Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the Annual Capital and Repairs Expenditures Survey: Expenditures for 2020 (Long form by function).
Your answers are confidential.
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act.
Statistics Canada will use information from this survey for statistical purposes.
Table of contents
- Reporting period information
- Reporting dollar amounts
- Definitions
- Required Information
- Functions and associated assets
- List of assets for disposals and sales
Reporting period information
For the purpose of this survey, please report information for your 12 month fiscal period for which the final day occurs on or between April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021.
Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
- May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
- June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
- July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
- August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020
- September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020
- October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
- November 1, 2019 to October 31, 2020
- December 1, 2019 to November 30, 2020
- January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
- February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021
- March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021
- April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
- September 18, 2019 to September 15, 2020 (e.g., floating year-end)
- June 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (e.g., a newly opened business)
Reporting dollar amounts
- all reported amounts must be rounded to the nearest thousand Canadian dollars (eg $ 6,555,444.00 rounded to $ 6,555);
- exclude sales tax;
- the best estimate is acceptable if you do not have specific numbers;
- If you have no capital expenditures, please write "0".
Definitions
What are Capital Expenditures?
Capital Expenditures are the gross expenditures on fixed assets for use in the operations of your organization or for lease or rent to others. Gross expenditures are expenditures before deducting proceeds from disposals, and credits (capital grants, donations, government assistance and investment tax credits).
Fixed assets are also known as capital assets or property, plant and equipment. They are items with a useful life of more than one year and are not purchased for resale but rather for use in the entity's production of goods and services.
Examples are buildings, vehicles, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, machinery, and computer software.
Include:
- Cost of all buildings, engineering structures, machinery and equipment which normally have a life of more than one year and are charged to fixed asset accounts
- Modifications and major renovations
- Capital costs such as feasibility studies, architectural, legal, installation and engineering fees
- Subsidies used to fund capital expenditures
- Capitalized interest charges on loans with which capital projects are financed
- Work done by own labour force
- Additions to capital work in progress
Exclude:
- business acquisitions
- transfers and write offs
How to Treat Leases
Include:
- Fixed assets acquired as a lessee through either a capital or financial lease;
- Fixed assets acquired for lease to others as an operating lease.
Exclude:
- assets acquired for lease to others, either as a capital or financial lease.
Operating lease: The lessor bears the risk of ownership and retains a significant "residual" economic interest in the leased property. The lessee has the right to temporary use of the property, for a term shorter than the economic life of the property, in exchange for regular payments. At the end of the lease, the lessee has the option of purchasing the property at fair market value.
Capital or financial lease: These leases are similar in that the lessor in effect finances the "purchase" of the leased property by the lessee and retains a security interest in the leased property. The lessee retains the leased property for substantially all of its economic life. Usually, at the end of the rental period, he has the option to buy the property at a reduced price.
Land: Capital expenditures for land must include all costs associated with the purchase of land that is not amortized. Improvements to land are to be reported under "Non-residential construction".
Work in Progress: Work in progress represents the costs accumulated since the start of capital projects and which are intended to be capitalized upon completion.
If a major project has been launched or an existing project has been expanded, please indicate the nature, location and, if applicable, the name (s) of the project in the comment section of the questionnaire.
Type of activity (function): The type of activity refers to the function (the economic or social goal or purpose) of capital and repair expenditures incurred during the year. It is the service for others that it serves to support and not its internal
Examples:
A capital expense for the acquisition of office furniture for a hospital.
The function of this acquisition is hospital services.
A capital expense for the construction of a waste disposal facility at a school for its own use.
The function of this expense is teaching.
Residential Construction:
A building or residential building refers to a building used or intended for residential purposes on a permanent or non-permanent basis. Residential buildings normally provide self-contained bathroom and kitchen units to the occupants of each dwelling.
A building for which the majority of housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified as non-residential.
Include capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for residential construction (contract or by your own employees).
Include the residential portion of multipurpose complexes and townsites.
Exclude buildings that have dwellings without bathrooms or self-contained or exclusive-use kitchens (e.g, some student or senior residences, short-term shelters), or service-related expenses.
Affordable Housing: Include government-subsidized rental housing. Exclude short-term shelters and single-use, non-bathroom, self-contained dwellings and service-related expenses (these are reported under non-residential construction).
