours and 30
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour and 6
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887,
Room 3110, Federal Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use “Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

• Motion Picture and Video Production (including
establishments of production companies distributing films whether for own company or for other companies)
• Motion Picture and Video Distribution (for other companies
only)
This report form requests data for activities conducted in the
United States during 2007.
If the consolidated report form does NOT seem to apply to an
activity engaged in by this company, DESCRIBE the business
or activity in ITEM 19 AND COMPLETE the report form.
Complete items 28A and 28B as accurately as possible. In
many cases this will satisfy Census Bureau requirements.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.

DEFINITION OF A CONSOLIDATED REPORTING UNIT
A consolidated reporting unit is the grouping of all the
domestic establishments of a company that operate in a
specific industry (major activity) into a single reporting unit.
Establishments are generally single physical locations. The
consolidated reporting unit includes all the establishments of a
company that contribute to the production of goods or
services covered by the industry (major activity) specified in
the mailing address section of the consolidated report form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE
Report total operating receipts for the company’s United
States locations engaged in the industry printed in the mailing
address section on the first page of the consolidated report
form. Receipts should be reported in thousands of dollars.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Include:

• Complete the report form for all locations operating in the
industry printed in the mailing address section on the first
page of the consolidated report form, for the United States,
including the fifty States and the District of Columbia. Do
not include United States possessions or territories.

• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.
• Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property protected
by copyright (e.g., literary works, software, audio visual
works, musical compositions and recordings, etc.) or as
industrial property (e.g., patents, trademarks).

• The report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll, for each
location, should be available from Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return).
Indicate in item 30 the exact dates covered.

• Sales to and receipts from FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.
• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

• If an establishment listed in item 28A stopped operating in
the major activity printed, before January 1, 2007, indicate
action and date in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations
of Operation supplement (item 28A).

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

• If an establishment listed in item 28A was closed, sold, or
leased to another company or organization during 2007,
complete column (b) for the portion of 2007 that the
location operated in the major activity printed. Indicate
action and date in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations
of Operation supplement (item 28A).

• Total value of service contracts.
• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.
• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.
• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.

Exclude:

• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding the report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) printed in the mailing address
section on the first page of the consolidated report form.
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• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.
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• Gross receipts collected on behalf of others.

Exclude:

• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Contributions, gifts, grants, and income from interest, real
estate investments, and dividends.

9. VALUE OF INVENTORIES
Report the total value of merchandise inventories this establishment
owned on December 31, 2007 and on December 31, 2006, regardless of
where held. Exclude the value of inventories held by this establishment
but owned by others.

• Domestic intracompany transfers.
• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

A. If you had inventories on the last day of either 2006 or 2007, then
answer "Yes" to this question. If you do not have inventories, or had
inventories during 2007 but not on the last day of the year, answer
"No".

• Other nonoperating income.
7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

B. Report inventories for products owned by this establishment as of
December 31, for the following lines:

Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal
Tax Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer's Tax
Guide.

1-4. Report the value of all inventories by stage of
fabrication the establishment owned on December 31, 2006
and on December 31, 2007. If any part of the inventory is
valued using the LIFO method, report the amount on
inventories before any adjustment for LIFO reserve.

If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

In completing this report, INCLUDE those inventories owned
by this establishment that are held elsewhere, such as a
warehouse operated by your company or a public
warehouse. The inventories owned by an operating
establishment help elsewhere should be report by the
operating establishment and not by the warehouse where
they are actually stored. Inventories should not be
duplicated on establishment reports.

A. Employment
Include:
• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

5. Report the amount of LIFO reserve or allowance
applicable to any amount on line B4 that is valued using the
LIFO method. Respondents who do not use the LIFO
method or inventory valuation should check the “Mark “X”
is None” box.

• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.
• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.
Exclude:

6. Report the total inventories after any LIFO adjustment for
reserves. This should equal line B4 minus line B5.
Respondents who do not use LIFO method of valuation will
report the same values for line B4 and B6.

• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.
• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

10. INVENTORIES BY VALUATION METHODS

• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

Of the total inventory amount reported in item 9, line B4,
indicate the inventory valuation method breakdown. Provide
the amount of inventory that was valued using each of the
following methods: Last-in, First-out (LIFO), First-in, First-out
(FIFO), average cost, standard cost, or some other method.
The other methods could include market or specific cost.
Specify any other method used in the space provided. The
total of lines 10A through 10E should equal item 9, line B4.

