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 TW-48801 - Transportation Services

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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.  What if my kind of business is not listed (Item 19)?
6.  What if I have more than one kind of business (Item 19)?
7.  What are freight forwarders vs. shipping agent/brokers (Item 19)?
8.  How should I report detail of sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue (Item 22)?
9.  Must I report sales in both dollars and percents (Item 22)?
10.  What if I don't know my revenue by product line (Item 22)?
11.  What if my revenue line is not listed (Item 22)?
12.  What is the cost of purchased transportation (Item 26 A)?
13.  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.  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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6.  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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7.  What are freight forwarders vs. shipping agent/brokers (Item 19)?

Freight Forwarding are establishments primarily engaged in undertaking the transportation of goods from shippers to receivers. Shipping Agents or Brokers are establishments primarily engaged in arranging transportation of freight and cargo.

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8.  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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9.  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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10.  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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11.  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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12.  What is the cost of purchased transportation (Item 26 A)?

The cost of purchased transportation includes payments made to owner operators for freight moved by air, motor, railroad, water and other third party transportation.

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13.  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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