U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

FORM

QSS-2E 

QUARTERLY SERVICES SURVEY

(08-23-2022)

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Title 13 United States Code (U.S.C.),

Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the

Census Bureau to conduct this collection.

The U.S. Census Bureau is required by

Section 9 of the same law to keep your

information confidential and can use

your responses only to produce statistics.

The Census Bureau is not permitted

to publicly release your responses in a

way that could identify your business,

organization, or institution. Per the

Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act

of 2015, your data are protected from

cybersecurity risks through screening of

the systems that transmit your data.

This collection has been approved by

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval

number is 0607-0907 and appears at

the upper right of this page. Without

this approval, we could not conduct this

survey. (Please correct any errors in name, address, and ZIP Code.)

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complete this survey online at: https://portal.census.gov

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Throughout this survey, any reference to "this firm" is referring to the EIN that is printed in the mailing address

area or the new EIN that was provided as a response in 2 . Any responses related to "this firm" should only

include data for the EIN referenced.

 

• Any significant change in this firm's operations should be noted in 8

• For establishments sold or acquired during the quarter(s), report data only for the period the establishments

were operated by this firm

 

• Estimates are acceptable if book figures are not available

 

• Enter "0" where applicable

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Report data on an accrual basis

Dollars should be rounded to the nearest dollar

If a figure is $1,030,280,456 it should be reported as

Bil. Mil. Thou. Dol.

Include:

• Data for all Services establishments (excluding data for Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing, Mining, and

Construction operations) operated by this firm

• Data for auxiliary facilities primarily engaged in supporting services to this firm's establishment(s) such as

warehouses, garages, central administrative offices, and repair services

We estimate this survey will take an average of 15 minutes to complete. More information about this estimate and an address where you may

write with comments is on the back of this form.

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1 SURVEY COVERAGE

Did this firm provide the business activities described below?

Yes

No - Specify this firm's business activity

2 FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN)

Does this firm report payroll under EIN

Yes

No - Enter current 9-digit EIN AND date payroll was first

reported for this EIN .........................

EIN (9 digits)

 

Month

 

Day

 Year

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3 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

A.

 

Did this firm experience any acquisitions, sales, mergers, divestitures, and/or cease operations in the

Yes

No - Go to 4

B.

 

Which of the following organizational changes occurred in the

Check all that apply. If more than one organizational change occurred during the reporting period, explain in 8 .

Acquisition

Sale

Merger

Divestiture

Date of organizational change

 ................

AND

Enter detailed information below

Ceased Operation - Date of ceased operation/closure

 .............

 

Month

 

Day

 Year

 

Month

 

Day

 Year

Name of company EIN (9 digits)

Address (Number and street, P.O. Box, etc.)

City, town, village, etc. State ZIP Code

4 REPORTING PERIOD

What time period is covered by the data provided in this report?

Calendar quarter Beginning Date

 

Month

 

Day

 Year

Other - Report beginning and ending dates ....................

 End Date

 

Month

 

Day

 Year

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5 SALES, RECEIPTS, OR REVENUE

Taxable Firms

 Tax-exempt Firms

Include:

 Include:

 

• Operating revenue

 

• Operating and nonoperating revenue

 

• Total value of service contracts

 

• Amounts received for work subcontracted to others

 

• Revenue from services performed by domestic

locations for foreign parent firms, subsidiaries,

branches, etc.

 

• Market value of compensation in lieu of cash

 

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates

Exclude:

 

• Taxes (sales, amusement, occupancy, use, or other)

collected directly from customers or clients and paid

directly to a local, state, or Federal tax agency

 

• Revenue from a domestic parent organization, or

from franchise locations owned by others

 

• Rents from and revenue of separately operated

departments, concessions, etc., which are leased to

others

 

• Revenue from customers for carrying or other credit

charges

 

• Commissions from vending machine operators

 

• Revenue of foreign subsidiaries (those located

outside the U.S. , i.e., outside the 50 states, District

of Columbia, U.S. Commonwealth Territories, or

U.S. Possessions)

 

• Nonoperating revenue such as income from

investments, sales of company-owned real estate

(land and building), or other assets (except

inventory held for resale), securities, gifts, loans,

contributions, or grants

 

• Revenue from the sale of used equipment

 

• Installment payments from leasing under capital,

finance, or full-payout leases

 