• Independent contrators.
B. Payroll
Include:
• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

19. KIND OF BUSINESS
Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
primary business activity of this consolidated reporting unit in
2007. If none of the provided selections seem appropriate,
provide a specific description of the primary business activity.

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.
• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.
• The spread on stock options that is taxable to employees as
income.

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28. LOCATIONS OF OPERATION

B. Additional Locations of Operation

A. Pre-identified Locations of Operation

Provide additional establishments not prelisted in item 28A
that operate in the industry printed in the mailing address
section on the first page of the consolidated report form.

We prelisted physical locations of your company that are part
of this consolidated reporting unit based on Census records.
Please bring this list up to date as follows:

•

• Column (a) — Please correct any errors or omissions in the
prelisted information. If the major activity listed is not the
major activity of the location, correct the major activity and
do not include this location in the count, item 28C.

If your company operates at locations for which you
receive separate establishment report form(s), do not add
them, but rather complete the other report form(s).

•

• Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.

If additional space is needed to add locations, please
photocopy a blank page of item 28B and provide the
additional locations.

•

Column (a) — List separately any locations of your
company and its subsidiaries that were not included in
item 28A, but were in operation and engaged in the
industry printed in the mailing address section on the first
page of the consolidated report form.

•

Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.

•

Column (c1) — Enter the two-digit code from the
MAJOR ACTIVITY CODES list that best describes the
major activity of each location. Please specify the
principal products or services.

•

Column (c2) — Provide the name and address of
previous owner and date of purchase for each acquired
establishment listed.

• Column (c), Operational Status — Mark (X) the one box
that best describes the operational status of the
establishment at the end of 2007.
• In operation — The establishment was open and
actively conducting business on December 31, 2007.
• Temporarily or seasonally inactive — Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the
establishment will eventually reopen and conduct
business under the same Employer Identification
Number (EIN). Examples include businesses in resort
areas that close during the "off-season" or
establishments that temporarily close for remodeling.
• Ceased operation — The establishment has gone out
of business or closed and does not plan to reopen.
Provide the month, day, and year that the
establishment ceased operation. Complete all items for
the portion of 2007 during which the establishment was
in operation.

C. Number of Locations of Operation
Provide a summation of all establishments prelisted in item
28A that are in operation or temporarily inactive, minus the
establishments closed or sold, plus the establishments added
in item 28B.

• Sold or leased to another operator — The
establishment was sold or leased to another company
or organization. Provide the month, day, and year
that the change occurred and indicate the name and
address of the new owner or operator. Complete all
items for the portion of 2007 prior to the change in
operator.

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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ic and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Telecommunications; Cable and Other Program Distribution
Consolidated Report Forms
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following areas of economic
activity:

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 9 hours and 30
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour and 6
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887,
Room 3110, Federal Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use “Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

• Wired Telecommunications Carriers
• Paging
• Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications
• Cable and Other Program Distribution
This report form requests data for activities conducted in the
United States during 2007.
If the consolidated report form does NOT seem to apply to an
activity engaged in by this company, DESCRIBE the business
or activity in ITEM 19 AND COMPLETE the report form.
Complete items 28A and 28B as accurately as possible. In
many cases this will satisfy Census Bureau requirements.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.

DEFINITION OF A CONSOLIDATED REPORTING UNIT
A consolidated reporting unit is the grouping of all the
domestic establishments of a company that operate in a
specific industry (major activity) into a single reporting unit.
Establishments are generally single physical locations. The
consolidated reporting unit includes all the establishments of a
company that contribute to the production of goods or
services covered by the industry (major activity) specified in
the mailing address section of the consolidated report form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Report total operating receipts for the company’s United
States locations engaged in the industry printed in the mailing
address section on the first page of the consolidated report
form. Receipts should be reported in thousands of dollars.

• Complete the report form for all locations operating in the
industry printed in the mailing address section on the first
page of the consolidated report form, for the United States,
including the fifty States and the District of Columbia. Do
not include United States possessions or territories.

Telephone service companies should exclude receipts
collected on behalf of another company. Include receipts
from international calls originating in the United States
(including that portion paid to foreign countries for accessing
their network); and allowances for uncollected accounts.

• The report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll, for each
location, should be available from Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return).
Indicate in item 30 the exact dates covered.

Include:
• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.
• Sale or licensing of rights to intellectual property protected
by copyright (e.g., literary works, software, audio visual
works, musical compositions and recordings, etc.) or as
industrial property (e.g., patents, trademarks).