Non-Residential Construction:
This group includes non-residential buildings (buildings). A non-residential building or building refers to a construction that is used or intended for non-residential purposes, namely for industrial, commercial or institutional purposes, including the provision of services. Include capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for non-residential buildings and engineering works (on a contract basis and / or by your own employees) whether for your own use or lease.
A building for which housing units have a shared bathroom and kitchen is classified under this group. Building structures should be classified as an asset according to their main use, unless it is a multipurpose structure in which we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery or equipment that is an integral or integrated part of the structure (elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental control systems, intercom systems, etc.) must be declared as part of the structure this structure and the landscaping and associated parking lots.
Include:
- Manufacturing plants, warehouses, office buildings, shopping centres, etc.;
- Roads, bridges, sewers, electric power lines, underground cables, etc.;
- The cost of demolition of buildings, land servicing and site preparation;
- Leasehold and land improvements.
- Additions to work in progress;
- Town site facilities such as streets, sewers, stores and schools;
- Buildings that have accommodation units without self-contained or exclusive use of bathroom and kitchen facilities (e.g., some student and senior citizen residences) and associated expenditures on services;
- All preconstruction planning and design costs such as engineer and consulting fees and any materials supplied to construction contractors for installation, etc.
Machinery and Equipment
Capital expenditures incurred during the reporting period for machinery and equipment, whether for your own use or for lease or rent to others. Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure.
Include:
- Automobiles, trucks, professional and scientific equipment, office and store furniture and appliances;
- Computers (hardware only), broadcasting, telecommunications and other information and communication technologies equipment;
- Motors, generators, transformers;
- Any capitalized tooling expenses;
- Acquisitions to work in progress;
- Progress payments paid out before delivery in the year in which such payments are made;
- Any balance owing or holdbacks should be reported in the year the cost is incurred.
New Capital Assets: Enter new capital expenditures, including the portion of work in progress for the current year. Include imports of used capital assets as they represent newly acquired assets for the Canadian economy.
Canadian Used Capital Assets: Our survey is designed to measure separately the acquisitions of new and used capital assets across the Canadian economy. The acquisition of used capital does not increase the total capital stock, but simply transfers it to the Canadian economy. Indicate the acquisition of used assets separately in this column.
Renovation, Refurbishment, Refurbishment or Refurbishment, Restoration: Indicate capital expenditures for improvements, renovations, repairs, refurbishments, overhauls, or restoration. Exclude routine repair or maintenance expenses.
Non-Capitalized Repair and Maintenance expenses
This refers to the repair and maintenance of property as opposed to the acquisition or renovation of capital assets.
Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures are that portion of current or operating expenditures charged against revenue in the year incurred and made for the purpose of keeping the stock of fixed assets in good working condition during the life originally intended.
Repair and maintenance allow such fixed assets to operate at output producing capacity during the asset life without undue amounts of down time (preventive function). A second purpose is the returning of any portion of the stock of fixed assets into a state of good working condition after any malfunctioning or reduced efficiency for whatever reason (curative function) short of replacement of such fixed assets or adding significantly to their life or productive efficiency.
Maintenance expenditures on buildings and other structures may include the routine care of assets such as janitorial services, snow removal and/or salting and sanding by the firm's own employees or persons outside the firm's employ.
Maintenance expenditures on machinery and equipment may include oil change and lubrication of vehicles and machinery.
Include:
- the gross value of non-capitalized repairs and maintenance expenditures on non-residential buildings, other construction or machinery and equipment;
- the value of repairs made by your own workforce, as well as payments to outside repairers;
- building maintenance services: janitorial services, snow removal, abrasive application, etc. ;
- maintenance of equipment: oil changes and lubrication of vehicles or other machinery, etc.
Source of funding breakdown - Internal costs
Sources of funding for capital expenditures include grants, donations, credit and venture capital from external sources, as well as internal funding.
Value of the work performed by the business on its own account: These expenses include the value of all materials and equipment provided without charge to contractors, all architectural, engineering and consulting fees and those paid for other similar services.
Internal costs of construction or development (such as equipment and labor): which are capitalized in the cost of assets (such as installation by own employees or assembly of fixed assets, personnel systems and software development). Include all materials and supplies provided free of charge to contractors and all fees for architects, engineers and consultants and services.
Include all materials and supplies provided free to contractors and all architects, engineering and consultants fees and similar services.
Salaries and wages: Indicate the total value of salaries and wages paid to your employees. Wages and salaries are gross earnings before deductions, such as income taxes; they include incentive and vacation pay, but exclude benefits.
