Use of Tax Data inthe Unified Enterprise Survey (UES).ppt

Use of Tax Data inthe Unified Enterprise Survey (UES) Workshop on Use of Administrative Data in Economics Statistics Marie Brodeur Moscow November, 2006 Overview of the presentation 1. UES Background 2. Integrated Approach Principles 3. Survey Characteristics 4. Business Register 5. Sampling 6. Achievements and Future Directions 7. Use of Tax Data 8. Research and development 1. UES Background Major project to improve provincial statistics (1996) Reliable Annual Provincial Data for the Allocation of HST Revenues (SNA I-O Tables) More detailed Industry Commodity data Creation of Enterprise Statistics Division (ESD) UES Pilot (RY 1997) -- 7 surveys Gradual Expansion of Surveys; Covers 65% of GDP 2. Integrated Approach Principles Use of Single, Unduplicated Frame -- the BR Expanded coverage Common Sample Design Methodology Integrated Questionnaire -- common / simple language; harmonized concepts / variables Centralized Data Collection at the Statistical Establishment level 2. Integrated Approach Principles (continued) Common Generic Processing Systems and Methods Centralized Warehouse Head Office Survey Maximum Use of Tax Data Annual Profiling of Large Enterprises Enterprise Portfolio Managers 3. Survey Characteristics Separate Enterprise Establishment Surveys Over 50 Establishment Surveys Over 55,000 collection entities representing about 68,000 establishments (17K replaced by tax for RY 2005) Centralized Collection -- $3.5 million budget Smallest businesses estimated through tax 4. Business Register (BR) BR covers all sectors Incorporated and unincorporated businesses Complex and simple enterprises Structure Legal Operational Statistical (Enterprise Establishment) Updated with Administrative Data 5. Sampling Stratified Random Sample Industry (NAICS 4) Province Size 1 Take-all stratum 2 Take-some strata (50% of units replaced by tax) Take-none strata (under Royce-Maranda thresholds)