Form BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services an

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

2025 BE-125

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

OMB: 0608-0067

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BE-125

(REV. 02/2024)

OMB No. 0608-0067: Approval Expires 11/30/2027
BE-125 Identification Number

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF TRANSACTIONS IN SELECTED SERVICES
AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH FOREIGN PERSONS
FORM BE-125
Due date:
Within 30 days of the close of each fiscal
quarter (or within 45 days of closing the final
quarter of your fiscal year).
Extension information:
See Part V.B, page 25 of the General
Instructions.
Electronic filing:
www.bea.gov/efile
Mail via U.S. Postal Service:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
4600 Silver Hill Rd.
Washington, DC 20233
Send via Private Express Delivery:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
4600 Silver Hill Rd.
Suitland, MD 20746

Name and address of U.S. Reporter
10001

Company Name:
0

In care of:
0
10002

Attention:

10003

Address:

10004

City

10004_1 State
0

10004_2 Zip
0

Fax reports to:
(301) 278-9507
Assistance:
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (301) 278-9303
FAQ’s, video tutorials, and blank forms: www.bea.gov/be125

BE-125 Filing Requirements:
• A response is required if you are notified by BEA about this survey.
• A BE-125 report must be completed in its entirety by each U.S. person who had combined sales to foreign persons that exceeded $6
million, or combined purchases from foreign persons that exceeded $4 million in the intellectual property or services categories listed
in Tables 1 and 2 on pages 6 and 7 of this survey during the U.S. Reporter’s prior fiscal year, or for which sales or purchases
are expected to exceed those amounts during the current fiscal year. See Part 1.A on page 17 of the General Instructions for more
information on who must report and reporting requirements.
NOTE: Because these thresholds apply separately to sales and purchases, reporting requirements may apply only to sales, only to
purchases, or to both. For more information on filing requirements, see the General Instructions on page 17.
Authority, Confidentiality, Penalties
This survey is being conducted under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (P.L. 94-472, 90 Stat. 2059,
22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended). The filing of reports is mandatory, and the Act provides that your report to BEA is confidential.
Persons who fail to report may be subject to penalties. See page 17 of the General Instructions for additional details.
Contact Information
Provide information of person to consult about this report:
Telephone Number

Name

0
10005

10006

E-mail Address
0
10008

10007

—
— — — - — — — —
Fax Number
0
(— — —) — — — - — — — —
(—

—)

Extension

— — — —

NOTE: BEA uses a Secure Messaging System to correspond with you via encrypted message to discuss questions relating to this form.
We may use your e-mail address for survey-related announcements and to inform you about secure messages. When communicating
with BEA by e-mail, please do not include any confidential business or personal information.
Certification
The undersigned official certifies that this report has been prepared in accordance with the applicable instructions, is complete, and is
substantially accurate including estimates that may have been provided.
Signature of Authorized Official

Date

Name

Title

Telephone Number

(—

— —) — — — - — — — —

Extension

— — — —

Identification of U.S. Reporter
1 What is the U.S. Reporter’s fiscal quarter covered in this report?
Use these dates as the reporting period for the subsequent survey questions.
Month
11001

Day

Year

__ __ / __ __ / __ __ __ __

Beginning date. . . . . . .

Month

Day

Year

11002 1

__ __ / __ __ / __ __ __ __

Ending date. . . . . . . . . .

What was the status of the U.S. Reporter during the reporting period identified in question
11003

1
1

1 ?

1 ■ In existence the entire reporting period – Continue filling out this form.

2 ■ In existence during only part of the reporting period – Continue filling out this form for the portion of the reporting period the U.S.
Reporter was in existence and, in the comments section below, explain why it did not exist for a part of the period.
3 ■ Not in existence during the reporting period – In the comments section below, explain why your company was not in existence
during the reporting period. Please return form according to instructions on page 1.

Was the U.S. Reporter owned more than 50 percent by another U.S. entity or business enterprise at any point during the reporting
period identified in question 1 ?
See Part II.F of the General Instructions on page 18 for the definition of business enterprise.
11004

1
1

1 ■ No — Continue filling out this form.

2 ■ Yes — Check A or B:
2

■

A – Owned by another U.S. entity or business enterprise for part of the reporting period — Enter the name,
contact information, and address of the controlling U.S. entity below and continue filling out this form, but only
report transactions for the period during which the U.S. Reporter was NOT owned by another U.S. entity. Provide
any comments in the section below.

■

B – Owned by another U.S. entity or business enterprise for the entire reporting period — Enter the name, contact
information, and address of the controlling U.S. entity below, provide any comments in the section below, and
return this form according to the instructions on page 1.

10016

Name

10017

Contact name

10019

Address — Number and street

10020

City

Comments

10018 Phone number
0

10021 State

10022 Zip

4 What is the primary Employer Identification Number (EIN) used by the U.S. Reporter to file U.S. income or payroll taxes?
11009

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Identification of U.S. Reporter – Continued
5 Using the summary of NAICS classifications on the next page, as well as the example below, enter the 4-digit code that best
describes the primary sales activity of the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter. After entering your response, continue to page 5.
Consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter means the fully consolidated domestic U.S. enterprise consisting of (i) the U.S. corporation whose
voting securities are not owned more than 50 percent by another U.S. corporation, and, proceeding down each ownership chain from that
U.S. corporation, (ii) any U.S. corporation whose voting securities are more than 50 percent owned by the U.S. corporation above it. The fully
consolidated domestic U.S. enterprise excludes foreign branches and other foreign affiliates.
11008

__ __ __ __

EXAMPLE FOR DETERMINING PRIMARY SALES ACTIVITY (NAICS CODE)
Report the NAICS code that best describes the primary sales activity of the fully consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter. For example, if 60
percent of the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter’s sales are generated by Affiliate A, a U.S. automobile manufacturer (NAICS 3361), and
40 percent of the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter’s sales are generated by Affiliate B, an industrial engineering company (NAICS 5414),
then you should report your NAICS as 3361.

Consolidated domestic
U.S. Reporter
($50 Million Total Sales)

U.S. Affiliate A
NAICS 3361
($30 Million Total Sales)

Use NAICS 3361 because U.S. Affiliate
A's sales are greater than U.S. Affiliate
B's.

U.S. Affiliate B
NAICS 5414
($20 Million Total Sales)

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Page 3

Summary of Industry Classifications – For a full explanation of each code see www.bea.gov/naics2022
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting
1110
1120
1130
1140
1150

Crop production
Animal production and aquaculture
Forestry and logging
Fishing, hunting, and trapping
Support activities for agriculture and forestry

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil & Gas
Extraction
2111
2121
2123
2124
2125
2126
2127
2132
2133

Oil and gas extraction
Coal
Nonmetallic minerals
Iron ores
Gold and silver ores
Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc ores
Other metal ores
Support activities for oil and gas operations
Support activities for mining, except
for oil and gas operations

Utilities
2211

2212
2213

Electric power generation,
transmission, and distribution
Natural gas distribution
Water, sewage, and other systems

Construction
2360 Construction of buildings
2370 Heavy and civil engineering construction
2380 Specialty trade contractors

Manufacturing
3111
3112
3113
3114

3115
3116
3117
3118
3119
3121
3122
3130
3140
3150
3160
3210
3221
3222
3231
3242
3243
3244

3251
3252

3253

3254
3255
3256

3259
3261
3262
3271
3272
3273
3274
3279
3311
3312
3313

3314

3315
3321
3322
3323
3324
3325
3326
3327

3328

3329
3331

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Animal food manufacturing
Grain and oilseed milling
Sugar and confectionery products
Fruit and vegetable preserving and
specialty foods
Dairy products
Meat products
Seafood product preparation and packaging
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
Other food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Textile mills
Textile product mills
Apparel
Leather and allied products
Wood products
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
Converted paper products
Printing and related support activities
Integrated petroleum refining and extraction
Petroleum refining without extraction
Asphalt and other petroleum and
coal products
Basic chemicals
Resins, synthetic rubbers, and artificial
and synthetic fibers and filaments
Pesticides, fertilizers, and other
agricultural chemicals
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Paints, coatings, and adhesives
Soap, cleaning compounds, and
toilet preparations
Other chemical products and preparations
Plastics products
Rubber products
Clay products and refractories
Glass and glass products
Cement and concrete products
Lime and gypsum products
Other nonmetallic mineral products
Iron and steel mills
Steel products from purchased steel
Alumina and aluminum production
and processing
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum)
production and processing
Foundries
Forging and stamping
Cutlery and hand tools
Architectural and structural metals
Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers
Hardware
Spring and wire products
Machine shop products, turned products, and
screws, nuts, and bolts
Coating, engraving, heat treating,
and allied activities
Other fabricated metal products
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery

3332
3333
3334

3335
3336

3339
3341
3342
3343
3344

3345

3346

3351
3352
3353
3359
3361
3362
3363
3364
3365
3366
3369
3370
3391
3399

Information

Industrial machinery
Commercial and service industry machinery
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,
and commercial refrigeration equipment
Metalworking machinery
Engines, turbines, and power
transmission equipment
Other general purpose machinery
Computer and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Audio and video equipment
Semiconductors and other
electronic components
Navigational, measuring, electromedical,
and control instruments
Manufacturing and reproducing
magnetic and optical media
Electric lighting equipment
Household appliances
Electrical equipment
Other electrical equipment and components
Motor vehicles
Motor vehicle bodies and trailers
Motor vehicle parts
Aerospace products and parts
Railroad rolling stock
Ship and boat building
Other transportation equipment
Furniture and related products
Medical equipment and supplies
Other miscellaneous manufacturing

5121 Motion picture and video industries
5122 Sound recording industries
5131 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
5132 Software publishers
5161 Radio and television broadcasting stations
5162 Media streaming distribution services, social networks, and

other media networks and content providers
5171 Wired and wireless telecommunications (except satellite)
5174 Satellite telecommunications
5178 All other telecommunications
5182 Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web

hosting, and related services
5192 Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information
services

Finance and Insurance
5221 Depository credit intermediation (Banking)
5223 Activities related to credit intermediation
5224 Non-depository credit intermediation, except

branches and agencies
5229 Nondepository branches and agencies
5231 Securities and commodity contracts

intermediation and brokerage
5238 Other financial investment activities and
exchanges
5242 Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance

related activities
5243 Insurance carriers, except direct life insurance carriers
5249 Direct life insurance carriers
5252 Funds, trusts, and other finance vehicles

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Wholesale Trade, Durable Goods
4231 Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and
supplies
4232 Furniture and home furnishing
4233 Lumber and other construction materials
4234 Professional and commercial

equipment and supplies
4235 Metal and mineral (except petroleum)
4236 Household appliances, and electrical and

electronic goods
4237 Hardware, and plumbing and heating

equipment and supplies
4238 Machinery, equipment, and supplies
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods

Wholesale Trade, Non-Durable Goods
4241
4242
4243
4244
4245
4246
4247
4248
4249

Paper and paper product
Drugs and druggists’ sundries
Apparel, piece goods, and notions
Grocery and related product
Farm product raw material
Chemical and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products
Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage
Miscellaneous nondurable goods

Wholesale Trade Agents And Brokers
4251 Wholesale trade agents and brokers

Retail Trade
4410
4440

4450
4491
4492
4550
4561
4571
4572
4580

Motor vehicle and parts dealers
Building material and garden equipment
and supplies dealers
Food and beverage retailers
Furniture and home furnishings retailers
Electronics and appliance retailers
General merchandise retailers
Health and personal care retailers
Gasoline stations
Fuel dealers
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and

jewelry retailers
4591 Sporting goods, hobby, and musical instrument
retailers
4592 Book retailers and news dealers
4596 Miscellaneous retailers

Transportation and Warehousing
4810
4821
4833
4839
4840
4850
4863

4868
4870
4880
4920
4932
4939

Air transportation
Rail transportation
Petroleum tanker operations
Other water transportation
Truck transportation
Transit and ground passenger transportation
Pipeline transportation of crude oil,
refined petroleum products, and natural gas
Other pipeline transportation
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
Support activities for transportation
Couriers and messengers
Petroleum storage for hire
Other warehousing and storage

5310
5321
5329
5331

Real estate
Automotive equipment rental and leasing
Other rental and leasing services
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets,
except copyrighted works

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5411
5412

5413
5414
5415
5416
5417
5418
5419

Legal services
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping,
and payroll services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Specialized design services
Computer systems design and related services
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
Scientific research and development services
Advertising, public relations, and related services
Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Management of Companies and Enterprises
5512 Holding companies, except bank holding companies
5513 Corporate, subsidiary, and regional management offices

Administrative and Support, Waste
Management, and Remediation Services
5611
5612
5613
5614
5615
5616
5617
5619
5620

Office administrative services
Facilities support services
Employment services
Business support services
Travel arrangement and reservation services
Investigation and security services
Services to buildings and dwellings
Other support services
Waste management and remediation services

Educational Services
6110 Educational services

Health Care and Social Assistance
6210
6220
6230
6240

Ambulatory health care services
Hospitals
Nursing and residential care facilities
Social assistance services

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
7110 Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
7121 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
7130 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

Accommodation and Food Services
7210 Accommodation
7220 Food services and drinking places

Other Services
8110
8120
8130

Repair and maintenance
Personal and laundry services
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional,
and similar organizations

Public Administration
9200 Public administration

FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Determination of Reporting Status
Determining Reportable and Non-Reportable Transactions
The scope of this survey is limited to transactions in selected services and intellectual property between the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter and
foreign persons*. A full list of the types of services and intellectual property covered is located in Tables 1 and 2 beginning on the next page.
Additional information can be found at www.bea.gov/be125.
* Person, when used throughout this survey, means any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or
other organization (whether or not organized under the laws of any State), and any government (including a foreign government, the United States
Government, a state or local government, and any agency, corporation, financial institution, or other entity or instrumentality thereof, including a
government sponsored agency).

