Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

2020 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

The new questions will be added as the last set of questions between the Ownership Information and the Certification section of the questionnaire.

Title - Questions related to the Coronavirus Pandemic

The following questions are focused on helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure business access and use of government financial assistance and the impact on capital expenditure investments during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Question 1

In 2020, did this company receive financial assistance through a Federal, state, or local government assistance program related to the Coronavirus pandemic?

Select only one.

⃝₁ Yes

⃝₂ No, did not apply for financial assistance

⃝₃ No, applied for but did not receive financial assistance

⃝₄ Don’t know

Question 2.1 – Asked only if response to Question 1=1 (Yes)

Approximately what share of the financial assistance was spent on the following:

Estimates are acceptable. If “None”, enter “0”.

Dollar Amount

Payroll: [_$_______________________]

Rent/mortgage: [_$_______________________]

Utilities: [_$_______________________]

Capital expenditures [_$_______________________]

Other – describe [_$_______________________]

Total: [_$_______________________]

Question 2.2 – Asked only if response to Question 1=1 (Yes)

What would have happened to this company’s payroll in the absence of the financial assistance related to the Coronavirus pandemic?

Select all that apply.

₁ Reduced hours

₂ Reduced pay

₃ Reduced staff

₄ Closed business (eliminated entire payroll)

₅ Other – describe

₆ No change [gray out all other options]

₇ Don’t know [gray out all other options]

₈ Not applicable [gray out all other options]

Question 3

In 2020, did this company change its planned capital expenditures due to the Coronavirus pandemic?

⃝₁ Yes

⃝₂ No

Question 3.1 – Asked only if response to Question 3=1 (Yes).

What changes did this company make to its planned capital expenditures due to the Coronavirus pandemic?

Select all that apply.

₁ Cancelled planned expenditure(s)

₂ Decreased planned expenditure(s)

₃ Postponed planned expenditure(s)

₄ Increased planned expenditure(s)

₅ Introduced new unplanned expenditure(s)

₆ Other – describe

Question 4

In 2020, did this company’s capital expenditures fund any investment related to social distancing or safety in response to the Coronavirus pandemic?

Select only one.

⃝₁ Yes – investment was in addition to planned capital expenditures

⃝₂ Yes – investment replaced planned capital expenditures

⃝₃ No