ITEM 3

ITEM 4

ITEM 5

ITEM 6

ITEM 7

ITEM 1

CONTACT PERSON

EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN)

Calendar month

4-week period

5-week period

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REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Sales – Enter total monthly sales including receipts from services.

SALES AND REPORTING PERIOD (See instructions on reverse side)

Mark one box to indicate the period covered by the sales entered 

in item 4a. If other than "Calendar month" is marked, specify ending date.

Mil. Thou. Dol.

Report period Ending date (Month and day)

Mil.

Month

END-OF-MONTH INVENTORIES (See instructions on reverse side)

Are the data reported in item 5a for a date other than the end of the month?

Mil.

METHOD OF INVENTORY COST DETERMINATION (See instructions on reverse side)

Amount of inventories in Item 5a subject to LIFO costing (includes LIFO reserve)

(1) LIFO reserve – The LIFO reserve is the DIFFERENCE between a given physical stock valued on a

non-LIFO basis, for example FIFO, and the same physical stock valued at LIFO (i.e., non-LIFO

value minus LIFO value).

(2) LIFO value of inventories in item 6b (excludes LIFO reserve)

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS

Note : The sum of items 6b(1) and 6b(2) should equal item 6b. The sum of items 6b and 6c should equal item 5a.

Enter the total number of wholesale establishments covered by this report, including auxiliary locations

(such as warehouses, garages, and central administrative offices) servicing these establishments.

Number of establishments

Yes – Enter the date that the data represents and continue with item 6

Thou. Dol.

Thou. Dol.

Day Year

Were any of the monthly inventories reported in item 5a valued using the LIFO method

of cost determination?

Yes – Continue with item 6b

No – Go to item 7 

Amount of inventories in Item 5a not subject to LIFO costing





Inventories – Enter total end-of-month inventories.



Note: Exclude sales of goods which were manufactured in the United States by this firm, parent company or their subsidiaries.







• Enter "NA" if inventory data are NOT AVAILABLE or "0" if inventory data are ZERO. Do not leave blank.

NOTICE — Your report to the Census

Bureau is confidential by law (Title

13, U.S. Code). It may be seen only 

by sworn Census employees and may

be used only for statistical purposes

from which no firm or establishment

may be identified. The law also

provides that copies retained in your

files are immune from legal process.

FORM

(11-29-2000)

SM-42(00) CURRENT TRADE REPORT

RETURN COMPLETED FORM IN

THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE

Name

DUE DATE:

(Please correct any error in name, address, and ZIP Code)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

MAILING ADDRESS

b.

a.

a.

b. Date of inventories

No – Continue with item 6

a.

b.

c.

• Explain any significant difference in sales from previous month in the "Remarks" section.

• Estimates are acceptable if book figures are not available.

• Explain any significant difference in inventories from previous month in the "Remarks" section.

ITEM 2

For help call: 1–800–772–7852

Title

Telephone (Area code, number, ext.)

FAX (Area code, number, ext.)

or FAX: 1–800–447–4613

• Estimates are acceptable if book figures are not available.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

OMB No. 0607-0190: Approval Expires 08/31/2002

Is the EIN in item 1 the same as that used on this

firm’s latest Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return,

Treasury Form 941?

Yes No

Continue with

next section

 - Enter current EIN and continue with next section

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This report covers all merchant wholesale establishments and their auxiliary locations reporting payroll under this

firm’s current EIN.

Include your Internet sales and inventories in this report.
Remarks

FORM SM-42(00) (11-29-2000) Page 2

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS

ITEM 4 – SALES AND REPORTING PERIOD

INCLUDE

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Credit and cash sales

Retail sales made by wholesale establishments covered by 

this report

Receipts from freight, installations, maintenance, repairs, 

alterations, storage, and other such services

Sales of goods that are shipped on this firm’s orders directly

to customers

Gross value of sales made on a commission basis for others 

(not actual commissions)

Excise taxes (such as those on gasoline, liquor, tobacco) 

that are levied on the manufacturer and included in the cost 

of goods purchased by this firm

EXCLUDE

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Sales tax and other taxes collected directly from customers

and paid directly to a local, State, or Federal tax agency

Transfers (billings) to other establishments in this firm

Receipts from customers for carrying or other credit charges

Sales of goods produced by this firm, parent company

or their subsidiaries if manufactured in the United

States

• Goods in transit in the United States

Goods held by others for sale on consignment

EXCLUDE

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Report end-of-month inventories at cost or market for all wholesale

establishments covered by this report, including auxiliary locations

(such as warehouses, garages, and central administrative offices) 

servicing these establishments. For inventories at LIFO (last in, first

out) cost, use the LIFO amount plus the reserve.

• Goods held in Foreign Trade Zones in the United States

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If this firm does not use the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method of cost

determination, mark the "No" box and skip to item 7.

If this firm does use the LIFO method –

(Carefully prepared estimates are acceptable if book figures are not available.)

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• Foreign sales of goods that never enter the United States

DEDUCT

• The actual value of rebates and discounts granted to the

purchaser, even if granted as an increase in trade-in

allowance

Sales to farmers for farm use

• Refunds and allowances for returned goods

ITEM 5 – END-OF-MONTH INVENTORIES

INCLUDE – All merchandise owned and held in the United

States, including:

• Items such as fixtures, equipment, and supplies not held for

resale

Goods held outside the United States

• Goods owned by others, such as those held on

consignment

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ITEM 6 – METHOD OF INVENTORY COST 

DETERMINATION

but does not value monthly records on a LIFO basis, mark 

the "No" box and skip to item 7.

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and does value monthly records on a LIFO basis, mark the

"Yes" box and report the total inventories subject to LIFO, the

LIFO reserve, the LIFO value of inventories, and the total 

inventories not subject to LIFO.

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