✓
REPORT transactions
between the U.S. Reporter
and all foreign persons,
regardless of the relationship
between the U.S. Reporter
and the foreign persons. See
page 10 for more information
on reporting relationships.

✖
DO NOT REPORT transactions
between the U.S. Reporter’s
foreign affiliates or foreign
parent group and other foreign
persons.

✖

DO REPORT:

✓ Transactions between your consolidated domestic U.S. operations and all foreign persons, regardless of affiliation, including inter-company
transactions that you may not consider transactions under global consolidation.

✓ Services performed on a cross-border basis, wherein the service is performed remotely by internet, email, telephone, postal service, etc.
✓ Services performed in person, wherein the service is performed for, or by, an individual temporarily traveling abroad.
✓ Sales and purchases of rights to use or distribute intellectual property, as well as outright sales or purchases of intellectual property such as patents,
copyrights, trademarks, etc.

DO NOT REPORT:

✖
✖
✖
✖

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s foreign affiliates and other foreign persons.

✖
✖
✖
✖

Income on financial instruments (including interest, dividends, capital gains, etc.).

Transactions between other U.S. persons and foreign affiliates of the U.S. Reporter.
Transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and other U.S. persons.
The sale or purchase of goods (limited exceptions apply to sales of construction and merchanting services. See pages 9 and 15 for more
information).
Taxes, penalties, fines, gifts, or grants.
Transportation of freight or passengers (except for space transport, which should be reported as transaction code 38), and port services.
Travel-related services (including hotel accommodation, restaurant meals, and other expenditures while on travel).

More information about the scope and purpose of this survey can be found in the General Instructions beginning on page 17.

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

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Determination of Reporting Status (Intellectual Property)

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS – Table 1 (below) lists the types of reportable intellectual property transactions covered by this survey. For each type
listed, indicate whether the U.S. Reporter had any transactions with foreign persons during the previous fiscal year, or if the U.S. Reporter has had, or
expects to have, such transactions during the current fiscal year. Indicate sales in Column 3, and purchases in Column 4 by checking the appropriate box.
NOTE: Sales and purchases include accrued receipts and payments related to intellectual property. Definitions of the types of intellectual property
transactions covered in Table 1 can be found on pages 20-22 of the General Instructions.

Table 1 Transactions With Foreign Persons Related to Intellectual Property Rights
Transaction
code

Transaction type

Had sales to foreign
persons in the previous
fiscal year, or had/expects
to have, sales to foreign
persons during the current
fiscal year

(2)

(3)

(1)

Had purchases from
foreign persons in the
previous fiscal year, or
had/expects to have,
purchases from foreign
persons during the current
fiscal year
(4)

Rights related to patents, processes, and trade secrets
1.1
1.3

Rights related to the use of a patent, process, or trade secret to produce and/or distribute a product
or service

21001

Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to patents, processes, and trade secrets

21002

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

Rights related to books, music, etc.
2.1
2.2
2.3

Rights to use books, music, etc., including end-user rights related to digital content
Rights to reproduce and/or distribute books, music, etc.

21003
21004

Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to books, music, etc.

21005

Rights related to trademarks
3.1
3.3

Rights to use trademarks

21006

Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to trademarks

21007

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

Rights related to recorded performances and events such as radio and television programs and motion
pictures
4.1
4.2
4.3

Rights to use recorded performances and events, including end-user rights related to digital content
Rights to reproduce and/or distribute recorded performances and events
Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to recorded performances and events

21008
21009
21010

Rights to broadcast and record live performances and events
5.2

Rights to broadcast and record live performances and events

21011

Rights related to general use computer software
6.2
6.3

Rights to reproduce and/or distribute general use computer software
Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to general use computer software

21012
21013

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

1 ■ Yes

2 ■ No

Franchise fees
7.1
7.3

Fees associated with business format franchising

21014

Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related to business format franchising

21015

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Determination of Reporting Status (Services)
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS – Table 2 (below) lists the types of selected services transactions covered by this survey. For each type listed, indicate
whether the U.S. Reporter had any transactions with foreign persons during the previous fiscal year, or if the U.S. Reporter has had, or expects to have, such
transactions during the current fiscal year. Indicate sales in Column 3, and purchases in Column 4 by checking the appropriate box(es).
NOTE: Definitions of the types of selected services transactions covered in Table 2 can be found on pages 22-26 of the General Instructions.

Table 2 Sales and Purchases of Selected Services with Foreign Persons
Transaction
code

Transaction type

(1)

Had sales to foreign persons in the
previous fiscal year, or had/expects
to have, sales to foreign persons
during the current fiscal year

(2)

(3)

Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services

31001

Advertising services

31002

Auxiliary insurance services

31003

12.1

Computer software, including end-user licenses and customization services

31004

12.2

Cloud computing and data storage services

31005

12.3

Other computer services

31006

Construction services

31007

14.1

News agency services (excludes production costs related to news broadcasters,
see code 42)

31008

14.2
15

Other information services
Education services

■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1

2 ■ No

2
1

■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No

■ Yes
■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes

2
2

2
1

2
2

1
2

■ Yes

1
2

■ No

2
1

■ Yes

2
2

31009

1
1

1
2

■ Yes
■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes

2
2

1
1

■ No
■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No

2
1

31010

■ Yes
■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes

1
2

2
1

2
2

2
1

■ Yes
■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes
2
1 ■ Yes

2
2

2
1

2
2

Architectural services

31011

16.2

Engineering services

31012

16.3

Surveying, cartography, certification, testing, and technical inspection services

31013

Financial services

31014

19.1

Maintenance services

31015

1
1

■ Yes
■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes

1
2

1
1

1
2

■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes
1
1 ■ Yes

1
2

19.2

Installation, alteration, and training services

31016

Legal services

31017

21.1

Market research services

31018

21.2

Public opinion polling services

31019

21.3

Other management, consulting, and public relations services

31020

Merchanting services (net receipts)

31021

Mining services

31022

Operational leasing

31023

Trade-related services, other than merchanting services

31024

Artistic-related services

31025

Premiums paid on primary insurance

31026

Losses recovered on primary insurance
Provision of customized and non-customized research and development
services
Other research and development services

31027

Telecommunications services

31030

Health services

31031

Heritage and recreational services

31032

Audiovisual and production services

31033

Contract manufacturing services

31034

Disbursements for sales promotion and representation

31035

29.2

31028
31029

Photographic services (including satellite photography services)

31036

38.1

Space transport services (passenger only)

31037

38.2

Space transport services (freight only)

31041

Trade exhibition and sales convention services

31038

Agricultural services

31039

Waste treatment and depollution services

31040

Other selected services n.i.e. (not included elsewhere)

31041

FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

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■ No
■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No

1
1

16.1

29.1

Had purchases from foreign
persons in the previous fiscal year,
or had/expects to have, purchases
from foreign persons during the
current fiscal year
(4)

1
1

Continue to the next page

■ No
■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
■ No
■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2 ■ No
1
2

■ No

■ No
■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
■ No
■ No
2
2 ■ No
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2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
2
2 ■ No
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2 ■ No
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2 ■ No
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2 ■ No
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Determination of Reporting Status – Continued
6 For all types of intellectual property and services listed in Tables 1 and 2 combined, did the U.S. Reporter’s sales exceed $6 million
during the previous fiscal year, or are they expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year?
11011

■ Yes – For each transaction type greater than $500.00 during the reporting period, you are required to report additional details

on the country and affiliation to the foreign transactor(s) on Schedules A or C as indicated in the table below. Complete a
separate Schedule for each applicable transaction code. Continue to the next question.
Schedule

Transaction Codes

Page

Schedule A (Sales)

1.1–42 (excluding 13, 17*, 27*, and 28*)

Schedule C (Sales)

*Sales of services corresponding with transaction codes 17, 27, and 28 are not reportable on this survey.
1

■ No – If your combined sales were $6 million or less during the previous fiscal year, and are not expected to exceed that amount
during the current fiscal year, please select one of the following:

■

I had sales to foreign persons of the transaction types listed in Tables 1 and 2 during the reporting period specified in
question 1 , and I will be reporting them on Schedules A and/or C as indicated in the table above on a voluntary basis.

■

I had sales to foreign persons of the transaction types listed in Tables 1 and 2 during
$
the reporting period specified in question 1 , but I will not be reporting those sales on
3
Schedules A and/or C on a voluntary basis. My combined total sales to foreign persons
during the reporting period were. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

■

Mil.

Thous.

Dols.

000

I did not have any sales to foreign persons of the transaction types listed in Tables 1 and 2 during the reporting period
specified in question 1 .

7 For all types of intellectual property and services listed in Tables 1 and 2 combined, did the U.S. Reporter’s purchases exceed $4
million during the previous fiscal year, or are they expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year?
11013

■ Yes – For each transaction type greater than $500.00 during the reporting period, you are required to report additional details

on the country and affiliation to the foreign transactor(s) on Schedule B on page 14. Complete a separate Schedule for each
applicable transaction code.

■ No – If your combined purchases were $4 million or less during the previous fiscal year, and are not expected to exceed that amount
during the current fiscal year, please select one of the following:

■ I had purchases from foreign persons of the transaction types listed in

■

Tables 1 and 2 during the reporting period specified in
question 1 , and I will be reporting them on Schedule B on page 14 on a voluntary basis.

■

I had purchases from foreign persons of the transaction types listed in Tables 1 and 2 during
$
the reporting period specified in question 1 , but I will not be reporting those purchases on
3
Schedule B on a voluntary basis. My combined total purchases from foreign persons during
the reporting period were . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mil.

Thous.

Dols.

000

I did not have any purchases from foreign persons of the transaction types listed in Tables 1 and 2 during the reporting
period specified in question 1 .

If you answered “Yes” to either question 6 or question 7 , continue with the survey and answer questions 8 and 9 on the next
page before completing Schedules A – C , as required.
If you answered “No” to both question 6 and 7 , but wish to provide additional information on a voluntary basis, continue with the
survey and answer questions 8 and 9 on the next page before completing Schedules A – C , as appropriate.



If you answered “No” to both question 6 and 7 , and do not wish to provide additional information on a voluntary basis, STOP here
and return the form according to the instructions on page 1.

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

For Reporters of Sales of Merchanting Services
Merchanting Services – Sales of merchanting services are equal to the difference between your cost and the resale price of goods (such as crude oil,
grain, and other commodities) that are both purchased and resold abroad; that is, the goods are neither imported to, nor exported from, the United States
and they do not undergo significant processing during the time between when they are purchased and resold.
8

Will you be reporting sales of merchanting services (net receipts, transaction code 22) on
41015

Schedule A ?

■ Yes — Continue to question 9 , and complete Schedule A .
■ No — Continue to the appropriate Schedule(s) on the following pages and report any transactions subject to reporting additional
country detail as indicated in questions 6 and 7 .

Report the gross value of sales and purchases of the goods sold under the merchanting services below, and report additional detail for
net receipts on Schedule A .

REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,555,555.00 as 1,556).
Merchanting Services
(net receipts)

Gross Sales

41016

$ _______________

Gross Purchases

000

$ _______________

000

–

$ _______________

000

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Page 9

Understanding Reporting Relationships
(For use on Schedules A through C)
Transactions accrued during the reporting period should be reported by the country of the foreign transactor, and by the foreign transactor’s relationship
to the U.S. Reporter . The relationship between the U.S. Reporter and the foreign transactor falls into one of three categories:
Foreign Affiliates – A foreign affiliate is defined as an entity domiciled in a foreign country that is owned at least 10 percent (based on voting
interest), directly or indirectly, by the U.S. Reporter.
Foreign Parent Group – Foreign Parent Group means all of the following:
(i) the foreign parent, which is the first entity outside the United States in a foreign chain of ownership, that owns at least 10 percent (based on voting
interest), directly or indirectly, of the consolidated domestic U.S. business enterprise.
(ii) any foreign entity proceeding up the foreign parent’s ownership chain, that owns more than 50 percent of the entity below it up to and including the
entity that is not owned more than 50 percent by another foreign entity,
(iii) any foreign entity, proceeding down the ownership chain(s) of each of these members, that is owned more than 50 percent by the entity above it.
Unaffiliated Foreign Persons – An unaffiliated foreign person is an entity domiciled abroad that is not owned, or is owned less than 10 percent,
directly or indirectly, by the U.S. Reporter or the U.S. Reporter’s foreign parent.
The diagram below illustrates each of these relationships with regards to the U.S. Reporter. Additional reporting instructions are provided prior to
each Schedule on pages 11, 13, and 15.

