General Instructions
Visit econhelp.census.gov or Call 1-800-233-6136, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.,
Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Please reference your 11-digit Census File Number (CFN) printed on each form with all communications.
An establishment is generally a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. This includes all locations of a company or organization, including administrative offices, warehouses, etc., that were in operation at any time during 2012. Please report information for each establishment owned or controlled by the company or organization. If the company or organization has multiple locations, report their data in the Ownership and Control form.
This report should cover calendar year 2012. If book figures are not available, estimates are acceptable. If your fiscal year covers at least 10 months of calendar year 2012, you may report all items except payroll on a fiscal year basis. Calendar year figures for payroll should be available from your Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, or Form 944, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return. After you have completed your forms and are ready to submit, select "Submit Forms" and indicate on the Certification screen the exact dates covered.
If this establishment stopped operating before January 1, 2012, indicate action and date in Item 3 (Operational Status), select the box to indicate "None" in Item 4 (Months in Operation), and navigate through the rest of the form in order to submit.
If this establishment was closed, sold, or leased to another company or organization during 2012, complete the report form for the portion of 2012 that the establishment was operating.
Dollar figures should be rounded to the nearest thousand dollars as illustrated in "How to Report Dollar Figures."
Please keep a copy of your report form for your records. You can do so by navigating to the "Main Menu" and selecting the View/Print PDF icon in the far right column for the form you wish to print.
The Public Reporting Burden Statement for each industry is provided in the Information Sheet(s) for each form. Select the appropriate sector from the drop-down menu. Click on the appropriate Information Sheet(s) under the heading for "Information Sheet(s)".
Response to this collection of information is required unless it does not display a valid approval number from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB eight-digit number appears on the "Main Menu" under the heading "OMB" for each form.
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Due Date and Time Extensions
Due Date
The Economic Census report forms are due on February 12, 2013.
Time Extensions
Time extensions are available by clicking "Time Extensions" Services | Online Services on our Business Help Site