Form Sa 44 PDF Details

The SA-44 form, a crucial document issued by the U.S. Census Bureau under the Department of Commerce, plays a pivotal role in the collection of data for the Annual Retail Trade Report. With its validity and urgency underscored by an OMB approval number and a stated expiration date, this form encapsulates a wide array of information essential for statistical purposes, ensuring confidentiality and legal protection for the respondents' information as mandated by Title 13, U.S. Code. Designed to cover all retail establishments under a given Employer Identification Number (EIN), the form includes but is not limited to sales data, e-commerce transactions, merchandise inventories, and methods of inventory valuation, further delving into specifics such as e-commerce sales and the period data covers. Retailers are required to provide detailed operating receipts, accounting for sales taxes forwarded to taxing authorities and distinguishing between different types of sales and inventory valuation methods, including the Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) approach. Furthermore, the form queries about purchases of merchandise for resale, aiming to understand the scale and sourcing of goods within the retail sector, alongside probing into the mechanisms and balances of customer credit, thereby offering a comprehensive snapshot of a retailer's fiscal health and operational dynamics for the year 2003.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNUAL RETAIL TRADE REPORT

2003

DUE

 

DATE

 

NOTICE —Your report to the Census

 

Bureau is confidential by law (Title

 

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

 

by persons sworn to uphold the

 

confidentiality of Census Bureau

 

information and may be used only for

 

statistical purposes. The law also

 

provides that copies retained in your

 

files are immune from legal

 

process.

 

RETURN COMPLETED TO

 

➥ U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

 

1201 East 10th Street

 

Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001

 

FAX 1–800–447–4613

 

Any questions call

 

1–800–772–7851 weekdays,

 

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST

 

PROMPT RETURN WILL RESULT IN

 

CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS TO YOUR

 

GOVERNMENT.

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

 

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. Title 13, U.S. Code, requires businesses and other organizations that receive this questionnaire to answer the questions and return the report to the Census Bureau.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please read all instructions and complete all items in this report. If book figures are not available, carefully prepared estimates, labeled "Est." are acceptable.

This report should cover ALL retail establishments whose payroll was reported on the Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, Treasury Form 941, under the Employer Identification Number (EIN) shown in the address label (or as corrected in item 1A).

Data for auxiliary facilities operated under this EIN primarily engaged in furnishing supporting services to your retail establishments (such as warehouses, garages, central administrative offices, and repair services), should also be included in this report.

Data for retail establishments operated by other firms, such as franchises, should be excluded from this report.

For those establishments acquired or sold during 2003, only include data for the period they were operated by your firm.

Leased departments and concessions

1.Include in all items of this report, retail leased departments and concessions operated by this firm in establishments of others (e.g., shoe departments in department stores, prescription counters in food stores, gift shops in hotels, concession operations in sports stadiums) which report payroll under this firm’s current EIN shown in the address label (or as corrected in item 1A).

2.Exclude from all items of this report, departments and concessions operated by other firms in your retail stores.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Item 1A FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

021

Does your firm currently report payroll under the

 

 

 

{

(1)

Enter your present EIN

EIN shown in the address label?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

020 1

 

YES — Go to item 1B

 

 

2

 

NO

(2) When did you start reporting payroll under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this EIN?

–

Month

Year

022

Item 1B NUMBER OF RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS

Enter the total number of retail establishments, including departments and concessions, covered by this report as of December 31, 2003.

Number as of

December 31, 2003

110

CONTINUE ON REVERSE SIDE

Page 2

Item 2A TOTAL SALES OF MERCHANDISE AND OTHER OPERATING RECEIPTS FOR 2003

See instruction sheet for detailed directions.

Book figures for the calendar year 2003 should be reported in items 2Aa through 2Ac below. If book figures for the calendar year are not available, carefully prepared estimates for the calendar year are preferable to book figures covering another period.

a.Sales of merchandise and other receipts for all retail establishments, departments, and concessions.

NOTE — Include excise taxes on sales of items such as gasoline, liquor, and tobacco. Include e-commerce sales.

Do not include in item 2Aa receipts collected from customers for carrying charges or other charges for credit or sales taxes which were forwarded directly to taxing authorities.

b.Did your firm collect sales taxes which were forwarded directly to taxing authorities?

NOTE — Do not include excise taxes reported in item 2Aa.

120 1 YES — Report the amount of such taxes collected.

2 NO

c.TOTAL sales of merchandise and other operating receipts including sales taxes collected and forwarded directly to taxing authorities —

Sum of items 2Aa and 2Ab

2003

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

100

$

102

$

103

$

Item 2B

 

E-COMMERCE SALES OF MERCHANDISE AND OTHER OPERATING RECEIPTS FOR 2003

 

 

 

E-commerce sales and other operating receipts are sales of goods and services, where an order is placed by

 

 

 

 

the buyer or price and terms of the sale are negotiated over an Internet, extranet, EDI network, electronic mail,

 

 

 

 

or other online system. Payment may or may not be made online.

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

a. Did your firm have e-commerce sales during 2003?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

130

1

 

YES

2

 

NO —SKIP to item 2C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

b. E-commerce sales by your firm for 2003. (Include e-commerce sales in item 2Aa. Exclude

$

 

 

 

sales taxes.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2C

SALES REPORT PERIOD

104

Month

Day

Year

a.Do the data reported in items 2A and 2B represent the calendar year (January 1 through December 31) for

2003?