COMPANY A (Germany)
Foreign Parent of the Consolidated Domestic
U.S. Reporter

COMPANY B (Germany)
49% owned by Company A

Member of Foreign Parent Group

Unaffiliated Foreign Person

Owns 100% of Company C and the
Consolidated U.S. Reporter

NOTE: “Company B” is not part of the foreign
parent group since it is not owned, nor does
it own another foreign entity, more than 50
percent within the foreign ownership chain.
Also, “Company B” is not a foreign affiliate
of the Consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter
since it is not owned at least 10 percent by
the Consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter.

CONSOLIDATED DOMESTIC
U.S. REPORTER
(USA)

COMPANY C (France)
Wholly owned by Company A
Member of Foreign Parent Group

(The U.S. person filing this BE-125)
Owns >10% of Companies D, E, and F
COMPANY E (Mexico)

COMPANY D (USA)

COMPANY F (United Kingdom)

20% owned by Consolidated
domestic U.S. Reporter

Subsidiary, owned 100% by Consolidated

50% owned by Consolidated
domestic U.S. Reporter

Foreign Affiliate

Company D’s transactions with foreign
persons are consolidated into the U.S.
Reporter’s BE-125 filing

Foreign Affiliate

COMPANY G (Switzerland)

COMPANY H (Ghana)

5% owned by Consolidated
domestic U.S. Reporter

No ownership relationship with
any other company

Unaffiliated Foreign Person

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domestic U.S. Reporter

Schedules A through C as indicated, based on your responses to questions 6 and 7 on page 8.
FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

SCHEDULE A – U.S. Reporter’s Sales of Selected Services and Intellectual Property to Foreign Persons
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS – Schedule A
Complete a separate Schedule A for each transaction type (except construction services, which are reportable on Schedule C ) with
sales greater than $500.00 during the reporting period. If you are reporting sales of more than one transaction type, or need to report additional
country detail, please use the overflow sheets provided (pages 28-30 of the survey) or download additional overflow sheets at
www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the survey selection page.)
Transactions accrued during the reporting period should be reported by transaction type and according to the U.S. Reporter’s affiliation with the purchaser.
ONLY report transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and foreign persons. DO NOT report transactions between the
U.S. Reporter’s foreign affiliates and foreign persons, between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and other U.S. persons, or transactions between
other U.S. persons and the U.S. Reporter’s foreign affiliates.
Tables 1 and 2 , on pages 6 and 7, identify the types of transactions that are reportable on Schedule A and corresponding numerical transaction
codes (from Column 1 of the Tables ). Columns 3, 4, and 5 on Schedule A correspond to the U.S. Reporter’s affiliation with the foreign purchaser.
How to Report:
1. For each transaction type that is reportable, select the associated service code from the dropdown box at the top of Schedule A .
2. Enter the country(ies) with which you had sales of this transaction type in the first column of Schedule A (SALES TO – Specify country).
3. For each country, enter the total value of the sale(s) you had of this transaction type during the reporting period in the column that corresponds to
the purchaser’s relationship with the U.S. Reporter (see page 10 for more information on reporting relationships):
Report in
column

Relationship with consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and a foreign affiliate

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and its foreign parent group

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and unaffiliated foreign persons

Example:
Your company sold rights to use a trademark to persons in Australia. Sales of $325,000 were to a foreign affiliate of the U.S. Reporter, and sales of
$2,240,000 were to an unaffiliated foreign person.
First, select transaction code 3.1, “rights to use trademarks” from the dropdown box at the top of Schedule A .

Select “Australia” from the dropdown box in the first column of row 1. Enter “325” in the column marked Foreign affiliates and “2,240” in the column
marked Unaffiliated foreign persons .
IMPORTANT – Report amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars (omitting 000). Round amounts of less than $500.00 to 0. Do not enter amounts in the shaded
portions of each item.

If you are reporting purchases of more than one transaction type, or need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheets
provided (pages 28-30 of the survey) or download additional overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from
the survey selection page.)
FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Page 11

SCHEDULE A – U.S. Reporter’s Sales of Selected Services and Intellectual Property to Foreign Persons
Complete a separate Schedule A for each transaction type with sales greater than $500.00 during the reporting period. If you are reporting
sales of more than one transaction type, or need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheets provided (pages 28-30
of the survey) or download additional overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the survey selection
page.)

Mandatory Reporting for Sales of Each Type of Intellectual Property or Service
REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,334,891.00 as 1,335).
Transaction Code

BEA USE
ONLY

SALES TO

______________
Foreign affiliates
(3)

(Specify country)
(1)
A1000

002

003

004

005

006

007

008

009

010

10.

011

11.

012

12.

013

13.

014

14.

015

15.

016

16.

017

17.

018

18.

019

19.

020

20.

021

21.

022

22.

023

23.

024

24.

025

25.

026

26.

027

27.

028

28.

029

29.

030

30.

031

31.

032

32.

033

33.

034

34. Total all countries this page

001

Foreign parent group
(4)

Unaffiliated foreign persons
(5)

See page 10 for more information about reporting relationships

(2)
2

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

35. If you reported sales of transaction code 42, other selected services n.i.e., you are required to specify the major type of service. in the line below. For all
other transaction codes, you are requested to provide a brief description of the transactions you are reporting.

035 0

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

SCHEDULE B – U.S. Reporter’s Purchases of Selected Services and Intellectual Property from Foreign Persons
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS – Schedule B
Complete a separate Schedule B for each transaction type with purchases greater than $500.00 during the reporting period. If you are
reporting purchases of more than one transaction type, or need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheets provided
(pages 28-30 of the survey) or download additional overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the survey
selection page.)
Purchases accrued during the reporting period should be reported by transaction type and according to the U.S. Reporter’s affiliation with the seller. ONLY
report transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and foreign persons. DO NOT report transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s
foreign affiliates and foreign persons, or between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and other U.S. persons, or transactions between other U.S.
persons and the U.S. Reporter’s foreign affiliates.
Tables 1 and 2 , on pages 6 and 7, identify the types of transactions that are reportable on Schedule B and corresponding numerical transaction
codes (from Column 1 of the Tables ). Columns 3, 4, and 5 on Schedule B correspond to the U.S. Reporter’s affiliation with the foreign seller.
How to Report:
1. For each transaction type that is reportable, select the associated service code from the dropdown box at the top of Schedule B .
2. Enter the country(ies) with which you had purchases of this transaction type in the first column of Schedule B (PURCHASES FROM – Specify
country).
3. For each country, enter the total value of the purchase(s) you had of this transaction type during the reporting period in the column that corresponds
to the seller’s relationship with the U.S. Reporter (see page 10 for more information about reporting relationships):
Report in
column

Relationship with consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and a foreign affiliate

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and its foreign parent group

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and unaffiliated foreign persons

Example:
Your company purchased $4,500,000 in maintenance services from its foreign parent group in Canada.
First, select transaction code 19.1, maintenance services, from the dropdown box at the top of Schedule B .

Select “Canada” from the dropdown box in the first column of row 1. Enter “4,500” in the column marked Foreign parent group .
IMPORTANT – Report amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars (omitting 000). Round amounts of less than $500.00 to 0. Do not enter amounts in the
shaded portions of each item.

FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Page 13

SCHEDULE B – U.S. Reporter’s Purchases of Selected Services and Intellectual Property from Foreign Persons
Complete a separate Schedule B for each transaction type with purchases greater than $500.00 during the reporting period. If you are
reporting purchases of more than one transaction type, or need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheets provided
(pages 28-30 of the survey) or download additional overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the
survey selection page.)

Mandatory Reporting for Purchases of Each Type of Intellectual Property or Service
REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,334,891.00 as 1,335).
BEA USE
ONLY

PURCHASES FROM

Transaction Code
______________

(Specify country)
(1)
B1000

002

003

004

005

006

007

008

009

010

10.

011

11.

012

12.

013

13.

014

14.

015

15.

016

16.

017

17.

018

18.

019

19.

020

20.

021

21.

022

22.

023

23.

024

24.

025

25.

026

26.

027

27.

028

28.

029

29.

030

30.

031

31.

032

32.

033

33.

034

34. Total for all countries, this page

001

Foreign affiliates

Foreign parent group

Unaffiliated foreign persons

(3)

(4)

(5)

See page 10 for more information about reporting relationships

(2)

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

35. If you reported purchases of transaction code 42, other selected services n.i.e., you are required to specify the major type of service. in the line below. For
all other transaction codes, you are requested to provide a brief description of the transactions you are reporting.

035 0

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

SCHEDULE C – U.S. Reporter’s Sales of Construction Services To Foreign Persons
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS – Schedule C
Complete Schedule C for sales of construction services (transaction code 13). Report according to the consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter’s
affiliation with the purchaser. ONLY report transactions between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and foreign persons.
DO NOT report transactions between foreign affiliates and foreign persons, or between the U.S. Reporter’s domestic operations and other
U.S. persons. If you need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheet provided (pages 31-33 of the survey) or download
additional overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the survey selection page.)
How to Report:
1. Enter the country of the purchaser in the first column on Schedule C (SALES TO – Specify country).
2. Enter the value of the transaction(s) during the reporting period in the set of columns that correspond to the purchaser’s relationship with the U.S.
Reporter (see page 10 for more information about reporting relationships):
Report in
columns

Relationship with consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter

3–5

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and a foreign affiliate

6–8

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and its foreign parent group

9–11

Transactions between the U.S. Reporter and unaffiliated foreign persons

Example:
Your company sold $325,000 of construction services to foreign affiliates in Australia. Goods exports and foreign expenses related to those sales
totaled $45,000 and $155,000, respectively.
Select “Australia” from the dropdown box in the first column of row 1. Enter “325” in Column 3. Enter “45” in Column 4, and “155” in Column 5. (See
Specific Reporting Instructions below for more information).
IMPORTANT – Report amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars (omitting 000). Round amounts of less than $500.00 to 0.

Specific Reporting Instructions:
Gross operating revenues (Columns 3, 6, and 9) – Report revenues (sales) as recorded on your books for the value of services sold and/or completed
during the reporting period (not when actual payment is received).
Goods exports (Columns 4, 7, and 10) – Report the value of merchandise exports from the United States during the reporting period that were made
in connection with projects. Exports should include the value of equipment, supplies, materials, etc., and should equal the amounts reported in the
Electronic Export Information (EEI) filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection plus the cost of transporting the goods to foreign destinations. Exclude
temporary exports of equipment or other goods that are intended to be returned to the United States within one year and in substantially the same
condition as when exported (consistent with the SED instructions regarding temporary exports).
Foreign expenses or disbursements (Columns 5, 8, and 11) – Report salaries and wages transmitted or disbursed abroad; expenses or outlays for
services (including purchases from foreign subcontractors), materials, and equipment purchases abroad; and other foreign expenses (e.g., local taxes and
fees for permits). (Do not report purchases of material and equipment for import into the United States.)
If you need to report additional country detail, please use the overflow sheet provided (pages 31-33 of the survey) or download additional
overflow sheets at www.bea.gov/be125. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from the survey selection page.)

FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

Page 15

SCHEDULE C – U.S. Reporter’s Sales of Construction Services to Foreign Persons
Complete Schedule C for sales of construction services greater than $500.00. If you need to report additional country detail, please use
the overflow sheet provided (pages 31-33 of the survey) or make additional copies of this schedule. (eFile users – select “Add overflow” from
the survey selection page.)

Mandatory Reporting for Sales of Construction Services
REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,334,891.00 as 1,335).
Foreign affiliates

BEA USE
ONLY

SALES TO
(Specify country)

(1)
Country

C1000

002

003

004

005

006

007

008

009

010

10.

011

11.

012

12.

013

13.

014

14.

015

15.

016

16.

017

17.

018

18.

019

19.

020

20.

021

21.

022

22.

023

23.

024

24.

025

25.

026

26.

027

27.

028

28.

029

29.

030

30.

031

31.

032

32.