• If an establishment listed in item 28A stopped operating in
the major activity printed, before January 1, 2007, indicate
action and date in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations
of Operation supplement (item 28A).

• Sales to and receipts from FOREIGN parent firms,
subsidiaries, branches, etc.

• If an establishment listed in item 28A was closed, sold, or
leased to another company or organization during 2007,
complete column (b) for the portion of 2007 that the
location operated in the major activity printed. Indicate
action and date in column (c) of the Pre-identified Locations
of Operation supplement (item 28A).

• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.
• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles, equipment,
instruments, tools, etc.

• Receipts and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.

• Total value of service contracts.

• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding the report form is necessary, reference the 11digit Census File Number (CFN) printed in the mailing
address section on the first page of the consolidated report
form.
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• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.
• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.
• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates.
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Exclude:

Exclude:

• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

• Gross receipts collected on behalf of others.

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Sales of used equipment previously rented or leased to
customers.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS

• Proceeds from the sale of real estate (land and buildings),
investments, or other assets (except inventory held for
resale).

Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
primary business activity of this consolidated reporting unit in
2007. If none of the provided selections seem appropriate,
provide a specific description of the primary business activity.

• Contributions, gifts, grants, and income from interest, real
estate investments, and dividends.

28. LOCATIONS OF OPERATION

• Domestic intracompany transfers.

A. Pre-identified Locations of Operation

• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

We prelisted physical locations of your company that are part
of this consolidated reporting unit based on Census records.
Please bring this list up to date as follows:

• Other nonoperating income.
7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

• Column (a) — Please correct any errors or omissions in the
prelisted information. If the major activity listed is not the
major activity of the location, correct the major activity and
do not include this location in the count, item 28C.

Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax
Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide.

• Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.

If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

• Column (c), Operational Status — Mark (X) the one box
that best describes the operational status of the
establishment at the end of 2007.

A. Employment
Include:

• In operation — The establishment was open and
actively conducting business on December 31, 2007.

• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.

• Temporarily or seasonally inactive — Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the
establishment will eventually reopen and conduct
business under the same Employer Identification
Number (EIN). Examples include businesses in resort
areas that close during the "off-season" or
establishments that temporarily close for remodeling.

• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.
• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.
Exclude:
• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.

• Ceased operation — The establishment has gone out
of business or closed and does not plan to reopen.
Provide the month, day, and year that the
establishment ceased operation. Complete all items for
the portion of 2007 during which the establishment was
in operation.

• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).
• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.

• Sold or leased to another operator — The
establishment was sold or leased to another company or
organization. Provide the month, day, and year that
the change occurred and indicate the name and address
of the new owner or operator. Complete all items for the
portion of 2007 prior to the change in operator.

• Independent contractors.
B. Payroll
Include:
• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

B. Additional Locations of Operation

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

• If your company operates at locations for which you receive
separate establishment report form(s), do not add them, but
rather complete the other report form(s).

Provide additional establishments not prelisted in item 28A
that operate in the industry printed in the mailing address
section on the first page of the consolidated report form.

• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.
• The spread on stock options that is taxable to employees as
income.

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• If additional space is needed to add locations, please
photocopy a blank page of item 28B and provide the
additional locations.
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• Column (a) — List separately any locations of your
company and its subsidiaries that were not included in item
28A, but were in operation and engaged in the industry
printed in the mailing address section on the first page of
the consolidated report form.

C. Number of Locations of Operation
Provide a summation of all establishments prelisted in item
28A that are in operation or temporarily inactive, minus the
establishments closed or sold, plus the establishments added
in item 28B.

• Column (b), 2007 Employment and Payroll — Report
separately the number of employees and payroll for each
establishment. Do not combine data for locations.
• Column (c1) — Enter the two-digit code from the MAJOR
ACTIVITIES CODES list that best describes the major activity
of each location. Please specify the principal products or
services.
• Column (c2) — Provide the name and address of previous
owner and date of purchase for each acquired
establishment listed.

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Attachment E-7
2007 Economic Census

Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector

Information Sheet for Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector
Establishments
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U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COM M ERCE
Econom ics and Statistics Adm inistration
U.S. Census Bureau

2007 ECONOMIC CENSUS
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector
INFORMATION SHEET
This 2007 Economic Census information sheet covers
establishments engaged in the following area of economic
activity:

• Each report form should cover calendar year 2007. If book
figures are not available, estimates are acceptable.
However, if the fiscal year is different from the calendar
year, fiscal year figures will be acceptable for all items
except payroll (calendar year figures for payroll should be
available from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return). Indicate in item
30 the exact dates covered.