Materials and Supplies: Report the total cost of materials and supplies used by your employees and those provided free of charge to contractors for reported expenses.
Other Expenses: Other expenses include, for example, insurance premiums, electricity and telephone costs, and applicable architects, lawyers and engineers fees, if applicable the declared expenditure.
Disposal and sale of fixed assets
Selling price: Indicate the total value of the sale of the fixed assets that you sold or sold, even if you gave them in exchange for a credit for the acquisition or purchase of new fixed assets. When land and buildings are sold together, report separately the sale price of the land, along with other land sales.
Gross book value: This value must represent the total capital expenditures for a property at the time of construction or initial purchase or since that time, including all subsequent capital expenditures for retrofit, expansion, etc. Subsidies should not be subtracted.
Age: Indicate the age of the assets at the time of their disposition.
If you have sold or sold similar fixed assets with different working ages, report these separately or combine the data and provide a weighted average age of these assets.
Environmental protection and resource management expenditures
These questions cover the capital and repair expenditures made by this organization in order to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment while performing your production activity, i.e., within your organization. Expenditures made to restore the environment from a degraded state are included. It can also be expenditures made for resource management activities which result in the more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion or the use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard. This includes expenditures that this specific operation incurred for pollution prevention and abatement and control. Exclude expenditures made to improve employee health, workplace safety, and site beautification. Please report all environmental protection or resource management expenditures whether or not they are in response to current or anticipated Canadian or international regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements.
Enter capital expenditures for each of the following environment protection or resources management activities.
a. Solid waste management: Capital expenditures related to non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste collection, transport, treatment, storage, disposal, recycling, and composting, and activities related to measurement, control, and laboratories. Exclude capital expenditures on sewage or wastewater management, and treatment of high-level radioactive waste.
b. Wastewater management: Capital expenditures related to prevention of wastewater through in-process modifications, wastewater treatment (including pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) processes), management of substances released to surface waters, municipal sewer systems, soil, or underground. Include capital expenditures related to treatment of cooling water for disposal, installation of sewage infrastructure, expenditures related to the use, collection, treatment and disposal of sewage (including septic tanks), and activities related to measurement, control, and laboratories. Exclude expenditures on the protection of groundwater from pollutant infiltration and the cleaning up of soil and water bodies after pollution.
c. Air pollution management: Capital expenditures related to air pollution prevention (i.e., the elimination of pollution at the source) and air pollution abatement and control (i.e., end-of-pipe processes), including monitoring. For example, scrubbers, air and off-gas treatments, low emitting burners, leak detection technologies. Exclude heat or energy savings and management, the purchase or lease of fuel efficient vehicles and equipment, the production of renewable or clean energy, the purchase of biofuels, biochemicals or biomaterials, and the purchase of carbon offset credits and carbon taxes.
d. Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water: Capital expenditures for the prevention of pollution infiltration, cleaning up of soil and water bodies, protection of soil from erosion, salinization and physical degradation, monitoring, and site reclamation and decommissioning. Include decommissioning expenditures incurred in the 2020 fiscal year even if the site closed before this period. Exclude capital expenditures on wastewater management.
e. Protection of biodiversity and habitat: Capital expenditures related to protecting wildlife and habitat from the effects of economic activity and to restoring wildlife or habitat that has been adversely affected by such activity, including monitoring.
f. Noise and vibration abatement: Capital expenditures related to the control, reduction and abatement of industrial and transport noise and vibration related to the activities of this organization. Exclude the abatement of noise and vibration for the purpose of workplace protection.
g. Protection against radiation: Capital expenditures for the reduction or elimination of the negative consequences of high-level radiation, including the handling, transportation and treatment of high-level radioactive waste – that is, waste that requires shielding during normal handling and transportation because of its high radionuclide content. Exclude the management of low-level radioactive waste, and the protection against radiation for the purpose of workplace protection.
h. Other environmental protection activities: Capital expenditures related to other initiatives not listed above. Report imputed interest on funds held in trust against future environmental liabilities. Exclude capital expenditures related to research and development, to heat or energy savings and management, the purchase or lease of fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods, the production of renewable or clean energy, and the purchase of biofuels, biochemicals or biomaterials.
i. Heat or energy savings and management: Capital expenditures related to minimizing the intake of energy through in-process modifications as well as the minimisation of heat and energy losses. This includes in-process modifications, insulation activities, energy recovery, monitoring related to energy saving, and lighting upgrades.
j. Fuel efficient vehicles and transportation goods or technologies: Capital expenditures related to the purchase or the lease of electric and hybrid vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuels, alternative fuel retrofits on existing vehicles, and low-rolling resistance tires.
k. Production of nuclear energy: Capital expenditures related to the production of nuclear power.
l. Production of energy from renewable sources: Capital expenditures related to the production of electricity or heat from renewable sources. For example, wind, geothermal, hydro, solar, and waste to energy.