033

33. Total for all countries, this page

001

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(2)

Foreign parent group

Unaffiliated foreign persons

See page 10 for more information about reporting relationships
Gross
operating
revenues
(3)

Goods
exports

Foreign
expenses

(4)

(5)

(7)

(8)

(10)

(11)

Foreign
expenses

Goods
exports

Gross
operating
revenues
(9)

Foreign
expenses

Goods
exports

Gross
operating
revenues
(6)

FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Public reporting burden for this BE-125 report is estimated to
average 21 hours per response. This burden includes time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate to Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BE-1), U.S.
Department of Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Washington, DC
20233; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project 0608-0067, Washington, DC 20503.
Purpose – Reports on this form are required to obtain reliable
and up-to-date information on intellectual property and services
transactions between U.S. and foreign persons. The data will be
used in compiling the U.S. international transactions accounts and
national income and product accounts. The information will also be
used to formulate U.S. policy on such international transactions,
and to analyze the impact of that policy and the policies of foreign
countries.
Authority – This survey is being conducted under the authority
of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act
(P.L. 94-472, 90 Stat. 2059, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended –
hereinafter “the Act”). Regulations for the survey may be found in
15 CFR Part 801. The survey has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq).
Penalties – Persons who fail to report may be subject to a civil
penalty and to injunctive relief commanding such person to comply,
or both. These civil penalties are subject to inflationary adjustments.
Those adjustments are found in 15 CFR 6.4. Whoever willfully fails
to report shall be fined, and, if an individual, may be imprisoned for
not more than one year, or both. Any officer, director, employee, or
agent of any entity who knowingly participates in such violations,
upon conviction, may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment,
or both (See 22 U.S.C. 3105). Notwithstanding the above, a U.S.
person is not subject to any penalty for failure to report if a valid
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number is not
displayed on the form. The control number for Form BE-125 (06080067) is displayed at the top of the first page of this form.
Confidentiality – The Act provides that your report to this Bureau
is confidential and may be used only for analytical and statistical
purposes. Without your prior written permission, the information filed
in your report cannot be presented in a manner that allows it to be
individually identified. Your report cannot be used for purposes of
taxation, investigation, or regulation. Copies retained in your files are
immune from legal process. Per the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
of 2015, your data are protected from Cybersecurity risks through
security monitoring of BEA information systems.
I. WHO IS TO REPORT AND GENERAL COVERAGE
A. Who must report – A response is required from each U.S.
person that was notified by BEA about the survey.
1. Mandatory and voluntary reporting
a. Mandatory reporting
A complete BE-125 report is required from each U.S. person
that:
(1) had combined sales to foreign persons in the intellectual
property or services transactions listed in Part IV. of
these General Instructions that exceeded $6,000,000 in
the U.S. person’s prior fiscal year, or for which sales are
expected to exceed that amount in the current fiscal year,
OR
(2) had combined purchases from foreign persons in the
intellectual property or services transactions listed in
Part IV. of these General Instructions that exceeded
$4,000,000 in the U.S. person’s prior fiscal year, or for
which purchases are expected to exceed that amount in
the current fiscal year.
The $6,000,000 (sales) and $4,000,000 (purchases)
thresholds for mandatory reporting are based on covered
transactions with foreign persons by all parts of the
consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter. Because these
thresholds apply separately to sales and purchases, the
mandatory reporting requirements may apply only to sales,
only to purchases, or to both.
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The determination of whether a U.S. person is subject to
mandatory reporting may be based on the judgment of
knowledgeable persons in a company who can identify
reportable transactions, on a recall basis, with a reasonable
degree of certainty, without conducting a detailed records
search.
Provide responses to all questions as they pertain to the
consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter’s fiscal quarter identified in
question 1. In the “Determination of Reporting Status” section,
in Tables 1 and 2 , indicate whether the U.S. Reporter had any
transactions with foreign persons during the previous fiscal
year, or if the U.S. Reporter has had, or expects to have, such
transactions during the current fiscal year. Indicate sales in
column 3, and indicate purchases in column 4.
If, in the previous year, the U.S. Reporter’s combined total sales
to, or purchases from, foreign persons exceeded $6,000,000 in
sales OR $4,000,000 in purchases, or are expected to exceed
those amounts in the current year, then the U.S. Reporter MUST
provide additional country/affiliation detail on Schedules A
through C as indicated in questions 6 and 7 on page 8.
Enter the total transaction amounts, applicable to a particular
schedule, in the appropriate column(s) on line 34 of the
Schedule A and B, and line 33 of the Schedule C. Distribute
amounts to the foreign country(ies) involved in the transaction(s)
on lines above the total line on each applicable schedule. Use
additional copies of the schedules, or the available overflow
sheets, to report additional countries and transaction types as
necessary.
b. Voluntary reporting
If, in the previous year, combined sales were $6 million or less,
on an accrual basis, and are expected to be less than that
amount in the current year, then the U.S. Reporter may report
sales at a country and affiliation level of detail on the applicable
mandatory schedule(s). If, in the previous year, combined
purchases were $4 million or less, on an accrual basis, and are
expected to be less than that amount in the current year, then the
U.S. Reporter may report purchases at a country and affiliation
level of detail on the applicable mandatory schedule(s). Provision
of this additional detail is voluntary. The estimates may be
judgmental, that is, based on recall, without conducting a detailed
records search.
c. Exemption – Any U.S. person that receives the BE-125 survey
form from BEA, but is not subject to the reporting requirements,
must file an exemption claim by completing completing pages
1–8 of the survey and returning it to BEA by the due date of the
survey.
2. Consolidation – A U.S. enterprise should file a single BE-125
survey covering combined (total) intellectual property and services
transactions of all its domestic subsidiaries and parts.
Consolidating unincorporated enterprises
Consolidate into your BE-125 report the transactions of
unincorporated enterprises in which your company has voting
control. Please see the following items on determining the voting
interest in typical unincorporated enterprises.
Partnerships – Most partnerships are either general partnerships
or limited partnerships. Consolidation of partnerships and inclusion
of their intellectual property and services transactions (sales and
purchases) on the BE-125 survey is based on voting control.
a. General partnerships
Determination of voting interest – The determination of the
percentage of voting interest of a general partner is based
on who controls the partnership. The percentage of voting
interest is not based on the percentage of ownership in the
partnership’s equity. The general partners are presumed to
control a general partnership.
Unless a clause to the contrary is contained in the partnership
agreement, a general partnership is presumed to be controlled
equally by each of the general partners.
Managing partners – If one general partner is designated as the
managing partner, responsible for the day-to-day operations of
the partnership, this does not necessarily transfer control of the
partnership to the managing partner. If the managing partner
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must obtain approval for annual operating budgets and for
decisions relating to significant management issues from the
other general partners, then the managing partner does not
have a 100 percent voting interest in the partnership.
b. Limited partnerships
Determination of voting interest – The determination of the
percentage of voting interest in a limited partnership is based
on who controls the partnership. The percentage of voting
interest is not based on the percentage of ownership in the
partnership’s equity. In most cases, the general partner is
presumed to control a limited partnership, and therefore, have
a 100 percent voting interest in the limited partnership. If there
is more than one general partner, the partnership is presumed
to be controlled equally by each of the general partners,
unless a clause to the contrary is contained in the partnership
agreement. Therefore, unless a clause to the contrary is
contained in the partnership agreement, limited partners are
presumed to have zero voting interest in a limited partnership.
Managing partners – See discussion under “General
partnerships” above.
c. Limited liability companies (LLCs)
Determination of voting interest – The determination of the
percentage of voting interest in an LLC is based on who controls
the LLC. The percentage of voting interest is not based on the
percentage of ownership in the LLC’s equity. LLCs are presumed
to be controlled equally by each of its members (owners),
unless a clause to the contrary is contained in the articles of
organization or in the operating agreement.
Managing member – If one member is designated as the
managing member responsible for the day-to-day operations
of the LLC, this does not necessarily transfer control of the
LLC to the managing member. If the managing member
must obtain approval for annual operating budgets and for
decisions relating to other significant management issues
from the other members, then the managing member does
not have a 100 percent voting interest in the LLC.
B. BE-125 definition of transactions – Transactions covered by
this survey consist of (i) sales and purchases related to certain
intellectual property rights (see Table 1 on page 6 for a list of
intellectual property-related transactions covered by this survey
and Part IV. of the General Instructions on pages 20 and 21 for
definitions) and (ii) sales and purchases of selected services (see
Table 2 on page 7 for a list of services covered by this survey
and Part IV. of the General Instructions on pages 21 to 25 for
definitions).
Types of transactions excluded from the scope of this survey:
1. Sales and purchases of goods. Trade in goods involves products
that have a physical form, and includes payments or receipts for
electricity. Limited exceptions for the sale and purchase of goods
apply to sales of construction and merchanting services. See
pages 9 and 15 for more information.
2. Sales and purchases of financial instruments, including stocks,
bonds, financial derivatives, loans, mutual fund shares, and
negotiable CDs. (However, securities brokerage is a service,
and purchases of such are reportable under transaction code
17.)
3. Income on financial instruments (interest, dividends, capital
gain distributions, etc).
4. Compensation paid to, or received by, employees.
5. Penalties and fines and gifts or grants in the form of goods and
cash (sometimes called “transfers”).
6. Travel-related services (including hotel accommodation,
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For additional clarifications of reporting requirements, please read
the BE-125 survey instructions, call (301) 278-9303, or send an
e-mail to [email protected].
C. BE-125 definition of sales or purchases – It should be noted
that an item other than sales or purchases may be used as the
measure of a given service for purposes of determining whether
the threshold for mandatory reporting of the service is exceeded.
Note that in several cases – advertising; telecommunications;
merchanting; miscellaneous disbursements (included in
transaction code 42 in Part IV. of these General Instructions)
– measures other than, or in addition to, sales or purchases
of services should be used. See Part IV. of these General
Instructions for an explanation of what measure should be applied
in determining whether you are subject to the BE-125 survey’s
mandatory reporting requirements for a given service.
D. Clarification of coverage and special situations
1. Reporting period – Form BE-125 is a quarterly report; one
report is to be filed for each fiscal quarter of the year.
2. Date of recording transactions – Transactions are to be
reported on an accrual basis. However, telecommunications
services should be reported on a settlement basis.
3. Withholding taxes – Data should be reported gross (before
deduction) of U.S. and foreign withholding taxes.
4. Services covered regardless of where performed – Sales
to or purchases from foreign persons for services should be
reported regardless of whether the services were performed in
the United States or abroad. Transactions should be reported
based on the resident country of the primary beneficiary
(purchaser) and primary provider (seller) of the service(s)
performed.
5. Services or intellectual property bundled with goods or with
other services and not separately valued – When a sale or
purchase is for both goods and services or intellectual property,
or of several services or intellectual property, that cannot be
unbundled (i.e., the goods and/or services/intellectual property
are not separately valued), it should be classified based on
whichever accounts for a majority of the value or on the basis of
the reporter’s customary practice.
6. Accounting for purchases – Purchases of services or
intellectual property should be included without regard to
whether they are charged as an expense on the income
statement, capitalized, or charged to inventories.
7. Projects with U.S. Government nonmilitary agencies –
Report information on services that are provided abroad for U.S.
Government nonmilitary agencies, such as the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United
States Information Agency, or that are part of an aid or technical
cooperation program of the Government with foreign persons.
However, do not report services provided to the U.S. Department
of Defense or any of its agencies, such as the Army Corps of
Engineers. Report funds received from the U.S. Government
on Schedule A as sales to the country where the services are
provided, and report any foreign expenses related to those
services as purchases on Schedule B.
8. International organizations – Report transactions with
international organizations, which, according to balance
of payments conventions, are considered foreign persons
even if they are headquartered in the United States. Enter
“International Organization” as the name of the country of the
foreign party to the transaction.
9. Reciprocal exchanges – Include the value of reciprocal
exchanges; i.e., transactions involving barter. On Schedule
A, value your sales to the foreign participant in the reciprocal
exchange at market rates, not at the actual cost of performing
the services. On Schedule B, value your purchases from the
foreign participant at the same amount as the sale reported on
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II. DEFINITIONS
A. United States, when used in a geographic sense, means the
50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and all territories and possessions of the United States.
NOTE: The U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam are territories of the
United States.
B. Foreign, when used in a geographic sense, means that which
is situated outside the United States or which belongs to or is
characteristic of a country other than the United States.
C. U.S. Reporter is the U.S. person filing a report in this survey.
D. Consolidated domestic U.S. Reporter means the fully
consolidated U.S. domestic enterprise consisting of (i) the U.S.
corporation whose voting securities are not owned more than 50
percent by another U.S. corporation, and, proceeding down each
ownership chain from that U.S. corporation, and, (ii) any U.S.
corporation whose voting securities are more than 50 percent
owned by the U.S. corporation above it. The fully consolidated U.S.
domestic enterprise excludes foreign branches and other foreign
affiliates. Conditions may exist that would lead a U.S. corporation
to exclude certain majority-owned (more than 50 percent owned)
domestic subsidiaries from financial statements used in reports
to shareholders. If such a subsidiary has covered transactions, it
must file a report under its own name, and the subsidiary will be
considered the U.S. Reporter for purposes of this survey.
E. Person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated
group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization
(whether or not organized under the laws of any State), and any
government (including a foreign government, the United States
Government, a State or local government, and any agency,
corporation, financial institution, or other entity or instrumentality
thereof, including a government sponsored agency).
1. U.S. person means any person resident in the United States
or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
2. Foreign person means any person resident outside the United
States or subject to the jurisdiction of a country other than the
United States.
F. Business enterprise means any organization, association,
branch, or venture which exists for profit making purposes or to
otherwise secure economic advantage, and any ownership of
any real estate. (A business enterprise is a “person” within the
definition in paragraph E above.)
G. Financial services provider – Except for Monetary Authorities
(e.g., Central Banks) the definition of financial services
providers used for this survey is identical in coverage to Sector
52 – Finance and Insurance, and holding companies from
Sector 55 of the North American Industry Classification System
United States, 2022. Go to www.bea.gov/naics2022 for more
information on NAICS classifications.
H. Direct investment means the ownership or control, directly
or indirectly, by one person of 10 percent or more of the
voting securities of an incorporated business enterprise or an
equivalent interest in an unincorporated business enterprise.
I. Parent means a person of one country who, directly or indirectly,
owns or controls 10 percent or more of the voting stock of an
incorporated business enterprise, or an equivalent ownership
interest in an unincorporated business enterprise which is
located outside that country.
1. U.S. parent means the U.S. person that has direct investment
in a foreign business enterprise.
2. Foreign parent means the foreign person, or the first person
outside the United States in a foreign chain of ownership,
which has direct investment in a U.S. business enterprise,
including a branch.
J. Foreign Parent Group means:
(i) the foreign parent, which is the first entity outside the United
States in a foreign chain of ownership, which owns at least 10
percent (based on voting interest), directly or indirectly, of the
consolidated domestic U.S. business enterprise.
(ii) any foreign entity, proceeding up the foreign parent’s ownership
chain, which owns more than 50 percent of the entity below it
up to and including that entity which is not owned more than
50 percent by another foreign entity, and
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(iii) any foreign entity, proceeding down the ownership chain(s)
of each of these members, which is owned more than 50
percent by the entity above it.
K. Affiliate means a business enterprise located in one country
that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person of
another country to the extent of 10 percent or more of its voting
stock for an incorporated business or an equivalent interest for an
unincorporated business, including a branch.
1. Foreign affiliate means an affiliate located outside the
United States in which a U.S. person has direct investment.
2. U.S. affiliate means an affiliate located in the United States
in which a foreign person has direct investment.
L. Foreign affiliate of a foreign parent means, with reference to
a given U.S. affiliate, any member of the foreign parent group
owning the U.S. affiliate that is not a foreign parent of the U.S.
affiliate.
M. Unaffiliated foreign person means, with respect to a given
U.S. person, any foreign person that is not an affiliated foreign
person as defined in paragraph K above.
N. Country means, for purposes of this survey, the country of
location of the foreign person with whom a transaction has
occurred.
III. OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
A. Distinguishing between unaffiliated and affiliated
transactions
This survey covers U.S. persons’ direct transactions, both sales
and payments (purchases), with affiliated and unaffiliated foreign
persons.
Examples of affiliated transactions are:
1. A transaction between a U.S. person (U.S. parent) and its foreign
affiliate.
2. A transaction between a U.S. person (U.S. affiliate) and
its foreign parent(s) or member(s) of the foreign parent
group(s).
Examples of unaffiliated transactions are:
1. A transaction between a U.S. person and an unaffiliated foreign
person.
2. A transaction between one U.S. person and another U.S.
person’s foreign affiliate. Such a transaction is reportable by the
first U.S. person.
Examples of transactions that are not reportable are:
1. A transaction between a U.S. affiliate of a foreign parent and
another U.S. person.
2. A transaction between a U.S. parent’s foreign affiliate and
another foreign person.
B. Understanding the U.S. Reporter’s relationship with foreign
persons
The relationship between the U.S. Reporter and the foreign
persons fall into one of three categories:
Foreign affiliates – A foreign affiliate is defined as an entity
domiciled in a foreign country that is owned at least 10 percent,
directly or indirectly, by the U.S. Reporter.
Foreign Parent Group means all of the following:
(i) the foreign parent, which is the first entity outside the United
States in a foreign chain of ownership, that owns at least 10
percent (based on voting interest), directly or indirectly, of the
consolidated domestic U.S. business enterprise.
(ii) any foreign entity proceeding up the foreign parent’s
ownership chain, that owns more than 50 percent of the
entity below it up to and including the entity that is not owned
more than 50 percent by another foreign entity,
(iii) any foreign entity that, proceeding down the ownership
chain(s) of each of these members, is owned more than 50
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Unaffiliated foreign persons – An unaffiliated foreign person is
an entity domiciled abroad that is not owned, or owned less than
ten percent, directly or indirectly, by the U.S. Reporter or the U.S.
Reporter’s foreign parent.
The diagram below illustrates each of these relationships with
regards to the U.S. Reporter.
COMPANY A (Germany)

