These footnotes correspond to those used for the published tables, which show data in billions of dollars and 2-decimal places, and may not completely apply to the tables in millions of dollars and 3-decimal places. The published tables may be found using the link: http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/index.asp

1. Except for farm proprietorships and partnerships (line 15) and other private business (line 19), the capital consumption adjustment is calculated in two parts. The adjustment for consistent accounting at historical cost converts depreciation, based on the service lives and depreciation schedules employed by firms when filing their income tax returns, to consistent service lives and empirically based depreciation schedules. The adjustment for current-cost valuation converts the historical-cost series with consistent accounting to a series valued at current cost. For farm proprietorships and partnerships and for other private business, the historical-cost series is based on consistent service lives and empirically based depreciation schedules, so the adjustment reflects only a conversion to current-cost valuation.

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