 

 

 

 

From

 

 

 

 

 

 

105

 

 

121 1

 

YES — Go to item 3

2

 

NO — Enter the period that the data represent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To

Item 3

MERCHANDISE INVENTORIES (December 31) —See instruction sheet for detailed directions.

 

Report cost value of all merchandise. Cost figures for December 31 should be reported in items 3a through 3c. If book figures are not available, carefully prepared estimates of inventories for December 31 are preferable to book figures representing another date. For inventories at LIFO cost, report the LIFO amount plus the LIFO reserve.

Complete each item; enter "0" if none.

a.Merchandise in retail store(s), departments, and concessions . . . . . . . . . . .

b.Merchandise in warehouses, offices, or in transit for distribution to your retail outlet(s), including merchandise to be distributed to retail departments and concessions operated

by your firm in other establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c.TOTAL merchandise inventories —

Sum of items 3a and 3b

d.Are the data reported in items 3a through 3c for December 31?

2201 YES — Go to item 4

2 NO — Enter the date that the data represent.

Merchandise inventories at cost value

 

2003

 

 

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

 

Dol.

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

 

Dol.

201

 

 

 

 

251

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

202

 

 

 

 

252

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

 

250

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Month

Day

Year

 

Month

Day

Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4 INVENTORY VALUATION METHOD — See instruction sheet for detailed directions.

a.Were any of the inventories reported in item 3 above valued using the Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) and/or LIFO Retail Method of inventory valuation?

305 1 YES2 NO —SKIP to item 5

b.Amount of inventories in item 3c subject to LIFO — Exclude

LIFO reserve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c.Amount of LIFO Reserve —The LIFO Reserve is the DIFFERENCE between a given physical stock valued on a non-LIFO basis,

for example, First-In, First-Out (FIFO), and that same physical stock

valued at LIFO (i.e., non-LIFO value MINUS LIFO value) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d.Amount of total inventories subject to LIFO —

Sum of items 4b and 4c

e.Amount of total inventories in item 3c which was not subject to LIFO . . . . . .

NOTE —The sum of lines 4d and 4e should equal item 3c.

 

 

2003

 

 

2002

 

Bil.

Mil.

 

Thou.

Dol.

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

301

 

 

 

 

351

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

302

 

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

303

 

 

 

 

353

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM SA-44 (8-27-2003)

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Item 5 PURCHASES OF MERCHANDISE (AT COST)

See instruction sheet for detailed directions.

a.Report total cost of merchandise purchased for resale (net of returns, allowances, and trade and cash discounts), for which you took title during 2003 whether or not payment was made during the year. Exclude expeditures for supplies, equipment, and parts purchased for your company’s own use.

Purchases at cost value

2003

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

400

$

b.Were any of the goods purchased for resale in item 5a ordered over an Internet, extranet, EDI, or other online system?

405 1

 

YES

2

 

NO

3

 

DON’T KNOW

DEFINITIONS OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

INSTALLMENT ACCOUNTS

Open-end — Primarily "revolving" or optional accounts in which a deferred payment privilege is extended through a line of credit and the customer has the option of paying the balance in full, usually with no finance charge, or paying in two or more installments subject to some minimum required payment with a finance charge usually assessed.

Closed-end — Credit generally requiring a new contract to cover each extension of credit in which a precomputed finance charge is assessed, and which specifies a fixed schedule of installment payments with the number and the amount of payments and due dates specified in the contract.

CHARGE ACCOUNTS — Credit accounts for which full payment is scheduled to be made at the end of the customary billing period.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE BEFORE ANSWERING ITEM 6B.

Item 6A ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BALANCES

Does this company extend credit to customers at any of its retail establishments or departments and concessions covered by this report?

NOTE — Exclude credit which may have originated at this firm, but is actually provided by others, such as banks, finance companies, oil or other credit card issuing companies.

520 1 YES —Refer to definitions of accounts receivable above.

2 NO —SKIP to item 7

Item 6B UNPAID BALANCES FOR ALL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THIS REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances outstanding as of —

 

Type of account

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2003

 

Mark (X) one box for each line to indicate type of credit account carried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bil.

 

Mil.

Thou.

Dol.

 

1. INSTALLMENT ACCOUNTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

501

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Open-end accounts (revolving or optional)

521

1

 

YES

2

 

NO

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

502

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Closed-end accounts

522

1

 

YES

2

 

NO

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. CHARGE ACCOUNTS

523

1

 

YES

2

 

NO

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Total — Sum of lines 1(a), 1(b), and 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMARKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CENSUS USE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 7

CERTIFICATION —This report is substantially accurate and has been prepared in accordance with instructions.

 

Name and e-mail address of person to contact

Address — Number and street, city, State, ZIP Code

954

Telephone

 

regarding this report – Print or type

951

 

 

 

 

 

Area code

Number

Extension

950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

955

Fax number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area code

Number

 

Signature of authorized person

Title

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

952

953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

956 Internet address (firm’s homepage)

 

 

 

 

http://

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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