COMPANY B
(Germany)
49% owned by
Company A
Unaffiliated Foreign
Person
NOTE: “Company B” is not
part of the foreign parent
group since it is not owned,
nor does it own another foreign entity, more than 50 percent within the foreign ownership chain. Also, “Company
B” is not a foreign affiliate of
the Consolidated domestic
U.S. Reporter since it is not
owned at least 10 percent by
the Consolidated domestic
U.S. Reporter.

COMPANY E
(Mexico)
20% owned by
Consolidated
domestic U.S.
Reporter
Foreign Affiliate

Foreign Parent of the
Consolidated Domestic U.S.
Reporter
Member of Foreign Parent
Group
Owns 100% of Company C,
and the Consolidated U.S.
Reporter

COMPANY C
(France)
Wholly owned by
Company A
Member of Foreign
Parent Group

CONSOLIDATED
DOMESTIC U.S. REPORTER
(The U.S. person filing this
BE-125)
Owns >10% of Companies D,
E and F
COMPANY D (USA)
Subsidiary, owned 100%
by Consolidated
domestic U.S. Reporter
Company D’s transactions
with foreign persons are
consolidated into the U.S.
Reporter’s BE-125 filing

COMPANY F
(United Kingdom)
50% owned by
Consolidated
domestic U.S.
Reporter
Foreign Affiliate

COMPANY G
(Switzerland)

COMPANY H
(Ghana)

5% owned by Consolidated domestic
U.S. Reporter

No ownership
relationship with
any other company

Unaffiliated Foreign
Person

C. Foreign activities of a U.S. person that do not constitute a
foreign affiliate
Although the definitions of direct investment and foreign affiliate
in Part II. above, together with the discussion in Part III.A
above, should be sufficient to determine whether a given foreign
activity is or is not a foreign affiliate, in a number of cases the
determination may be difficult. Several factors to be considered
are given below. If you still cannot determine if the activity or
operation is an affiliate, call (301) 278-9303 or send an e-mail to
[email protected] for additional guidance.
If a U.S. person’s foreign activity or operation is incorporated
abroad, it is a foreign affiliate.
If a U.S. person’s foreign activity or operation is not incorporated
abroad, its status is based on the weight of the evidence when
the factors listed below are considered.
An unincorporated foreign activity or operation generally would
be considered a foreign affiliate if it: (i) is subject to foreign
income taxes; (ii) has a substantial physical presence abroad
(e.g., plant and equipment or employees); (iii) maintains
separate financial records that would permit the preparation of
financial statements, including an income statement and balance
sheet (not just a record of disbursements and receipts); (iv)
takes title to the goods it sells and receives revenues therefrom;
or (v) receives funds for its own account from customers for
services it performs. Transactions with this type of entity should
be reported under “Foreign affiliates.”
An unincorporated foreign activity or operation generally would
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not be considered a foreign affiliate if it: (i) conducts business
abroad only for the U.S. person’s account and not for its
own account (e.g., sales promotion or public relations type
of activities); (ii) has no separate financial statements; (iii)
receives funds to cover its expenses only from the U.S. person;
(iv) is not subject to foreign income taxes; and (v) has limited
physical assets, or employees, permanently located abroad.
Transactions with this type of entity should be reported under
“Unaffiliated foreign persons.”
D. U.S. activities of a foreign person that do not constitute a
U.S. affiliate Criteria for determining which U.S. activities do or
do not constitute a U.S. affiliate of a foreign person are parallel to
those in Part III.C. above.
E. Determining who must report a transaction when an
intermediary is involved At times, transactions between a U.S.
person and a foreign person may be arranged by, billed through,
or otherwise facilitated by, an intermediary. The intermediary
may be U.S. or foreign, and may be affiliated or unaffiliated with
the U.S. or the foreign person.
A determination of whom a sale is to, or whom a purchase is
from, should be made on the basis of whom the U.S. person
considers itself to have a claim on for payment, in the case of
a sale, or whom it has a liability to, in the case of a purchase.
For a sale, if the U.S. person looks to the foreign person for
payment, then the transaction is between the U.S. person and
the foreign person, and is to be reported by the U.S. person. If
the U.S. person looks to the intermediary for payment, and the
intermediary, in turn, looks to the foreign person for payment,
then whether either transaction is reportable, and who it is to be
reported by, depends on the location of the intermediary and the
relationship between the U.S. person and the intermediary.
If the intermediary is a foreign person, then the U.S. person
would report the transaction as a transaction with a foreign
person.
If the intermediary is a U.S. person, then the initial transaction
between the original U.S. person and the intermediary is
domestic-to-domestic and not reportable in this survey.
However, the intermediary must report the transaction with the
foreign person.
The reportability of a purchase would be determined in a similar
manner.
IV. TRANSACTION TYPES COVERED
This survey covers sales (Schedules A and C) and purchases
(Schedule B) of the following types of intellectual property and
selected services.
A. Transactions in Intellectual Property
Report sales on Schedule A and purchases on Schedule B.
Rights related to patents, processes, and trade secrets
1.1 Rights related to the use of a patent, process, or
trade secret to produce and/or distribute a product or
service – Includes license fees, royalties, and other fees
received or paid for the use of proprietary rights, including
patents, industrial processes, and trade secrets. Includes
“maintenance” fees paid to foreign governments for the
continuation of patent rights. If the charge for the process,
design, etc., is subsumed in a contract for technical or
professional services, the sale or purchase generally should
be reported under the proper transaction number for that
service.
Examples of transactions included in this category are
royalties and license fees related to the production and/
or distribution of goods such as pharmaceutical products,
automobiles, medical equipment, etc.
Excludes license fees related to the use or distribution of
computer software (reportable under transaction codes 6.2
or 12.1) and the use or distribution of audiovisual content
(reportable under transaction codes 2.1-2.2, 4.1-4.2, or 5.2).