Drivers and obstacles: Drivers or obstacles to the adoption of new or significantly improved clean technologies, systems or equipment for the establishment.
Required Information
This questionnaire is broken up into 6 sections. Below you will find information on the data required to complete each section of the electronic questionnaire. This guide is meant as a resource so that you may gather the necessary information prior to completing the electronic questionnaire.
1) For the fiscal year, you will need to provide the organizations total capital and repair expenditures in (CAN$ '000) for the following:
- Gross capital expenditures, excluding land
- Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures
- Land
As well as provide the total cost of capitalized work in progress (building, other construction, equipment and tools, software) at the end of the reporting period. Note: These capital costs must also be reported as capital expenditures in the year in which they occurred (addition to work in progress for the reporting period).
2) The identification of the functions (the economic or social purpose or purpose) of capital and reparations expenditures incurred during the year and the identification of the assets that were acquired during the year for each function. For each asset shown, expenses are collected as follows:
- New Acquisitions and additions (including used capital assets imported)
- Acquisitions of used assets (excluding imports)
- Refurbishment and renovations
- Expected useful life (years).
Note : The list of functions and the associated assets is available below under Functions and associated assets.
3) Source of funding for the total capital expenditures by function. The sources of funding requested are the subsidies, grants and contributions received from each level of government, as well as all other sources combined.
- Grants, subsidies and contributions from municipal, local or regional governments
- Grants, subsidies and contributions from provincial or territorial governments
- Grants, subsidies and contributions from the federal government
- Private, internal and other sources of funding - Include internal funds and funds from sales of goods and services (including user fees), private donations, and developers’ contributions
4) Non-capitalized repair and maintenance expenditures by function. Report the part of operating costs that are incurred to maintain the intended use of non-residential tangible assets (buildings, machinery, computers, etc.). Capital expenditures are excluded.
5) Identification of internal costs capitalized (work performed by the organization’s own labour force). Breakdown of expenditures on own account work (internal work) by salaries and wages, material and supplies and other charges for:
- New non-residential construction including renovation and retrofit
- Non-capitalized construction repair and maintenance expenses
- New machinery and equipment including renovation and retrofit
- Software development capital expenditures
For the categories above, report internal costs for each:
- Salaries and Wages
- Materials and Supplies
- Other charges
6) Identification of assets that were disposed of or sold during the year. For each asset, include the selling price if applicable, gross book value (total accumulated cost) and age.
Note: the list of assets for the reporting of disposals and sales is available under List of assets for disposals and sales.
Functions
Road transport
The administration of affairs and services concerning operation, use, construction and maintenance of road transport systems and facilities (roads, bridges, tunnels, parking facilities, etc.).
Includes:
- highways, urban roads, streets, bicycle paths and footpaths
- vehicle and driver licensing
- vehicle safety inspection, size and load specifications for passenger and freight road transport
- regulation of hours of work of bus, coach and lorry drivers, etc.
Excludes:
- road traffic control (see Defense, public order and safety)
- support for road vehicle manufacturers (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
- construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways with noise reducing surfaces (see Other community amenities and environmental protection)
- street lighting (see Other health and social protection).
Public transit
The administration of affairs and services concerning operating, use, construction and maintenance of local and suburban mass passenger transit systems. Such systems may involve the use of one or more modes of transport including ferry services, light rail, subways and streetcars, as well as buses and bus terminals. These establishments operate over fixed routes and schedules, and allow passengers to pay on a per-trip basis.
Excludes:
- passenger transportation associated with scenic or sightseeing activities (see Tourism)
- transportation services without fixed routes and schedules.
Other transport not elsewhere classified (n.e.c)
The administration of affairs and services concerning operation, use, construction and maintenance of inland, coastal and ocean water, railway, air and other transport systems and facilities.
Includes:
- harbours, docks, canals, bridges, tunnels, channels, breakwaters, piers, wharves, etc.
