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Questions about this sector are provided below and apply to the Sector as a whole. QuestionsSector Questions 1. What activities should be included when I report manufacturing activity? AnswersSector Questions 1. What activities should be included when I report manufacturing activity?Report all activities (manufacturing, fabricating, processing, and assembling) conducted with the establishment.
2. I believe that I am a service provider yet I received a manufacturing form.The manufacturing sector does include establishments engaged in the following activities that are often thought to be in the services sector.
3. Where do I report data for leased employees?Report employment and payroll data for leased employees in Item 7. 4. What should I include in Plant Hours Worked by Production workers?INCLUDE: All hours worked or paid for, except hours paid for vacations, holidays or sick leave. If an employee elects to work during the vacation period, report only actual hours worked by the employee.
5. My electricity costs are included in my lease so I do not have these costs available to report. What should I report?Contact your landlord, leasing agent or building management and obtain an approximate costs or a percentage of the lease and insert that value in Item 15A4. 6. Since my electricity costs are included in my lease I do not have detailed information on the quantity of purchased electricity my establishment uses. What should I report?Contact your landlord, leasing agent or building management and obtain and approximate amount of electricity consumed in kilowatt hours. Estimates are fine. 7. What are Resales?Resales are products purchased and resold without further manufacturing, processing or assembly and should be included in the Resales line of the Detail of Shipments, Receipts or Revenue portion of the form (Item 22) and (Item 15A2). 8. What is included in the "Cost of materials, parts, containers, packaging, etc?" ?Report the delivered cost of materials. That is, the amount paid or payable after discounts, including freight and other direct charges incurred by the establishment in aquiring the materials.
9. Where do I report fuels used as raw materials in the production of a product?Fuels used as raw material in the production of a product should be reported in 15A1 Cost of Materials, Parts, Containers, packaging, etc. used. Fuels used as fuel in the production of a product should be reported in 15A3 Cost of purchased fuels consumed. 10. Where should I include the cost of contract work or work done by others on our materials?If any contract work was done by others on materials furnished by your establishment, report the total payments made during the year for such work, including freight in and out in Item 15A5.
11. Our company only does a portion of the work on this product, then sends it to another of our domestic plants to be finished. I'm sure they are reporting this information to you, so should I really be reporting this information?Yes. Please report the value of shipments in Item 22 and for ASM companies report this information in (Item 4C) - Sales, Shipments, Receipts or Revenue. 12. My company is not a manufacturer, what should I do?If you do not manufacture products at the location shown in the address box of the report form, please indicate the nature of your business in the remarks section (Item 29) and return the form to us. |
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