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1.3 Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related
to patents, processes, and trade secrets – Includes the
outright sale or purchase of patents, processes, and trade
secrets.
Excludes the outright sale or purchase of rights related to
the development of computer software (reportable under
transaction code 6.3) and the sale or purchase of proprietary
rights to audiovisual content (reportable under transaction
codes 2.3 or 4.3).
Rights related to books, music, etc.
2.1 Rights to use books, music, etc., including end-user
rights related to digital content – Includes royalties and
other fees (commonly referred to as end-user licensing fees)
received or paid for the rights to view books downloaded from
the internet or otherwise electronically delivered, and fees
for the rights to perform, broadcast, or listen to digital music,
other audio content, etc., or otherwise use copyrighted or
protected material.
Excludes subscription fees to newspapers, magazines, etc.,
(reportable under transaction code 14.2). Excludes fees for
the rights to display or view recorded audiovisual content
such as radio and television programs, motion pictures, etc.
(reportable under transaction code 4.1).
2.2 Rights to reproduce and/or distribute books, music,
etc., – Includes royalties and other fees received or paid for
the rights to reproduce and distribute books and other print
or digital media content; CDs, digital music, and other audio
content; and other copyrighted or protected material.
Excludes fees for the rights to reproduce or distribute
recorded radio and television programs or motion pictures
(reportable under transaction code 4.2).
2.3 Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related
to books, music, etc., – Includes the outright sale or
purchase of proprietary rights to audio or print material such
as manuscripts, literary and artistic works, photographs,
musical libraries, recordings, etc., including copyrights and
fees for the use of such material in perpetuity.
Excludes the sale or purchase of copyrights for radio and
television programs, motion pictures, etc. (reportable under
transaction code 4.3). Excludes transactions related to
exclusivity rights (for example, the exclusivity of a publisher
to publish literary works of an author). These are considered
assets that are a contract for future production, and are not
reportable.
Rights related to trademarks
3.1 Rights to use trademarks – Includes sales and purchases
related to rights to sell products under a particular
trademark, brand name, or signature. Includes the initial fee
and annual fees for the domain name registration for the
Internet. Includes fees for sponsorship of other events if the
fee is for the right to use the logo or trademark of the payee.
A sponsor of an international sporting event, such as the
Olympics, should include payments of sponsorship fees if
the right to use a trademark, such as the Olympic logo, in
advertising, or to place such a trademark on merchandise is
conveyed.
Excludes fees received or paid under a business format
franchise, which are reportable under transaction code 7.1.
3.3 Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related
to trademarks – sales and purchases related to the outright
sale or purchase of a trademark, or for its use in perpetuity.
Includes sales and purchases of the outright sale or purchase
of domain names.
Excludes fees paid for the display of the payer’s logo
or trademark (reportable as advertising services under
transaction code 10). Excludes fees received or paid under
a business format franchise (reportable under transaction
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Rights related to recorded performances and events such as
radio and television programs and motion pictures
4.1 Rights to use recorded performances and events,
including end-user rights related to digital content –
Includes royalties, license fees (including end-user licensing
fees), and other funds received or paid for the rights to
recorded material such as radio and television programs
and motion pictures (including digital recordings and video
streaming). Includes rights to view and display recordings of
live performances and events. Includes subscription fees for
cable or satellite television programming.
4.2 Rights to reproduce and/or distribute recorded
performances and events – Includes royalties, license fees,
and other funds received or paid for the rights to reproduce
and/or distribute recorded material such as radio and
television programs and motion pictures (including digital
recordings and video streaming). Includes licensing fees for
material distributed both theatrically and non-theatrically, or
via cable and broadcast television.
Excludes fees for the rights to broadcast live performances
and events (reportable under transaction code 5.2).
4.3 Outright sales or purchases of rights related to recorded
performances and events – Includes the outright sale or
purchase of proprietary rights related to recorded material
such as radio and television programs or motion pictures,
including outright sales or purchases of copyrights and
video libraries, and the associated use of such material in
perpetuity.
Rights to broadcast and record live performances and
events
5.2 Rights to broadcast and record live performances and
events – Includes sales and purchases related to rights to
broadcast, display, and record live artistic performances,
sports events, and other live performances or events.
Includes sales and purchases related to the authorized
reproduction, rebroadcast, or retransmission of live
performances and events, in part or in entirety.
Sales or purchases of rights to broadcast a major live
performance or event, such as the Olympics, often extend
over several years prior to the event. The cumulative amount
of payments over all the years is to be reported on this form
as an acquisition or sale of broadcast rights only in the single
period in which the event is held. The prior year payments
are considered to be deposits with the organization (such as
the International Olympic Committee) selling the broadcast
rights, and should be reported on the Department of
Treasury’s TIC C-form. Inquiries about the TIC C-form survey
should be directed to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(as contractor for the Department of Treasury) at (212) 7206357.
Rights related to general use computer software
6.2 Rights to reproduce and/or distribute general use
computer software – Includes sales and purchases related
to the right to distribute general use software, and rights to
reproduce general use computer software that was made
from a master copy. This item includes licensing fees for
reproducing copies of general use software for local area
network (LAN) computer systems.
Excludes fees for custom software and programming
services (reportable under transaction code 12.1). Excludes
fees received or paid for the development of general use
software (reportable under transaction code 29.1). Excludes
general use computer software that was downloaded from
the internet or otherwise electronically delivered (reportable
under transaction code 12.1). Excludes the value of
prepackaged general use software not intended for use on a
server in a LAN environment that was physically shipped to
or from the United States and non-customized (prepackaged)
computer software on physical media for perpetual use
shipped to or from the United States and reported on import
or export declarations filed with the U.S. Customs and Border
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6.3 Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related
to general use computer software – Includes the outright
sale or purchase of all proprietary rights related to general
use computer software.
Excludes fees received or paid for the development of
general use software (reportable under transaction code
29.1). Excludes general use computer software that was
downloaded from the internet or otherwise electronically
delivered (reportable under transaction code 12.1). Excludes
the value of prepackaged general use software not intended
for use on a server in a LAN environment that was physically
shipped to or from the United States and non-customized
(prepackaged) computer software on physical media for
perpetual use shipped to or from the United States and
reported on import or export declarations filed with the U.S.
CBP.
Franchise fees
7.1 Fees associated with business format franchising – Fees
received and paid by the U.S. Reporter under business
format franchising agreements with foreign persons. Business
format franchising is characterized by an ongoing business
relationship between franchisor and franchisee that includes
not only the product, service, and trademark, but the entire
business format itself. This may include a marketing strategy
and plan, operating manuals and standards, quality control,
and continuing two-way communications.
Excludes sales and purchases related to the use of
trademarks (reportable under transaction code 3.1), except
where such trademarks are part of a business format
franchise, even if the fees are nominally considered to be
“franchising” fees.
Sales and purchases should be reported net of advertising
allowances and other deductions retained by franchisees
from gross franchise fees. Includes sales and purchases of
one-time “up front” charges to new franchisees as well as
ongoing fees based upon sales or other measures.
On Schedule A, U.S. franchisors should report sales to both
foreign outlets and foreign master licensees. In the case of
fees received from a foreign master licensee, report only
the net fees received from foreign outlets. Include sales to
“company-owned” outlets abroad. Include sales to jointly
owned outlets.
On Schedule B, U.S. outlets and master licensees should
report purchases made directly from foreign franchisors.
U.S. outlets should not report purchases from U.S. master
licensees, as these are domestic (U.S.-to-U.S.) transactions.
Payments by a “company-owned” U.S. outlet to a foreign
owner should be reported.
7.3 Outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights related
to business format franchising – Includes the outright
sale or purchase of a business format franchise to be used
in perpetuity. A business format franchise is a portfolio of
intellectual property that includes not only a product, service,
and trademark, but the entire business format itself. This may
include a marketing strategy and plan, operating manuals
and standards, and quality control.
Excludes the outright sale or purchase of trademarks
(reportable under transaction code 3.3), except where such
trademarks are part of a business format franchise, even if
the fees are nominally considered to be “franchising” fees.
Excludes any fees for real property or capital equipment
associated with the sale or purchase of a franchise.
NOTE- Transactions previously reported under codes 8.1-8.3,
Other intellectual property, should now be reported under
transaction code 29.1, the provision of customized and
non-customized R&D services; transaction code 29.2, other
R&D services, including testing; or transaction code 42, other
selected services to the best of the reporter's ability. For
assistance in determining the correct classification, call (301)
278-9303, or send an email to [email protected].

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B. Transactions in Selected Services
Report sales on Schedule A (except transaction code 13, which is
reportable on Schedule C) and purchases on Schedule B.
9 Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services –
Includes accounting systems design, auditing of accounting
records, bookkeeping, budget development, financial
statement preparation, payroll preparation, tax return
preparation, and similar activities.

Excludes data processing and tabulation services
(reportable under transaction code 12.2).
10 Advertising services – Preparation of advertising and
placement of such advertising in media, including charges
for media space and time. Includes advertising banners on
web pages. An advertising agency selling such services
should report gross billings to unaffiliated foreigners. Sales
by media companies (e.g., broadcasters, publishers, etc.)
that are arranged through U.S. advertising agencies are
presumed to be reflected in billings of the advertising
agencies; thus, in order to avoid duplication, report only
direct transactions with foreign clients.
Excludes transactions that are with the U.S. affiliates of
foreign clients, rather than directly with foreign clients; such
transactions are considered domestic (U.S.-to-U.S.) and,
therefore, outside the scope of this survey.
Excludes charges for services other than advertising,
such as public relations or market research not directly
associated with an advertising campaign (reportable under
transaction code 21.1). U.S. media companies should report
only direct sales of advertising services to unaffiliated
foreign persons; they should not report advertising
arranged by U.S. advertising agencies, including U.S.
affiliates of foreign advertising agencies.
Under purchases of advertising services, U.S. Reporters
that are advertising agencies should report only funds paid
to foreign advertising agencies and media companies on
behalf of their clients.
U.S. Reporters other than advertising agencies should report
only payments made directly to foreign advertising agencies
and media companies. Do not report payments made through
a U.S. advertising agency. Also, do not report payments made
through the U.S. office of a foreign advertising agency if your
payment is made to the U.S. office.
Includes the value of reciprocal exchanges; i.e.,
transactions involving barter. On Schedule A, value your
sales to the foreign participant in the reciprocal exchange
at market rates, not at the actual cost of performing the
services. On Schedule B, value your purchases from
the foreign participant at the same amount as the sales
reported on Schedule A.
11 Auxiliary insurance services – Agent’s commissions,
insurance brokering and agency services, insurance
consulting services, evaluation and adjustment services,
actuarial services, salvage administration services, and
regulatory and monitoring services on indemnities and
recovery services. Non-insurance companies should
report these transactions on this survey. Insurance
companies should only report these transactions on the
BE-45, Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S.
Insurance Companies with Foreign Persons. A copy of the
form can be downloaded from www.bea.gov/ssb.
12.1 Computer software, including end-user licenses and
customization services – Includes customized software
(however delivered) and related licenses to use; the
development, production, supply, and documentation of
customized software, including operating systems, made
to order for specific users; licenses to use non-customized
software provided on a storage device with a periodic
license fee; sales or purchases of originals and ownership
rights for software systems and applications, downloaded or
otherwise electronically delivered; includes non-customized
(mass-produced) software downloaded or otherwise
electronically delivered, whether with a periodic license
or a single payment. Software includes general business
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productivity software, computer game software, and other
applications.
Includes software downloaded from the Internet, fees and
subscriptions for online gaming (including video games),
and licensing agreements and end-user fees associated with
downloading applications on to smart phones and tablets.
Fees for developing such applications, however, should be
reported under transaction code 29.1.
Includes subscriptions and fees related to an electronic
platform’s sales of software if the platform obtains a license
to distribute the software prior to the consumer ordering it.
Excludes fees related to an electronic platform’s sales
of software if the platform does not obtain a license to
distribute prior to the consumer ordering the product, which
should be reported under transaction code 12.2.
Excludes non-customized (prepackaged) computer software
on physical media for perpetual use shipped to or from the
United States and reported on import or export declarations
filed with the U.S. CBP. Also excludes computer training
courses not designed for a specific user (reportable under
education services), charges for licenses to reproduce or
distribute software (reportable under rights to reproduce
and/or distribute general use computer software), and
leasing of computers with an operator (reportable under
operational leasing).
12.2 Cloud computing and data storage services – Includes
providing infrastructure for hosting, including specialized
hosting activities (Web hosting, streaming, application
hosting, cloud services, collaborative “wiki” documents,
and digital media services); application services; or timeshare mainframe facilities services. Includes complete data
processing services and specialized reports from data
supplied by clients, automated data processing, data entry,
and optical scanning.

Includes fees related to an electronic platform’s sales
of software if the platform does not obtain a license to
distribute prior to the consumer ordering the product.
Excludes subscriptions and fees related to an electronic
platform’s sales of software if the platform obtains a license
to distribute the software prior to the consumer ordering it,
which should be reported under transaction code 12.1.
12.3 Other computer services – Includes hardware and
software consultancy and implementation services,
including the management of subcontracted computer
services; hardware and software installation, including
installation of mainframes and central computing units;
maintenance and repairs of computers and peripheral
equipment; computer facilities management; data recovery
services; analysis, design, and programming of systems
ready to use (including web page development and design),
and technical consultancy related to software; systems
maintenance and other support services, including training
provided as part of consultancy.
13 Construction services (Report sales on Schedule C,
purchases on Schedule B) – The creation, renovation,
repair, or extension of fixed assets in the form of buildings,
land improvements of an engineering nature, and other
engineering construction such as roads, bridges, dams,
and so forth. Includes related installation and assembly
work. Includes site preparation and general construction
as well as specialized services such as painting, plumbing,
and demolition. Includes services of general contractors in
the field of building and heavy construction; construction
work by special trade contractors, such as the erection
of structural steel for bridges and buildings; and on-site
electrical work. Includes management of construction
projects.
14.1 News agency services – Includes the provision of news,
photographs, and feature articles to the media. Excludes
production costs related to news broadcasters, see
transaction code 42.
14.2 Other information services – Includes database services,
such as database conception and the dissemination of data
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and databases (including directories and mailing lists), both
online and through magnetic, optical, or printed media and
web search portals (encompassing search engine services
that find Internet addresses for clients who input keyword
queries). Also included are: direct non-bulk subscriptions
to newspapers and periodicals, whether by mail, electronic
transmission, or other means; other online content provision
services; and library and archive services. (Bulk newspapers
and periodicals are included under general merchandise, and
are not reportable on this survey.)
15 Education services – Includes services relating to all
levels of remote education, whether delivered through
correspondence courses, via television, satellite, or the
Internet, as well as by teachers and instructors who
supply services directly in host economies. Also includes
subscriptions and fees for platforms that host massive online
open courses (MOOCs) and other online learning content on
behalf of educational institutions, other organizations, and
independent instructors.