• Program service revenue

 

• Gross sales of merchandise, minus returns and

allowances

 

• Income from interest, dividends, gross rents

(including display space rentals and share of

receipts from departments operated by other

companies), royalties, and other investments

 

• Net gains (losses) from the sale of real estate (land

and buildings), investments, or other assets (except

inventory held for resale)

 

• Gross contributions, gifts, and grants (whether or

not restricted for use in operations)

 

• Dues and assessments from members and affiliates

 

• Commissions earned from the sale of merchandise

owned by others (including commissions from

vending machine operators)

 

• Gross receipts from fundraising activities

Exclude:

 

• Taxes (sales, amusement, occupancy, use, or other)

collected directly from customers or clients and paid

directly to a local, state, or Federal tax agency

 

• Gross receipts of departments or concessions

operated by other companies

 

• Amounts transferred to operating funds from capital

or reserve funds

 

• Intracompany transfers

 

• Interest income

 

$ Bil.

 Mil. Thou. Dol.

What was this firm's revenue in the

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6 INPATIENT DAYS AND DISCHARGES

Inpatient Days - The unit of measure in which lodging was provided and services rendered to inpatients.

- A patient who is formally admitted and who is discharged or dies on the same day is counted as one patient day,

regardless of the number of hours the patient occupies a hospital bed. For patients switched from observation to

inpatient status, the patient day count should begin on the day the patient was officially admitted as an inpatient.

For inpatient admissions occurring before the current quarter or extending after the current quarter, record only

those days that occur during the second quarter and exclude days occurring before or after the quarter. Do not

include nursery discharges unless they are related to neonatal intermediate or intensive care units.

Include:

 Exclude:

 

• Inpatient acute and sub-acute days

 

• Nursery days

 

• Swing bed days

 

• Newborn days

 

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Distinct part unit days

Skilled nursing facilities days

Long term care days

Discharges - The termination of the granting of lodging in the hospital and the formal release of the patient

(including patients admitted and discharged on the same day).

- If a patient is discharged from an acute care unit and transferred to a swing bed or distinct part unit, one

discharge would be recorded when the patient is discharged from the acute care unit and a second discharge

recorded when the patient is discharged from the swing bed or distinct part unit. Do not include nursery

discharges unless they are related to neonatal intermediate or intensive care units.

Include:

 

• Inpatient acute and sub-acute discharges

 

• Swing bed discharges

 

• Distinct part unit discharges

 

• Skilled nursing facility discharges

 

• Long term care discharges

A.

 

What were this firm's inpatient days in the

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B.

 

What were this firm's discharges in the

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7 OPERATING EXPENSES

Include:

 

• Payroll and employee benefits

 

• Supplies used for operating your business, cost of

merchandise sold, and other expenses allocated to

operations during the year

 

• Contracted or purchased services

 

• Fees paid to other organizations for fundraising

 

• Depreciation expenses

 

• Expenses of locations providing support services

(e.g., repair services, administrative services, etc.)

for your service establishments

Exclude:

 

• Taxes (sales, amusement, occupancy, use, or other)

collected directly from customers or clients and paid

directly to a local, state, or Federal tax agency

 

• Outlays for the purchase of real estate (land and

buildings); for construction; for additions, major

alterations, and improvements to existing facilities;

and all other capital expenditures

 

• Funds invested

 

• Interest expense

 

• Bad debt

 

• Impairment

 

• Income taxes

 

• Assessments (dues) paid to the parent or other

chapters of the same organization

 

• For establishments engaged in raising funds - funds

transferred to charities or other organizations

 

$ Bil.

 Mil. Thou. Dol.

What were this firm's expenses in the

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8 REMARKS - Please use this space to explain any significant quarter-to-quarter changes, to clarify responses, or indicate

where data were estimated.

9 CONTACT INFORMATION

Name of person to contact regarding this report (Please print) Title

Telephone 

Area code

 Number Extension

 

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E-mail address

Website

 THANK YOU

for completing your QUARTERLY SERVICES SURVEY.

 We suggest you keep a copy for your records.

We estimate this survey will take an average of 15 minutes to complete, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering

and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this voluntary collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: sssd.qss@census.gov. Be sure to use "EID Survey Comments 0607-

0907" as the subject.

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