- water, rail or air transport navigation aids and equipment (radio, satellite, etc.)
- emergency rescue and towing services
- registration, licensing and inspection of vessels and crews
- regulations concerning passenger safety and freight security.
Excludes:
- shipbuilders and rolling stock manufacturers (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
- construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways with noise reducing surfaces (see Other community amenities and environmental protection)
- ferry service with fixed routes and schedules that charge a per-trip fee (see Public transit).
Water supply
The administration of water supply affairs.
Includes:
- assessment of future needs and determination of availability
- supervision and regulation of all facets of potable water supply including water purity, price and quantity controls
- construction or operation of water supply systems
- production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on water supply affairs and services
- activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of water supply systems.
Excludes:
- irrigation systems (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
- collection and treatment of waste water (see Waste water management).
Community amenities not elsewhere classified (n.e.c)
The administration of housing development affairs and services, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of housing development activities whether or not the activities are under the auspices of public authorities. Also included are activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets relating to housing and community amenities, preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards relating to housing and community amenities, production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics relating to housing and community amenities.
Includes:
- slum clearance related to provision of housing
- acquisition of land needed for construction of dwellings
- administration of zoning laws and land-use and building regulations
- construction or purchase and remodelling of dwelling units for the general public or for people with special needs
- planning of new communities or of rehabilitated communities
- planning the improvement and development of facilities such as housing, industry, public utilities, health, education, culture, recreation, etc. for communities
- preparation of schemes for financing planned developments
- production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on community development affairs and services
- development and regulation of housing standards
- production and dissemination of public information, technical documentation and statistics on housing development affairs and services
- activities to support the expansion, improvement or maintenance of the housing stock.
Excludes:
- administration, development and regulation of construction standards (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
- activities to help households meet the cost of housing, such as the provision of affordable housing (see Social protection).
- plan implementation, that is, the actual construction of housing, industrial buildings, streets, public utilities, cultural facilities, etc. (classified according to function).
Storm water management
The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of rain or storm water management systems, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.
Includes:
- system of collectors, pipelines, conduits and pumps to evacuate any rainwater from the points of generation to either a sewage system or to a point where rain water is discharged to surface water
Waste water management
The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of sewage systems and waste water treatment, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.
Includes:
- system of collectors, pipelines, conduits and pumps to evacuate any waste water (domestic and other available waste water) from the points of generation to either a sewage treatment plant or to a point where waste water is discharged to surface water
- mechanical, biological or advanced process to render waste water fit to meet applicable environment standards or other quality norms.
Excludes:
- rain water or storm water systems (see Storm water management).
Waste management
The administration, supervision, inspection, operation or support of waste collection, treatment and disposal systems, including activities to support the operation, construction, maintenance or upgrading of such systems.
Includes:
- collection, treatment and disposal of nuclear waste
- collection of all types of waste, whether selective by type of product or undifferentiated covering all waste
- transport to place of treatment or discharge
- treatment by any method or process designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any waste so as to neutralize it, to render it non-hazardous, to make it safer for transport, to make it amenable for recovery or storage or to reduce it in volume
- disposal to final placement of waste for which no further use is foreseen by landfill, containment, underground disposal, dumping at sea or any other relevant disposal method.
Other community amenities and environmental protection
The administration, management, regulation, supervision, operation and support of activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets for the promotion of environmental protection; the preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards for the provision of environmental protection services, and the production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on environmental protection.
This group covers activities relating to ambient air and climate protection, soil and groundwater protection, noise and vibration abatement, protection against radiation, protection of fauna and flora species and habitats, and the protection of landscapes for their aesthetic values.
Includes:
- rehabilitation of abandoned mines and quarry sites
- protection of habitats including the management of natural parks and reserves
- protection of flora and fauna species
- construction, maintenance and operation of monitoring systems and stations (other than weather stations)
- construction of noise embankments, hedges and other anti-noise facilities including the resurfacing of sections of urban highways or railways with noise reducing surfaces
- measures to clean pollution in water bodies
- measures to control or prevent the emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants that adversely affect the quality of the air
- construction, maintenance and operation of installations for the decontamination of polluted soils and for the storage of pollutant products
- reshaping of damaged landscapes for the purpose of strengthening their aesthetic value
- transportation of pollutant products.
