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

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

The latest form for BE-125 Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons expires 2027-11-30 and can be found here.