Transactions are only included if the service providers are not
employees of the entity from whom they are paid. Includes
training provided via USAID contracts. Report amounts
received from USAID as sales to unaffiliated foreign persons,
and any foreign expenses associated with such contracts as
payments to unaffiliated foreign persons.

16.1

16.2

16.3

Excludes tuition and fees charged to U.S. and foreign
persons by educational institutions when the students
travel to the institution for study (i.e., foreign exchange
students). Also excludes training provided by a manufacturer
in connection with the sale of a good (reportable under
transaction code 19.2).
Architectural services – Includes architectural design
related to landscaping, urban planning, and other
development projects; and transactions related to the design
of buildings.
Engineering services – Includes the design, development,
and utilization of machines, materials, instruments,
structures, processes, and systems. Services of this type
involve the provision of designs, plans, and studies related
to engineering projects. Includes civil engineering services;
industrial engineering services; and water resource
engineering. Excludes those engineering services performed
in conjunction with construction and mining services projects
(reportable under transaction codes 13 and 23, respectively).
Includes services purchased in connection with proposed
projects (e.g., feasibility studies) as well as projects that are
actually being carried out.
Excludes computer systems engineering (reportable
under transaction code 12.3). Includes, however, services
performed with the assistance of computers, such as
computer-assisted design work.
Surveying, cartography, certification, testing, and
technical inspection services – Includes surveying;
cartography; product testing and certification; and geological
analysis, testing, and inspection services. Includes routine
testing such as analysis of the chemical and biological
properties of materials such as air, water, waste (municipal
and industrial), fuels, metal, soil, minerals, food, and
chemicals.
Excludes testing and other product/process development
activities that will likely give rise to patents, which should be
reported under transaction code 29.2. Excludes geological
surveying services (reportable under transaction code 23).
Financial services (Schedule B only) – Includes payment
of credit-related fees, fees on securities transactions, and
fees for other financial services. This service should only
be reported by nonfinancial services companies. Financial
services companies should only report these services
on the BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services
Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and
Foreign Persons. A copy of the form can be downloaded from
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Credit-related fees include fees for establishing, maintaining,
or arranging credit, letters of credit, bankers acceptances,
mortgages, factoring services, loan guarantees, etc., that
are commonly provided by foreign banking establishments.
Include fees paid directly and fees that are withheld or
deducted from your proceeds by the foreign person. For
example, for factoring services, the fee may be calculated
as the difference between the proceeds you received
from the sale of your receivables and the face amount of
the receivables sold; for arranging credit, letters of credit,
etc., it may be calculated as the difference between the
proceeds you received from the loan, letter of credit, etc.
(after the deduction of the fee) and your liability to the foreign
lending establishment. Report credit-related fees in the
accounting period in which they are incurred, whether or not
expensed in that accounting period. Excludes interest on
your obligations, because interest is a payment for the use
of the loan proceeds and is not a fee for the establishment,
maintenance, or arrangement of credit.
Fees on securities transactions include commissions and
other fees for securities transactions (including transactions
in derivatives) or futures trading, such as brokerage,
underwriting, private placements, etc. Fees for such services
would commonly be paid to foreign investment banks and
securities brokers or dealers. Include fees that can be
calculated from transactions records or other documentation
issued by the investment bank or security broker or dealer.
Omit, rather than attempt to estimate, these fees if they
cannot be calculated from such documentation. (For
example, a dealer’s markup on bond purchases and sales
cannot be directly estimated from transactions records
issued by a securities dealer.)
Fees for other financial services include fees for asset/
liability management, debt renegotiation, and other financial
services.
Excludes leasing (operational leasing services are reportable
under transaction code 24), and real estate management
services (management, consulting, and public relations
services are reportable under transaction code 21.3).
19.1 Maintenance services – Includes maintenance services
primarily on machinery and equipment. May also include
small maintenance work on buildings, structures, dams,
highways, etc., but only to the extent that the work is not
reported under transaction code 13. Includes such services
as the periodic overhaul of turbines, the extinguishment of
natural gas well fires, and refinery maintenance.
Include maintenance and repair of ships, aircraft, and
other transport equipment only if such transactions are not
reported on the BE-30, Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight
Revenues and Foreign Expenses of U.S. Carriers, or the
BE-37, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline Operators’ Foreign
Revenues and Expenses.
Excludes computer maintenance (reportable under
transaction code 12.3), and services related to the
maintenance and repair of telecommunications equipment
and ground station services (reportable under transaction
code 30).
19.2 Installation, alteration, and training services – Includes
only installation, startup, and training services provided by a
manufacturer in connection with the sale of a good.
Excludes such services where the cost is included in the
price of the goods and not separately billed, or is declared
as a part of the price of the goods on the import or export
declaration filed with the U.S. CBP; however, services
provided at a price over and above that entered on the
declaration should be included. These services would be
reported elsewhere if not received in connection with the
purchase of goods. For example, installation of machinery
and equipment is normally considered a construction activity,
and training personnel in the use of new machinery would
ordinarily be reported as an educational or training service.
20 Legal services – Includes services provided in a range of,
or in a specific area of law, such as criminal law, corporate
law, or real estate law. Includes the provision of other legal
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services by businesses such as notary public services,
patent agent services and real estate settlement offices.
Excludes fines, penalties, and settlements imposed by
courts of law or other government bodies.
21.1 Market research services – Includes market research and
telemarketing.
21.2 Public opinion polling services – Includes public opinion
polling on various issues.
21.3 Other management, consulting, and public relations
services (including allocated expenses) – Includes
management services, consulting services, public relations
services, and amounts received by a parent company from
its affiliates for general overhead and stewardship.
Excludes consulting engineering services related to
actual or proposed construction projects (reportable
under transaction code 16.1–16.3); computer consulting
(reportable under transaction code 12.3); and public
relations services that are an integral part of an advertising
campaign (reportable under transaction code 10). Also
excludes transactions between parent companies and
affiliates that are identifiable as arising from the provision
of advertising, accounting, legal, R&D, etc. services,
even if these amounts represent reimbursements of
sums paid to third parties. That is, transactions between
parent companies and affiliates should not be reported in
management services if they can instead be reported in
another services category.
Excludes financial management services provided by, or for,
financial services providers. Financial services companies
should only report these services on the BE-185, Quarterly
Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S.
Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons. Payments
for financial services by non-financial services companies
should be reported under transaction code 17.
22 Merchanting services (net receipts, Schedule A only) –
Sales of merchanting services are equal to the difference
between your cost and the resale price of goods (such
as crude oil, grain, and other commodities) that are both
purchased and resold abroad; that is, the goods are neither
imported to, nor exported from, the United States and
they do not undergo significant processing during the time
between when they are purchased and resold. Without
regard to whether you initially purchased the goods from an
affiliated or unaffiliated foreign person, report data for those
transactions according to the company’s relationship with
the foreign entity (foreign affiliate, foreign parent group, or
unaffiliated foreign person) to which the goods were resold.
Only the “Total, all countries this page” (line 34 of Schedule
A) is required to be reported for this service. Any data that
are voluntarily reported by individual foreign country should
be reported according to the individual foreign countries to
which the goods were resold (and not the foreign countries
from which the goods were purchased).
23 Mining services – Includes drilling wells for oil or gas
field operations; exploration, including prospecting and
taking ore samples; grading and building foundations
at well locations; well surveying; and making geological
observations. Includes services purchased in connection
with proposed projects (e.g. feasibility studies) as well as
projects that are actually being carried out.
24 Operational leasing – Rentals for computer and data
processing equipment; transportation equipment (such
as ships, aircraft, railway cars, containers, rigs automotive
fleets, etc.) without crew or operators (if crew or operators
are provided, the fee is considered to be for transportation
services, which may be reportable on BEA forms BE-9,
BE-30, or BE-37. Go to www.bea.gov/ssb to determine
which forms cover your particular transportation services);
and rentals of other machinery and equipment. Include
fees from rentals of furniture, coin-operated machines,
construction equipment (without operators), and electronic
equipment.

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Excludes rentals under leases that have been capitalized
(capital leases) and rentals of any items other than machinery
and equipment. For example, excludes rentals of office
buildings and other real estate, film rentals, and employee
leasing.
25 Trade-related services, other than merchanting services
– Auction services (including online), transactions fees for
business to business (B2B), business to consumer (B2C),
and consumer to consumer (C2C) exchanges conducted over
the Internet (including on platforms), as well as commissions
or “finders’ fees” to independent sales agents. Includes fees
received or paid for services that connect consumers and
independent service providers or merchants using web-based
platforms if these fees are received from or paid to foreign
persons. Include the value of the fees and commissions only,
and not the value of the goods or services transacted.
Excludes transactions that are between a foreign affiliate of
the U.S. Reporter and foreign clients, which are considered
foreign-to-foreign and, therefore, outside the scope of this
survey. Excludes transactions between the U.S. Reporter
and other U.S. persons, which are considered domestic
transactions, and, therefore, outside the scope of this survey.
26 Artistic-related services – Includes fees to performers
(such as actors, dancers, musicians, etc.), athletes, directors,
and producers involved with live events such as concerts,
theatrical and musical productions, sporting events, and
similar events. To be reported by (a) U.S. management
companies, booking agents, promoters, and presenters
who received funds from or paid funds to foreign persons
for performances and events, and (b) U.S. performers who
received funds directly from a foreign person rather than
through a U.S. management company or similar entity. As
used here, “performers” means entertainers, sports teams,
orchestras, dance companies, lecturers, and similar persons
or performing groups such as artists, sculptors, authors,
models, etc. Includes fees related to the production of live
performances and events.
Excludes fees paid to employees of the entity making
payments, such as foreign athletes who play for U.S. resident
sports teams. Excludes production costs related to radio and
television programs and motion pictures (reportable under
transaction code 34).
Note for transaction codes 27 and 28: When you report either
transaction codes 27 or 28, also report the other transaction code
on a separate Schedule B. If there are transactions for one of these
but not for the other, enter “NA” on line 35 of the Schedule with no
transactions.
27 Primary insurance premiums (Schedule B only) –
Premiums (net of cancellations) paid to foreign insurance
carriers. A U.S. Reporter that is an insurance company
should not report direct transactions with a foreign insurance
company. However, a U.S. Reporter that is not an insurance
company that purchased insurance from an affiliated foreign
insurance company (for example, a captive insurance affiliate)
should report those purchases here.
28 Losses recovered on primary insurance (Schedule
B only) – Losses recovered on insurance purchased
from foreign insurance carriers. A U.S. Reporter that is an
insurance company should not report losses recovered from
a foreign insurance company. However, a U.S. Reporter
that is not an insurance company that purchased insurance
from an affiliated foreign insurance company (for example,
a captive insurance affiliate) should report losses recovered
here.
29.1 Provision of customized and non-customized research
and development services – Includes work aimed at
discovering new knowledge or developing new or significantly
improved goods and services. Covers the provision of
research and development services that are made-to-order
(customized) and development of non-customized research
and development services, excluding sales of proprietary
rights, and sales related to licenses to reproduce or use.
Includes basic and applied scientific research and fees for
the conduct of experiments or performances of research and
development activities aboard spacecraft. Excludes medical
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and dental laboratory services (reportable under transaction
code 32).
29.2 Other research and development services – Includes
testing and other product/process development activities
that will likely give rise to patents and are not reportable
elsewhere. Excludes routine testing such as analysis of the
chemical and biological properties of materials such as air,
water, waste (municipal and industrial), fuels, metal, soil,
minerals, food, and chemicals, which should be reported
under reported under transaction code 16.3.
30 Telecommunications services – Telecommunications
services encompass the broadcast or transmission of
sound, images, data, or other information by telephone,
radio, and television cable transmission, radio and television
satellite, e-mail, facsimile, and so forth, including business
network services, teleconferencing, and support services.
They do not include the value of the information transported.
Includes mobile telecommunications services, Internet
backbone services, and online access services, including
provision of access to the Internet.
Excludes installation services for telephone network
equipment (reportable under transaction code 13) and
database services (reportable under transaction code 14.2).
Excludes subscription fees for cable or satellite television
programming (reportable under transaction code 4.1).
Includes services of the following types (to be reported in
aggregate, rather than as five separate types of services):
Message telephone services, and other jointly provided
basic services – On Schedule A, report receipts from
foreign persons (communications companies and postal,
telephone, or PTT agencies) for your share of revenues
for transmitting messages originating abroad to U.S.
destinations. On Schedule B, report payouts to foreign
persons (communications companies and PTT’s) for their
share of revenues for transmitting messages originating
in the United States to foreign destinations. For messages
originating in foreign countries and routed through the
United States (for example, from Caribbean countries via
the United States to Western Europe), report receipts from
the foreign person originating the message and payouts
to the country of destination. Also report receipts for
transmitting messages between foreign points when not
offered in connection with enhanced services, call-back
services, and other regulated services of the type reportable
to the FCC on Report 43.61.
Private leased channel services – On Schedule A, report
receipts from foreign persons for circuits and channels
terminating in the United States and for circuits and
channels between foreign points. On Schedule B, report
payouts to foreign persons (communications companies
and PTT’s) for leased channels and circuits terminating in
foreign countries.
Value-added (enhanced) services – Telecommunications
services that add value or function above and beyond
the telecommunications transport services that deliver
the value-added services to end users. They can include
(a) e-mail, voice mail, code and protocol processing, and
management and operation of data networks; (b) facsimile
services and video-conferencing; (c) Internet connections
(online access service including Internet backbone, router
services, and broadband access services); (d) satellite
broadcasting business communication and paging services
provided by satellite connections; (e) telephony, interactive
voice response, virtual private networking, remote access
service, and voice over IP; and (f) other value-added
(enhanced) services.
Support services – Services related to the maintenance
and repair of telecommunications equipment and ground
station services. Do not include installation services for
telephone network equipment (reportable under transaction
code 13).
Reciprocal exchanges – Includes the value of reciprocal
exchanges; i.e., transactions involving barter. On Schedule
A, value your sales to the foreign participant in the reciprocal
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS – Continued
exchange at market rates, not at the actual cost of performing
the services. On Schedule B, value your purchases from the
foreign participant at the same amounts as the sales reported
on Schedule A.
32 Health services – Includes general and specialized
human health services provided by hospitals, doctors,
nurses, etc., as well as laboratory, diagnostic, and similar
services, whether provided remotely or on-site in the host
economy. Includes diagnostic-imaging services, as well
as pharmaceutical, radiology, and rehabilitation services.
Transactions are included only if the service providers are not
employees of the entity from whom they are paid.
Excludes health services provided to non-residents who are
present in the territory of the service provider (i.e., foreign
patients treated in the United States or vice-versa). Excludes
veterinary services, which are included in agricultural
services under transaction code 40.
33 Heritage and recreational services – Includes amounts
received or paid for services associated with museums and
other cultural, recreational, and gambling activities, except
those acquired by persons traveling outside their country of
residence.