Defense, public order and safety
The administration, operation and support of fire prevention and fire-fighting services; of law courts, prisons and other places for the detention or rehabilitation of criminals; military or civil defence affairs and services, and of foreign military aid (monitoring of policies as well as preparation and enforcement of legislation relating to defense). Activities such as formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets relating to public order and safety are included.
Includes:
- workhouses, reformatories, borstals, asylums for the criminally insane, etc.
- operation of parole and probation systems;
- fire-prevention and fire-fighting training programmes;
- mountain rescue, beach surveillance, evacuation of flooded areas, etc.
- land, sea, air and space defence forces
- border and coast guards
- engineering, transport, communication, intelligence, personnel and other non-combat defence forces
- applied research and experimental development related to defence, public order and safety
- legal representation and advice on behalf of government or on behalf of others provided by government
Excludes:
- forces especially trained and equipped for fighting or preventing forest fires (see Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction)
- military schools and colleges where curricula resemble those of civilian institutions even though attendance may be limited to military personnel and their families (see Education)
- administration of war veterans' affairs (see Other health and social protection)
- equipment and facilities for emergency use in the case of peacetime disasters (see Other health and social protection)
- pension schemes for military personnel (see Other health and social protection).
Hospital services
This group covers the services of general and specialist hospitals, the services of medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and convalescent homes which chiefly provide in-patient services, the services of military base hospitals, the services of institutions serving old people in which medical monitoring is an essential component and the services of rehabilitation centres providing in-patient health care and rehabilitative therapy where the objective is to treat the patient rather than to provide long-term support.
Includes:
- Hospital day-care and home-based hospital treatment
- hospices for terminally ill persons
- specialized hospitals that provide treatment of a particular condition, disease or class of patient (i.e., tuberculosis, cancer etc.).
Excludes:
- military field hospitals (see Defense, public order and safety)
- surgeries, clinics and dispensaries devoted exclusively to outpatient care (see Health services)
- institutions for disabled persons and rehabilitation centres providing primarily long-term support (see Other health and social protection)
- retirement homes for elderly persons (see Other health and social protection)
- activities related to payments to patients for loss of income due to hospitalization (see Other health and social protection).
Health except hospital services
This group covers medical, dental and paramedical services delivered to outpatients by practitioners and auxiliaries. The services may be delivered at home, in individual or group consulting facilities, dispensaries or the outpatient clinics of hospitals and the like. Outpatient services include the medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries.
The administration, inspection, operation or support of public health services such as blood bank operation (collecting, processing, storing, shipping), disease detection (cancer, tuberculosis, venereal disease), prevention (immunization, inoculation), monitoring (infant nutrition, child health), epidemiological data collection, family planning services, etc. are also included.
Includes:
- licensing of medical establishments and medical and paramedical personnel
- general and specialized medical clinics
- offices of general and specialist medical practitioners
- dental clinics and dentists
- services of orthodontic specialists
- acupuncturists, chiropodists, chiropractors, optometrists, practitioners of traditional medicine, etc.
- medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres
- preparation and dissemination of information on public health matters
- outpatient thermal bath or sea-water treatments
- ambulance services (other than ambulance services operated by hospitals)
- formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall health policies, plans, programs and budgets
- provision of vaccines, oral contraceptives, and other pharmaceutical products
- provision of first-aid kits and other medical products
- provision of corrective eyeglasses, hearing aids, orthopaedic footwear, wheelchairs, etc.
- formulation and administration of government policy
- setting and enforcement of standards for medical and paramedical personnel and for hospitals, clinics, surgeries, etc.
- regulation and licensing of providers of health services
- applied research and experimental development into medical and health-related matters
- production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on health.
Exclusions:
- medical, dental and paramedical services provided to in-patients by hospitals and the like (see Hospital services)
- overhead expenses connected with administration or functioning of a group of hospitals (see Hospital services)
- medical products and equipment supplied directly to in-patients by hospitals and the like (see Hospital services).
Housing
The provision of social protection in the form of benefits in kind to help households meet the cost of housing (recipients of these benefits are means-tested).
Includes:
- the administration, operation or support of such social protection schemes
- activities to help tenants with rent costs or to alleviate the current housing costs of owner occupiers (that is to help with paying mortgages or interest)
- provision of low-cost or social housing.
Other health and social protection
The provision of social protection in the form of cash benefits or benefits in kind to persons who are unable to find suitable employment or who are unable to engage in economic activity or lead a normal life due to a physical or mental impairment (permanent or likely to persist beyond a minimum prescribed period); to protect against the risks linked to old age (loss of income, inadequate income, lack of independence in carrying out daily tasks, reduced participation in social and community life, etc.); to support persons who are survivors of a deceased person spouse or relative or who are victims of crime; and to support households with dependent children.