• Management of Companies and Enterprises (including
holding companies)
If an establishment is NOT engaged in this kind of business,
DESCRIBE its business or activity in ITEM 19 AND
COMPLETE the report form as accurately as possible.

• If an establishment stopped operating before January 1,
2007, mark (X) the box to indicate "none" in item 4, indicate
action and date in item 3, and return the report form.

DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHMENT

• If an establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another
company or organization during 2007, complete the report
form for the portion of 2007 that the establishment was
operating as part of your company or organization.

An establishment is generally a single physical location where
business is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed. This includes all locations of a
company or organization, including administrative offices,
warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during
2007.

• Revenue and payroll data should be rounded to the nearest
thousand dollars as illustrated on the report form.
• If there are any questions or if any communication
regarding a report form is necessary, reference the 11-digit
Census File Number (CFN) shown in the mailing address.

DEFINITION OF HOLDING COMPANY
A holding company is a company primarily engaged in
holding securities of (or other equity interests in) companies
and enterprises for the purpose of owning a controlling
interest or influencing the management decisions of these
firms. They do not administer, oversee, or manage other
establishments of the company or enterprise whose securities
they hold.

• Please photocopy each report form for your records and
return the originals.
• Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to vary from 18 minutes to 5 hours and 6
minutes per response, with an average of 1 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: Paperwork Project 0607-0887, Room 3110, Federal
Building 3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233-1500. You may e-mail comments to
[email protected]; use "Paperwork Project 0607-0887"
as the subject.

DEFINITION OF ENTERPRISE SUPPORT
ESTABLISHMENT
An enterprise support establishment is an establishment that is
primarily engaged in performing management, supervision,
general administrative functions, or supporting services for
other establishments of the same enterprise, rather than for
the general public or other business firms.

• Response to this collection of information is not required
unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit
number appears in the upper right corner of the report
form.

DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE
An enterprise or company is a business, service, or
membership organization consisting of one or more
establishments within the United States under common
ownership or control. It includes all establishments of
subsidiary companies, where there is more than 50 percent
ownership, as well as establishments of firms which the
enterprise has the power to direct or cause the direction of
management and policies.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS
2. PHYSICAL LOCATION

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all sections (A through C) of item 3 even if the mailing
address shown is correct.

• Please report information for each establishment owned or
controlled by the company or organization. If the company
or organization has multiple locations and an Ownership
and Control flyer was included in your mailing package,
please complete the enclosed flyer. If your mailing package
does not include this flyer and separate report forms are not
provided for each establishment, visit our web site at
www.census.gov/econhelp or call 1-800-233-6136 between
8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday, to request additional report forms.

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3. OPERATIONAL STATUS
Mark (X) the one box that best describes the operational
status of the establishment at the end of 2007.
• In operation – The establishment was open and actively
conducting business on December 31, 2007.

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• Temporarily or seasonally inactive – Although not
conducting business at the end of 2007, the establishment
will eventually reopen and conduct business under the
same Employer Identification Number (EIN). Examples
include businesses in resort areas that close during the "offseason" or establishments that temporarily close for
remodeling.

7. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL
Definitions are the same as those used on the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal
Tax Return, and as described in Circular E, Employer’s Tax
Guide.
If employees worked at more than one location, report
employment and payroll for employees at the ONE location
where they spent most of their working time.

• Ceased operation – The establishment has gone out of
business or closed and does not plan to reopen. Provide
the month, day, and year that the establishment ceased
operation. Complete all items for the portion of 2007
during which the establishment was in operation.

A. Employment
Include:

• Sold or leased to another operator – The
establishment was sold or leased to another company or
organization. Provide the month, day, and year that the
change occurred and indicate the name and address of the
new owner or operator. Complete all items for the portion
of 2007 prior to the change in operator.

• All full- and part-time employees on the payroll during the
pay period including March 12, 2007.
• Salaried officers and executives of a corporation.

5. SALES, SHIPMENTS, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

• Salaried members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

Include:

• Employees on paid sick leave, paid vacations, and paid
holidays.

• Gross receipts from services provided, from the use of
facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or
not payment was received in 2007.

Exclude:

• Income from interest, rental of real estate, or dividends.