Gambling includes service charges receivable or payable
to the unit organizing the lottery or gambling. Includes
online gambling. The amounts paid for gambling, including
lottery tickets and placed in bets, consist of two elements: a
service charge receivable by the unit organizing the lottery
or gambling (this charge may also have to cover taxes on
gambling); and a transfer to cover the amounts payable to the
winners and, in some cases, amounts payable to charities.
The value of the lottery and other gambling and betting
services supplied by or to non-residents is estimated as the
amount wagered by non-residents multiplied by the overall
ratio of services to the total amount wagered for that gambling
operator or type of gambling. This method for separately
identifying the service component is similar to the method
used for insurance services.
34 Audiovisual and production services – Includes sales
and purchases for the production of motion pictures (on
film, videotape, disk, or transmitted electronically), radio and
television programs (live or on tape) and musical recordings.
Excludes production costs related to performing arts and
other live events (reportable under transaction code 26).
35 Contract manufacturing services – Contract manufacturing
services cover processing, assembly, labeling, packing and so
forth on materials and physical components owned by others.
The manufacturing is undertaken by a business that does
NOT own the goods—the “manufacturing service provider”—
and that is paid a fee by the owner of the goods. Ownership
of the goods does not transfer to the manufacturing service
provider. Examples of processes that are often conducted
under contract manufacturing arrangements include oil
refining, liquefaction of natural gas, assembly of clothing,
electronics and other goods, and labeling and packing
(excluding those incidental to transport).
36 Disbursements for sales promotion and representation
– Funding to maintain sales promotion and representative
offices. Sales promotion offices typically have few assets
other than office furniture; to the extent that their employees
are compensated by commissions, the commissions arise
only from sales or business that the employees generate for
their U.S. or foreign parents; sales promotion offices do not
produce revenue, other than funds from their parents to cover
their expenses, and they are engaged only in sales promotion,
representational, and public-relations type activities. Report
the funds to maintain this type of office as a transaction with an
unaffiliated entity as opposed to a transaction with an affiliated
foreign person.
Excludes exhibition services provided by trade fairs
(reportable under transaction code 39).
37 Photographic services (including satellite photography
services) – Includes all photographic services undertaken on
an ad-hoc or contract basis. Includes remote sensing/satellite
imagery services.
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Excludes fees paid to the provider of a database of stock
photographs (reportable under transaction code 14.2).
Space transport services – Includes satellite launches for
transport of passengers (report under 38.1), and transport
of goods and people for scientific experiments (report under
38.2).
Trade exhibition and sales convention services –
Includes the organization of economic events (trade shows
or exhibitions at regular or irregular intervals); organization
of scientific or cultural meetings and congresses; and supply
and setting up of exhibition equipment associated with the
organization of trade exhibitions.
Agricultural services – Soil preparation services, crop
services, veterinary and other animal services, farm labor
and management services, and landscape and horticultural
services.
Waste treatment and depollution services – Treatment of
radioactive and other waste, stripping of contaminated soil,
cleaning up of pollution including spills, restoration of mining
sites, and decontamination and sanitation services. Includes
all other services that relate to the cleaning or restoring of
the environment.
Other selected services n.i.e. (not included elsewhere)
– When reporting data under this transaction code, also
identify the specific type of transaction from the list below
accounting for the largest share of the reported total on line
35 of Schedule A or B.
Note for miscellaneous disbursements: Where a set of
related expenditures was made in several countries, but
your recordkeeping does not permit a precise allocation
of expenses among individual countries, estimates are
acceptable. If no basis for such estimates exists, then
you may record the expenditures against the country
in which the activities were centered or headquartered.
For example, a news correspondent may conduct newsgathering activities in several countries. Although it would
be preferable to report news-gathering expenses in each of
the several countries, all of the expenses may, if necessary,
be recorded against the country where the foreign news
bureau is headquartered, or where the correspondent had
the largest outlays.
Excludes travel, transportation, insurance, financial
services, and expenditures by students and medical
patients who are studying or seeking treatment in a country
different from their country of residence, which are outside
the scope of this survey.
This category includes, but is not limited to, the following
types of services:
Disbursements to fund news-gathering costs of
broadcasters – U.S. broadcasters’ outlays to fund
operations of their foreign news bureaus and for support
of correspondents in foreign countries, and foreign
broadcasters’ outlays to fund operations of their U.S. news
bureaus and for support of correspondents in the United
States. (See note above.)
Disbursements to fund news-gathering costs of print
media – Outlays by U.S. newspapers, news syndicates,
and news magazines for the operation of their foreign
news bureaus, and outlays by foreign newspapers, news
syndicates, and news magazines for the operation of their
U.S. news bureaus. (See note above.)
Disbursements to maintain government tourism and
business promotion offices – Funding to maintain state
and local tourism and business promotion offices located
abroad, and funding to maintain foreign government
sponsored tourism and business promotion offices located
in the United States. (See note above.)

BE-125 Instructions (REV. 02/2024)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS – Continued
Employment agencies and temporary help supply services
– Employment services and provision of temporary help and
personnel to perform services on a contract or fee basis. Where
workers are carried on the payroll of the agency, includes amounts
received or paid for the compensation of workers as well as agency
fees. Includes subscriptions and fees for job search, employment,
and recruitment websites and freelancing platforms.
Mailing, reproduction, and commercial art – Direct mail
advertising services; mailing services, such as re-mailing
services in connection with direct mail advertising; commercial
photography, art, and graphic services; address list compilation;
and stenographic services.
Excludes freight, postal, and courier services. Such
transactions should be reported the BE-30, Quarterly Suvey
of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United
States Carriers, or the BE-37, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airlne
Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses. Copies of these
forms can be downloaded from www.bea.gov/ssb.
Other services n.i.e. (not included elsewhere) – Report
transactions in the following types of services: language
translation services, salvage services, security services,
collection services, and transcription services. Also include
services not elsewhere classified, except those that are outside
the scope of this survey. See I.B. for a definition of services
covered by the BE-125 survey that – when considered in
connection with service categories 9 through 41 above – also
helps to describe what transactions are reportable in this
category.
V. REPORTING PROCEDURES

C. Assistance and additional copies of the forms – Phone
(301) 278-9303 for assistance, or send an email to
[email protected]. Copies of BEA survey forms are
available on BEA’s web site: www.bea.gov/be125.
D. Rounding – Report currency amounts in U.S. dollars rounded
to thousands (omitting 000). For example, if the amount is
$1,334,515.00, report it as $1,335.
E. Estimates – If actual figures are not available, report
estimates and label them as such. When data items cannot
be fully subdivided as required, report totals and an estimated
breakdown of the totals.
F. Original and file copies – File a single original copy of the
form. In addition, retain a copy of the report in your files to
facilitate resolution of problems; these copies should be
retained by the U.S. Reporter for a period of not less than three
years beyond the original due date.
Where to send the report – To file a report electronically see
our web site at www.bea.gov/efile for details.
Send reports through the U.S. Postal Service to:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
4600 Silver Hill Rd.
Washington, DC 20233
Send reports by direct private express delivery to:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
4600 Silver Hill Rd.
Suitland, MD 20746
Fax reports to: (301) 278-9507

A. Due date – A completed BE-125 is due within 30 days of the
close of each fiscal quarter, except the final quarter of the fiscal
year, when the report is due within 45 days of the close of the
quarter.
B. Extensions – A written request for an extension will be
considered if it is received at least 15 days before the due
date. You may fax the request to (301) 278-9507 or e-mail the
request to [email protected]. BEA will provide a written
response to such a request.

BE-125 Instructions (REV. 02/2024)

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035 0

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Company Name
Form BE-125 Schedule

BE-125 Identification Number
____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

(1)

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(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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035 0

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

OVERFLOW FOR Schedules A OR B OF FORM BE-125,
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF TRANSACTIONS IN SELECTED SERVICES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH FOREIGN PERSONS
Company Name
Form BE-125 Schedule

BE-125 Identification Number
____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

(1)

01. Country total for this page
(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

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(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH FOREIGN PERSONS
Company Name
Form BE-125 Schedule

BE-125 Identification Number
____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

(1)

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(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Form BE-125 Schedule

BE-125 Identification Number
____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

(1)

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(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,555,555.00 as 1,556)

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FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

OVERFLOW FOR Schedules A OR B OF FORM BE-125,
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF TRANSACTIONS IN SELECTED SERVICES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH FOREIGN PERSONS
Company Name
Form BE-125 Schedule

BE-125 Identification Number
____ (Enter “A” or “B”)

(1)

01. Country total for this page
(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
02.

REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,555,555.00 as 1,556)

BEA
USE
ONLY

Country

00. BEA USE ONLY _______________

Overflow Page# ____ of ____

Transaction Code

____________________

001

005

06.

006

07.

007

08.

008

09.

009

10.

010

11.

011

12.

012

13.

013

14.

014

15.

015

16.

016

17.

017

18.

018

19.

019

20.

020

21.

021

22.

022

23.

023

24.

(5)

004

05.

Unaffiliated foreign persons

(4)

000

003

04.

Foreign parent group

(3)

See page 10 for more information about reporting relationships

(2)

002

03.

Foreign affiliates

024

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

$
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

$
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000

035 0

NOTE — Use this overflow sheet if there is insufficient space on Form BE-125, Schedules A or B , to list every individual foreign country with which
you had transactions.
FORM BE-125 (REV. 02/2024)

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OVERFLOW FOR Schedule C OF FORM BE-125,
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF TRANSACTIONS IN SELECTED SERVICES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH FOREIGN PERSONS
(Only sales of construction services (transaction code 13) are to be reported on this schedule.)

Company Name

BE-125 Identification Number
Overflow Page# ____ of ____
REPORT IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (e.g., report $1,334,891.00 as 1,335).
Foreign affiliates

BEA USE
ONLY

SALES TO
(Specify country)

01. Country total for this page
(sum of 02–25). . . . . . . . . . . .

See page 10 for more information about reporting relationships

(2)

000

001

02.

002

03.

003

04.

004

05.

005

06.

006

07.

007

08.

008

09.

009

10.

010

11.

011

12.

012

13.

013

14.

014

15.

015

16.

016

17.

017

18.

018

19.

019

20.

020

21.

021

22.

022

23.

023

24.

024

25.

025

Unaffiliated foreign persons

Gross
operating
revenues
(3)

(1)

00. BEA USE ONLY __________

Foreign parent group

Goods
exports

Foreign
expenses

(4)
4

(5)
5

Gross
operating
revenues
(6)
6

Goods
exports

Foreign
expenses

(7)
7

(8)
8

Gross
operating
revenues
(9)
9

Goods
exports

Foreign
expenses

(10)
10

(11)
11

NOTE — Use this overflow sheet if there is insufficient space on Form BE-125, Schedule C , to list every individual foreign country with which you had
transactions.
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