Includes:
- the administration, operation or support of such social protection schemes
- provision of benefits to replace in whole or in part loss of earnings during a temporary inability to work due to sickness or injury
- unemployment benefits and early retirement benefits due to unemployment or job reduction caused by economic measures
- support to targeted groups in the labour force who take part in training schemes intended to develop their potential for employment
- disability pensions paid to persons below the standard retirement age who encounter a disability which impairs their ability to work
- support to disabled persons undertaking work adapted to their condition or undergoing vocational training
- old-age pensions
- survivors' pensions, death grants, and other support to survivors
- maternity allowances, birth grants, parental leave benefits, family or child allowances, and other support to households to help them meet the costs of specific needs (e.g., those of the lone parent families or families with handicapped children)
- mobility and resettlement payments
- vocational training provided to persons without a job or retraining provided to persons at risk of losing their job
- accommodation, food or clothes provided to unemployed persons and their families
- lodging and possibly board provided to elderly persons or to disabled persons in appropriate establishments
- assistance provided to disabled persons to help them with daily tasks (home help, transport facilities etc.)
- vocational and other training provided to further the occupational and social rehabilitation of disabled persons
- support provided to elderly persons, to disabled persons, or to survivors to enable them to participate in leisure and cultural activities or to travel or to participate in community life
- support to elderly persons or persons temporarily unable to work due to sickness or injury (home help, transport facilities, etc.).
- pension schemes for military personnel and for government employees.
Excludes:
- family planning services (see Health services)
- general programmes or schemes directed towards increasing labour mobility, reducing the rate of unemployment or promoting the employment of disadvantaged or other groups characterized by high unemployment (see General economic, commercial, and labour affairs).
Education
The provision of education and the administration, inspection, operation or support of schools and other institutions providing educational services. The provision of subsidiary services to education and the administration, inspection, operation or support of transportation, food, lodging, medical and dental care and related subsidiary services chiefly for students regardless of level.
Includes:
- military schools and colleges where curricula resemble those of civilian institutions
- police colleges offering general education in addition to police training
- provision of education by radio or television broadcasting
- literacy programmes for students too old for elementary/primary school
- out-of-school education for adults and young people
- vocational training and cultural development
- activities related to providing scholarships, grants, loans and allowances to support students.
Excludes:
- school health monitoring and prevention services (see Health services).
Recreation, culture and religion
The provision of sporting, recreational, and cultural services and the operation or support of broadcasting and publishing services; administration of sporting, recreational, cultural, religious, broadcasting and publishing affairs; supervision and regulation of sporting, recreation and cultural facilities, and of broadcasting and publishing services; activities to support teams or individual competitors or players, individual artists, writers, designers, composers and others working in the arts, or to organizations engaged in promoting cultural activities.
Includes:
- formulation, administration, coordination and monitoring of overall policies, plans, programmes and budgets for the promotion of sport, recreation, culture and religion
- preparation and enforcement of legislation and standards for the provision of recreational and cultural services
- provision of facilities for religious and other community services, including support for their operation, maintenance and repair
- production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on recreation, cultural and religion
- operation or support of facilities for recreational pursuits (parks, beaches, camping grounds and associated lodging places furnished on a non-commercial basis, swimming pools, public baths for washing, etc.)
- facilities for active sporting pursuits or events (playing fields, tennis courts, squash courts, running tracks, golf courses, boxing rings, skating rinks, gymnasia, etc.)
- operation or support of operation or support of facilities for passive sporting pursuits or events (chiefly specially equipped venues for playing cards, board games, etc.)
- operation or support of facilities for cultural pursuits (libraries, museums, art galleries, theatres, exhibition halls, monuments, historic houses and sites, zoological and botanical gardens, aquaria, arboreta, etc.)
- production, operation or support of cultural events (concerts, stage and film productions, art shows, etc.)
- national, regional or local team representation in sporting events
- construction or acquisition of facilities for television or radio broadcasting
- construction or acquisition of plant, equipment or materials for newspaper, magazine or book publishing
- the production of material for, and its presentation by, broadcasting
- the gathering of news or other information
- the distribution of published works
- national, regional or local celebrations provided they are not intended chiefly to attract tourists.
