Various Economic Area Pretesting Activities

Business Name

Address

City, State, Zip

July 20, 2009

The U.S. Census Bureau has selected your company to participate in an Internet survey to learn more about organizations identified in our records as nonemployer corporations or partnerships. A nonemployer is an organization or business that has receipts or revenue without payroll employees. Income from nonemployer businesses is tabulated to produce annual estimates of Nonemployer Statistics, an increasingly important component of the U.S. economy, and tabulated in estimates of Gross Domestic Product. Therefore, it is very important that our records be accurate.

Our records list EIN XX-XXXXXXX with the above name and mailing address as a nonemployer.

We recommend the individual in the organization who is most familiar with its management complete the survey. Questions have been limited to descriptive information about the type of activity covered under the EIN as well as potential relationships to other EINs used by your organization. We expect this survey to take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Please respond within 7 days after receipt. Go to the following URL. Use the User ID and Password below to log in and complete the survey electronically.

www.census.gov/econhelp/NET

User ID =

Password =

All information provided to the U.S. Census Bureau is completely confidential under Title 13, United States Code, and will only be seen by persons sworn to uphold the confidentiality of U.S. Census Bureau information. Data provided will only be used for statistical purposes and will not be included in any publications.

Your participation in this voluntary survey will be very helpful in improving various measures of the U.S. economy, including economic performance by nonemployers. Your timely response will help minimize costly follow-up with your company.

For assistance, please call the U.S. Census Bureau at 301-763-2562, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Time.

Thank you for your participation in this important program. We realize that answering questionnaires is a burden for your company, and we appreciate your help.

Sincerely,

Shirin A. Ahmed

CHIEF, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND COORDINATION DIVISION

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU