Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

This section answers the most frequently asked questions about the Monthly Retail Trade Survey. Other sections answer additional questions about survey coverage and forms. If you don't find answers to all your survey questions, please contact us.

• General
• Form Completion
• Sample Selection
• Publication Information

Questions and Answers - by Category

• General

  1.  Why should my company fill out this form?
  2.  Who uses the data?
  3.  My firm is no longer in business. What should I do?
  4.  Why don't you get the information you need from the IRS?
  5.  How do I know that no one else can access the data from your computer?
  6.  How did you get my Employer Identification Number (EIN)?
  
  

• Form Completion

  7.  Besides mailing the form back, are there any other ways to report?
  8.  Are estimates acceptable?
  9.  Why do you need to know if I own other companies or if another company owns my firm?
  10.  If I need another copy of the questionnaire(s), how can I obtain one?
  11.  Can I be paid for completing the survey?
  
  

• Sample Selection

  12.  What industries will be covered in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey?
  13.  What is NAICS?
  14.  How was my company selected for the survey?
  15.  How long will I be in the survey?
  16.  I'm a very small business. Why do you want information from me?
  
  

• Publication Information

  17.  When will the survey data be available?
  18.  How can I obtain the published data?