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 TW-48460 - Trucking and Warehousing

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 Questions

• Sector Questions

1.  Which transportation and warehousing form should I use?
2.  If I don't have information should I leave it blank?



• Form Questions

3.  What should I report for revenue (Item 5)?
4.  What are employer costs for fringe benefits (Item 7)?
5.  How should I report inventories (Items 9 and 10)?
6.  What is the difference between Local Trucking and Long Distance Trucking (Item 19)?
7.  What are truckload vs. less-than truckload services (Item 19)?
8.  What if my kind of business is not listed (Item 19)?
9.  What if I have more than one kind of business (Item 19)?
10.  What are general vs. specialized warehousing facilities (Item 19)?
11.  How should I report detail of sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue (Item 22)?
12.  Must I report sales in both dollars and percents (Item 22)?
13.  What if I don't know my revenue by product line (Item 22)?
14.  What if my revenue line is not listed (Item 22)?
15.  Why is a certification required (Item 30)?

 Answers

• Sector Questions




1.  Which transportation and warehousing form should I use?

Please try to use the census form(s) you were mailed. Completing and submitting the forms you were mailed will expedite your response, and any TW-xxxxx form should be effective to provide information for any transportation or warehousing establishment. Please use the "Other..." category if necessary (for example, for Item 18 0r 22), and include any needed explanation of your response in the "Remarks" section (after Item 29).

If you need forms. Please contact us if you need replacement forms, additional forms for all of your establishments, or different forms for any non-TW establishments.

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2.  If I don't have information should I leave it blank?

No. Please provide us with your best information. If information to complete an item is not available from your business records, please provide us with your best estimate of it. We find that your best estimate is much better than no information at all. If you do provide estimates, please use the "Remarks" section (after Item 29) to identify and explain them.

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3.  What should I report for revenue (Item 5)?

Please report gross revenue from services provided, for the use of facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2007, whether or not payment was received in 2007. Please review your Information Sheet for examples of how to report revenues in Items 5 and 22.

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4.  What are employer costs for fringe benefits (Item 7)?

Employer costs for fringe benefits are the costs of any benefits that employers provide but that are not required under Federal or state law. Examples include the cost of premiums an employer may pay for employees' life or health insurance benefits.

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5.  How should I report inventories (Items 9 and 10)?

Inventories are the value of merchandise an establishment holds for resale, excluding any merchandise it has rented out and any merchandise it may hold but does not own. Report the market value of inventories using generally accepted accounting principles.

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6.  What is the difference between Local Trucking and Long Distance Trucking (Item 19)?

Local Trucking is the transfer of goods within a city, town, or other local areas, including adjoining towns and suburban areas. Local Trucking establishments usually provide trucking within a metropolitan area which may cross state lines. Generally the trips are same-day return. Long Distance Trucking is the transfer of goods generally beyond a city, town, other local areas, adjoining towns, and adjoining suburban areas. Long Distance Trucking establishments usually provide trucking between metropolitan areas which may cross North American country borders.

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7.  What are truckload vs. less-than truckload services (Item 19)?

Establishments that provide truckload services are establishments that primarily deal in shipments that weigh more than 10,000 pounds. Establishments that provide less-than truckload services primarily deal in shipments that weigh 10,000 pounds or less.

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8.  What if my kind of business is not listed (Item 19)?

Please mark an "X" in the box next to "Other kind of business" at the end of the list, and briefly describe your establishment's principal business activity in the space near the box.

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9.  What if I have more than one kind of business (Item 19)?

Please mark an "X" in the box that best describes the principal kind of business for your reporting establishment. "Principal" means the kind that generated the most receipts or revenue during calendar year 2007. If your principal business is not listed, please choose "Other kind of business" at the end of the list and briefly describe it in the space near the box.

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10.  What are general vs. specialized warehousing facilities (Item 19)?

General Warehousing are establishments primarily engaged in warehousing and storage of a general line of goods for the public that are packaged or readily handled. They don't include refrigeration, controlled humidity, or special handling. Specialized Goods Warehousing are establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of special products, such as petroleum products, chemicals, automobiles, and textiles.

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11.  How should I report detail of sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue (Item 22)?

Please report for each listed description that accounted for at least 1 percent of the establishment's total sales or revenue reported in Item 5. Please report figures in either whole dollars or whole percentages, and assure that total for all items reported equals the dollar amount reported in Item 5 or 100 percent. Also, please review your Information Sheet and census form information for Item 22 for more complete descriptions of how to report specific items.

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12.  Must I report sales in both dollars and percents (Item 22)?

No. Report dollars if your form only has space for dollar figures, and report either dollars or percents if your form has space for both dollars and percents (and see the "How to Report" information ahead of Item 5 and Item 22 of your form).

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13.  What if I don't know my revenue by product line (Item 22)?

If book figures are not available for your establishment, or for each revenue line, please provide us with your best estimate of the percentage of your total revenue for each applicable revenue line.

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14.  What if my revenue line is not listed (Item 22)?

Please use the "Other Products" space in Item 22 to provide information for any previously unlisted revenue line(s). Go to the end of the revenue line listings in Item 22 and use the "Other Products" space to estimate the total for all unlisted lines, and to describe and provide an estimate for each separate unlisted line.

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15.  Why is a certification required (Item 30)?

Certification confirms the accuracy and time period for reported information, identifies the form's completion date, and provides a contact for use if the Census Bureau has any questions about the completed form.

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