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Report of Organization
FAQs

This section answers the most frequently asked questions about the Report of Organization Survey. Other sections answer additional questions about survey coverage and forms. If you don't find answers to all your survey questions, please contact staff.

• General
• Legal Issues

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Questions and Answers - by Category

• General
  
  

  1.	What is the purpose of the Report of Organization?
  2.	What is the estimated time needed to complete the form?
  3.	When is the Report of Organization due?
  4.	How do I request a time extension?
  5.	How often is the Report of Organization conducted?
  6.	What is the coverage of the Report of Organization?
  7.	How is the Report of Organization carried out?
  8.	What type of data does the Report of Organization collect?
  9.	How are the data collected from the Report of Organization used?
  10.	Are any reports generated from the data collected in the Report of Organization?
  11.	Where can I get information about Census publications?
  12.	My company was sold during the year in question. Am I still required to complete the form?
  13.	My company did not operate during 2010. Am I still required to complete the form?
  14.	Can estimates be used to complete the report form?
  15.	Are copies of forms acceptable for filing?
  16.	Can I report on a fiscal year basis?
  17.	How do I access the previous year(s) submitted data?
  18.	Changes that were made last year are not present in this year’s form. Why?
  19.	How can I obtain a copy of the data my company submitted last year?
  20.	My business does not have a physical address for one or more locations. What should I report?
  21.	My company has acquired additional locations since last year. Where do I report them?
  22.	Where can I obtain paper copies of the NC-99001 report form?
  23.	Where can I obtain a copy of the instructions to complete the form?
  24.	How do I confirm the Census Bureau received my data?
  25.	Will my business be visited by an enumerator?
  26.	How do I contact the Census Bureau?
  27.	Can I combine all of my data?
  28.	Why doesn’t this look like the NC-99001 I got last year?
  29.	Should I report for the establishment shown in the label of the form or should I report for the entire company.
  30.	Can the data be reported on a fiscal year basis?
  31.	These questions seem to apply to manufacturers. Do I still need to complete them?
  32.	Why have these questions been added to the form? It is too complicated.
  33.	What is supposed to be reported as Operating Revenues and Net Sales?
  34.	What are domestic inter-company sales?
  35.	Should I include sales or excise taxes?
  36.	As a tax exempt organization, should I include profits from investments / interest received / grant money received / gifts received / contributions received / receipts from the sale of assets as part of Operating Revenues and Net Sales?
  37.	Should I include management fees collected from other company-owned establishments as part of Operating Revenues and Net Sales?
  38.	I sell merchandise on a commission / agency basis, what do I report for Operating Revenue and Net Sales?
  39.	Where do I report trademark royalties?
  40.	Do royalty and license fees for the use of intellectual property include franchise fees received for the use of a tradename?
  41.	Should I include the value of goods that are part of the franchise arrangement as part of the franchise fees?
  42.	Should I include the sale of custom written software in the computer software category?
  43.	What is included in Item 3C part B for revenues from royalties and license fees for rights to use intellectual property?
  44.	I don’t have records on the types of royalty and license fees for the use of intellectual property categories / share of revenue from contract manufacturing / share of the cost of sales from contract manufacturing. What do I do?
  45.	Why include Franchise fees in Royalties and License Fees?
  46.	What is contract manufacturing?

  
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• Legal Issues
  
  

  47.	Can my company be exempt from filing the census forms?
  48.	Are my data confidential?
  49.	Is the Report of Organization required?
  50.	Where can I view Title 13, United States Code?
  51.	What are the penalties for not reporting?
  52.	Who sees my completed report form(s)?
  53.	Is this a legitimate business survey conducted by the Census Bureau?

  
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