• Employees of departments or concessions operated by
other companies at the establishment.

• Contributions, gifts, and grants of not-for-profit
organizations exempt from federal income tax.

• Full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was
filed under an employee leasing company’s Employer
Identification Number (EIN).

• Proprietors or partners of an unincorporated company.

• Receipts from services performed for FOREIGN parent
firms, subsidiaries, branches, etc.

• Temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service.
• Independent contractors.

• Rental of nonresidential space in buildings and facilities,
including this establishment's share of receipts from
departments, concessions, and vending and amusement
machines operated by others.

B. Payroll
Include:

• Receipts from the rental and leasing of vehicles,
equipment, instruments, tools, etc.

• Market value of compensation received in lieu of cash.

• Wages, salaries, tips, vacation allowances, bonuses,
commissions, and other compensation paid to employees
during 2007 and reported on IRS Form 941 as taxable
Medicare Wages and tips (even if not subject to income or
FICA tax).

• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others.

• Salaries of officers and executives of a corporation.

• Sale and licensing of rights to intellectual property
protected by copyright or as industrial property (e.g.,
patents, trademarks).

• Salaries of members of a professional corporation or
association (operating under state professional corporation
statutes and filing a corporate federal income tax return).

• Franchise sales, fees, and royalties.

• Employee contributions to qualified pension plans.

• Total value of service contracts.

• The spread on stock options that is taxable to
employees as income.

• Gain or loss from the sale of real estate (land and
buildings), investments, or other assets (except inventory
held for resale).

Exclude:
• Payments to or withdrawals by proprietors or partners of an
unincorporated company.

Exclude:

• Annuities or supplemental unemployment compensation
benefits, even if income tax was withheld.

• Sales and other taxes (including Hawaii’s General Excise
Tax) collected directly from customers or clients and paid
directly to a local, state, or federal tax agency.

• Payrolls of departments or concessions operated by other
companies at the establishment.

• Gross receipts from departments or concessions operated
by others.

9. VALUE OF INVENTORIES

• Domestic intracompany transfers.

Report the total value of merchandise inventories this
establishment owned on December 31, 2007 and on December
31, 2006, regardless of where held. Exclude the value of
inventories held by this establishment but owned by others.

• Receipts of foreign parent firms and subsidiaries.

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The sum of the inventories of all establishments of this
enterprise should be approximately equal to the enterprise’s
total inventories after adjusting for valuation differences.

The other methods could include market or specific cost.
Specify any other method used in the space provided. The
total of lines 10A through 10E should equal item 9, line B1.

A. If you had inventories on the last day of either 2001 or
2007, then answer "Yes" to this question. If you do not have
inventories, or had inventories during 2007 but not on the last
day of the year, answer "No".

16. SELECTED EXPENSES
Report only those expenses directly attributable to this
establishment in column 1. Establishments engaged in
performing management and administrative services for
other establishments of the same enterprise should report
payments made by this establishment for selected categories
of expenses incurred by other establishments of your
enterprise in column 2.

B. Report inventories for products owned by this
establishment as of December 31, for the following lines:
1. Report the value of all product inventories the
establishment owned on December 31, 2007 and on
December 31, 2006. If any part of the inventory is valued
using the LIFO method, report the amount of inventories
before any adjustment for LIFO reserve.

19. KIND OF BUSINESS

2. Report the amount of LIFO reserve or allowance
applicable to any amount on line B1 that is valued using
the LIFO method. Respondents who do not use the LIFO
method of inventory valuation should check the “Mark
“X” if None” box.

Choose the one kind of business that best describes the
establishment in 2007. If none of the provided selections seem
appropriate, provide a specific description of the primary
business activity.

3. Report the total inventories after any LIFO adjustment for
reserves. This should equal line B1 minus line B2.
Respondents who do not use the LIFO method of
valuation will report the same values on lines B1 and B3.

21. PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OR ACTIVITY OF THE
OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS SERVICED
Establishments engaged in performing management and
other supporting services for other establishments of the same
enterprise should choose the one kind of business box that
best describes the industry activity of the establishment(s)
serviced. Do not respond based on the activity of this
establishment as reported in item 19.

10. INVENTORIES BY VALUATION METHODS
Of the total inventory amount reported in item 9, line B1,
indicate the inventory valuation method breakdown. Provide
the amount of inventory that was valued using each of the
following methods: Last-in, First-out (LIFO), First-in, First-out
(FIFO), average cost, standard cost, or some other method.

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