BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
BE-125 Supporting Statement A 2024_Final September.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2024-09-04	Repair queued
BE-125 Q1 2024 FINAL.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-05-28	Repair queued
BE-125 Supporting Statement B 2024_Final September.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2024-09-04	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
220628	Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0608-0067	ICR Reference No: 202405-0608-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-0608-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/EASA	Agency Tracking No: BE-125
Title: BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/09/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2024
Responses	11,200	8,800
Time Burden (Hours)	187,200	144,800
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: The Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons (Form BE-125) is an ongoing survey that collects data from U.S. persons who engage in covered transactions in selected services or intellectual property with foreign persons. A U.S. person must report if they had combined sales of covered services or intellectual property to foreign persons that exceeded $6 million for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year, or if they had combined purchases of covered services or intellectual property from foreign persons that exceeded $4 million for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year. The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in services, to conduct trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in estimating the trade in services component of the U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and product accounts (NIPAs).

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 472 3101-3108 Name of Law: International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 48367	06/06/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 73062	09/09/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons	BE-125	Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	11,200	8,800	0	0	2,400	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	187,200	144,800	0	0	42,400	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There has been an overall increase in the estimated number of reporters meeting the mandatory requirements for filing on a quarterly basis. There has been no change in the agency estimate of the time for reporters to complete the survey. BEA proposes to separately collect space passenger and space freight services to better measure space transport services. Currently, the BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons collects transactions for “Space transport services” (transaction code 38) as a single category on the survey. BEA estimates there will be no change in the average number of burden hours per response because of the small number of reporters who will be impacted by the change. Furthermore, the affected reporters should not experience a noticeable impact to burden because the data are already collected by BEA as a combined transaction category, and it is believed this additional level of detail is readily available in their accounting records.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $981,750

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 09/09/2024

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