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INFORMATION FOR RESPONDENTS





THE COLLECTION PERIOD FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL BUSINESS SURVEY (ABS) IS NOW OPEN.

For help with completing this survey, please sign-in to your Census Bureau
account or visit https://econhelp.census.gov/abs.

For further assistance, call the customer help line at 1-888-824-9954, Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. 




OVERVIEW

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides estimates for all nonfarm employer
businesses filing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms as individual
proprietorships, partnerships, or any type of corporation, and with receipts of
$1,000 or more. In addition, the ABS will also provide estimates on non-profit
organizations.

 * The ABS is conducted jointly by the National Center for Science and
   Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF)
   and the Census Bureau.
 * All nonfarm employer businesses filing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax
   forms as individual proprietorships, partnerships, or any type of
   corporation, and with receipts of $1,000 or more are eligible for selection
   in the ABS sample.
 * All nonprofit organizations, except those operating in the Public
   Administration and Education Industries; as well as Religious Organizations,
   are eligible for selection in the ABS sample.
 * Provides statistics on the number of firms, sales/receipts, annual payroll,
   and employment by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status as well as R&D and
   Innovation and various other relevant topics.




READY TO REPORT OR NEED ASSISTANCE?

To report online:

 1. Sign-in or Register at https://portal.census.gov.
    
 2. Add your authentication code.
 3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.”  You can return to your account over
    multiple sessions to complete.
 4. For assistance completing this survey, please sign-in to your Census Bureau
    account at https://portal.census.gov and send us a secure message or call
    the customer help line at 1-888-824-9954, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.
    to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
 5. Please visit How Do I Get Started? for additional information.
    
 6. Please visit How-To Video for information on ‘Signing into the Respondent’
    portal, via your Census Bureau account.
 7. For survey specific information, please visit our FAQ's.

 

The survey does not need to be completed in one sitting. You may save and exit
the survey and return later to continue.




RESPONDENT MATERIALS

To help you prepare for online reporting, click on the appropriate survey
questions and instructions below.
Some questions may not be applicable to all respondents. Specific questions are
shown based on your response to select questions. The reporting tool will direct
you to the appropriate questions. If you were requested to respond to the
Research Activities at Nonprofit Organizations module, please see section E of
the 2024 Annual Business Survey.

(All surveys are in Adobe PDF file format and are for informational purposes
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PREVIEW SURVEY QUESTIONS

ABS_2024 [<1.0 MB]



INSTRUCTIONS

ABS-2024 Instructions [<1.0 MB]



LETTERS

Initial Letter [<1.0 MB]
Due Date Reminder [<1.0 MB]
ABS - Research Activities at Nonprofit Organizations Initial Letter [<1.0 MB]
ABS - Research Activities at Nonprofit Organizations Due Date Reminder [<1.0 MB]



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Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 131, and 182; Title 42, United
States Code, Section 1861-76 (National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended); and Section 505 within the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010, authorize this collection.  Sections 224 and 225 of Title 13, require your
response.




CONFIDENTIALITY

The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of Title 13 to keep your
information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics.  The
Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that
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Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from
cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit data.




SURVEY LEGITIMACY

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 1. Ensure the Web address provided in the letter is a "census.gov" domain.
 2. Correspondence sent in the form of a letter or email will contain reporting
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    correspondence related to this survey will come from a census.gov address.
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