Business and Professional Classification Report

Attachment 1
SQ-CLASS-L1
(01-25-2022)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
We request your cooperaon with the Business and Professional Classificaon Survey. This
one-me survey collects informaon from businesses that were recently assigned Federal
Employer Idenficaon Numbers or recently added to the scope of the Census Bureau’s
business data collections. This information is used to ensure that our country’s economic
statistics accurately account for all relevant business activity.
Authentication Code:
Due Date:

1. Register OR sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple
sessions to complete the survey.
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. Information
about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collecon can be found on the
back of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call
our customer help line at 1-800-253-1882, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Robert L. Santos
Director

census.gov

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OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-0189 and appears in the top right corner of each
reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131, 182, and 193, authorizes this collection. Sections
224 and 225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the
same law to keep your informaon confidenal and use your responses only to produce
statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that
could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening
of the systems that transmit your data.
Burden Esmate Statement
We estimate the Business and Professional Classification Survey will take an average of 13
minutes to complete. Factors such as company size, complexity and activity will affect your
actual time to complete the survey. This estimate includes the time to review instructions,
search existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review
the survey.