SA-721A Annual Retail Trade Report

OMB No. 0607-0013: Approval Expires 10/31/2008
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

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U.S.
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YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. Title 13, U.S. Code, requires businesses and other organizations
that receive this questionnaire to answer the questions and return the report to the Census Bureau.

(6-16-2008)

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2008 ANNUAL ACCOMMODATION REPORT
HOTELS, RV PARKS, CAMPGROUNDS & OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS

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Have questions?
Call 1–800–772–7851 (option 2)
weekdays,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
How can I report?
Via Fax:
1–800–447–4613

Via Mail:
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001
(Please correct any error in name, address, and ZIP Code)

Via Internet:
http://www.census.gov/econhelp/arts
use your firm’s unique username and original password, if you
change your password, please keep a record for reference.

Username:

Password:

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Always provide book figures. If they are not available, carefully prepared estimates, labeled "Est." are acceptable.
• Any significant change in your firm’s operations should be noted in the "REMARKS" section of this report.
Include
• All domestic/U.S. accommodations establishments operated by your company and its subsidiaries
• Data for auxiliary facilities of your firm engaged in furnishing supporting services to your covered establishment(s) (such as
warehouses, garages, central administrative offices, and repair services)
• Data for establishment(s) sold or acquired during 2008 for the period they were operated by your firm
Exclude
• Data for establishments operated by other firms, such as franchises
• Departments and concessions operated by other firms in your covered establishment(s)

1A
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OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL

1. Does another firm own more than 50 percent of the working stock or have the power to control management and policies of
this firm?
051 Name of owning or controlling company
050

1

YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

NO

Address – Number and street
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City, State, and ZIP Code

EI Number (9 digits)
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2. Did your firm experience any organizational change during 2008?
025
1
YES –
029 Name of company sold to/merged with/acquired
032
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Sold to
Number and street
Merged with
2
Acquired
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City, State, and ZIP Code
2

NO

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Date of sale/merger 030 Month Year
or acquisition

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1B
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Number as of
December 31, 2008

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
110

How many establishments were covered by this report as of December 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2A
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TOTAL SALES

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NOTE: Do not include cents. Always round to the nearest dollar.

2008
Dollars

100
1. What were the total sales and receipts of merchandise and other operating receipts for 2008?
INCLUDE e-commerce sales and excise taxes on gasoline, liquor, and tobacco. EXCLUDE all sales taxes. See
below for detailed directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

INCLUDE

EXCLUDE

• Receipts from guest rooms or unit rentals
• Management fees and reimbursable revenues
• Receipts from rentals of public rooms such as ballrooms,
conference rooms, etc.
• Sales of meals, alcoholic beverages, and other merchandise
• Sales of gaming operations
• Site rental and equipment usage fees
• Revenues from camp tuition and camper fees
• Revenue from room and board
• Receipts from valet, laundry, parking, and other guest services
provided by this firm
• Sales by departments and concessions operated by your firm in
establishment(s) of other firms
• For casino hotels, report sales net of promotional allowances
• Credit and cash sales of merchandise
• E-commerce sales
• Excise taxes

• Carrying or other credit charges
• Commissions (such as vending machine operators, government
lottery tickets, or other stores)
• Non-operating receipts (such as interest income, income from
investments, and receipts from the rental or sale of real estate)
• Sales made by departments and concessions operated by other
firms in your firm’s accommodation establishment(s)

2. Did your firm collect any sales taxes during 2008?
120 1
2

• Refunds and allowances for returned goods
• Value of rebates and discounts offered by your firm that are
granted to the purchaser, even if granted as an increase in
trade-in allowance
• Exclude franchise fees and royalties

2008
Dollars

102

YES – What were the total sales taxes collected?
EXCLUDE excise taxes reported in Item 2 A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NO – Go to Item 2 B

$

103

3. What were the total sales of merchandise and other operating receipts including sales taxes for
2008?(Sum of Items 2 A1 and 2 A2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2B
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$

E-COMMERCE SALES

Did your firm have any e-commerce sales during 2008?
E-commerce sales and other operating receipts are sales of goods and services where an order is placed by the
buyer; or price and terms of the sale are negotiated over an Internet, extranet, EDI network, electronic mail, or
other online system. Payment may or may not be made online.
130 1
2

2C
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2008
Dollars

113

YES – What were the total e-commerce sales?
EXCLUDE all sales taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

NO

SALES REPORT PERIOD

Do the reported data in Items 2 A and 2 B represent the calendar year (January 1 through December 31)
Month
for 2008?
104
Beginning
121 1
YES
105
2
NO – What were your beginning and ending dates
for 2008? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ending
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NOTE: Items 3 through 8 do not apply to this form.

9 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES, INCLUDING PAYROLL
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2008
Dollars
844

What were the total operating expenses, including payroll, during 2008 for establishments
reported in Item 1 B? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INCLUDE
Expenses arising from the normal course of business.
Payroll

$

EXCLUDE
• Bad debt
• Purchases of goods for resale or cost of goods sold
• Income taxes
• Sales and other taxes collected directly from customers and paid
directly to a local, State, or Federal government agency
• Interest expenses
• Impairment (reduction in value of long-lived assets due to
reappraisal)
• Capitalized expenses (except payroll and fringe benefits)
• Transfers made within the company

REMARKS – Please use this space to explain any significant year-to-year changes, to clarify your responses, or to indicate where data
were estimated.
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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 34 minutes per response, including the time for assembling data from existing records and
completing the form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: Paperwork Project 0607-0013, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, AMSD-3K138, Washington, DC 20233. You may e-mail comments to [email protected];
use "Paperwork Project 0607-0013" as the subject. Respondents are not required to respond to any information collection unless it displays a valid approval number from
the Office of Management and Budget. This 8-digit number appears in the top right corner of this form.

10 CERTIFICATION – This report is substantially accurate and has been prepared in accordance with instructions.
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951

Telephone
Area code Number

E-mail address

Internet address (firm’s homepage)

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957

956

Signature of authorized person

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

Address — Number and street, city, State, ZIP Code

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954

Extension

Fax number
Area code Number

http://
952

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Thank you for completing your Annual Accommodation Report form. We suggest you retain a photocopy
of this report for your records.