Excludes:
- sporting and recreational facilities associated with educational institutions (see Education)
- cultural events intended for presentation beyond national boundaries (see General public services)
- national, regional or local celebrations intended chiefly to attract tourists (see Tourism)
- government printing offices and plants (see General public services)
- provision of education by radio or television broadcasting (see Education).
Electricity
The administration, conservation, development, supervision and regulation of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. This class covers both traditional sources of electricity (such as thermal or hydro supplies) and newer sources (such as wind or solar heat).
Fuel and energy
The administration of fuel and energy affairs and services, except electricity, including supervision, regulation, conservation, discovery, development and rationalized exploitation of the resources (extraction, processing, distribution and use).
Includes:
- coal of all grades, lignite and peat irrespective of the method used in their extraction or beneficiation and the conversion of these fuels to other forms such as coke or gas
- natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases and refinery gases, oil from wells or other sources (such as shale or tar sands), and the distribution of town gas regardless of its composition
- nuclear and other fuels such as alcohol, wood and wood wastes
- heat in the form of steam (such as hot water or hot air)
- geothermal resources and non-electric energy produced by wind or solar heat.
Tourism
The administration of tourism affairs and services.
Includes:
- promotion and development of tourism
- liaison with the transport, hotel and restaurant industries and other industries benefiting from the presence of tourists
- operation of tourist offices
- organization of advertising campaigns, including the production and dissemination of promotional literature and the like
- compilation and publication of statistics on tourism.
General economic, commercial, and labour affairs
The administration of general economic, commercial and labour affairs and services, including general foreign commercial affairs; formulation and implementation of general economic, commercial and labour policies; liaison among different branches of government and between government and overall industrial, business and labour organizations.
Includes:
- regulation or support of export and import trade and of commodity and equity markets
- supervision and regulation of labour conditions (hours of work, wages, safety, etc.)
- trade promotion activities
- programmes or schemes to facilitate labour mobility, to reduce discrimination, to reduce unemployment in distressed or underdeveloped regions, to promote the employment of disadvantaged or other groups, etc.
- operation or support of arbitration and mediation services
- regulation of monopolies and other restraints on trade and market entry
- supervision of the banking industry
- consumer education and protection
- institutions dealing with patents, trademarks, copyrights and company registration
- weather forecasting, hydrologic surveys, geodesic surveys, etc.
- promotion of general economic and commercial policies and programmes.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction
The administration, operation, supervision and regulation of agricultural, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, manufacturing, and construction industry affairs and services.
Includes:
- issuance of certificates permitting occupancy
- development, expansion or improvement of manufacturing
- construction, operation or support of flood control, irrigation and drainage systems
- liaison with manufacturers' associations and other organizations interested in manufacturing affairs and services
- forest crops in addition to timber
- forest fire fighting and prevention
- restricting or encouraging output of a particular crop or for allowing land to remain uncultivated
- regulation of production rates
- inspections of sites for conformity with safety regulations, protection of consumers against dangerous products, etc.
- conservation, extension and rationalized exploitation of resources and reserves
- protection, propagation and rationalized exploitation of fish and wildlife stocks
- operation or support of reforestation work, pest and disease control
- fish hatcheries, extension services, stocking or culling activities, etc.
- issuance of licences and leases
- issuance of fishing and hunting licences
- veterinary services to farmers, pest control services, crop inspection services and crop grading services.
Excludes:
- support for the construction of housing, industrial buildings, streets, public utilities (e.g., water, gas, electricity, heating), cultural facilities, etc. (classified according to function)
- development and regulation of housing standards (see Housing)
- control of offshore and ocean fishing (see Defense, public order and safety)
- fishing and hunting affairs and services that take place in natural parks and reserves (see Recreation, culture, and religion)
- affairs and services concerning the coal processing industry (see Fuel and energy)
- petroleum refineries (see Fuel and energy).
Other economic affairs not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
General economic and commercial affairs and services concerning the regulation, construction, extension, improvement, operation and maintenance of communication systems (postal, telephone, telegraph, wireless and satellite communication systems); construction, extension, improvement, operation and maintenance of hotels and restaurants; the distributive trade and the storage and warehousing industry; supervision and regulation of wholesale and retail trade (permits, sales practices, labeling of packaged food and other household goods, inspection of scales and other weighing devices, etc.), as well as warehouses and stores (permits, control of bonded warehouses, etc.); production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on communications affairs and services; on prices, on the availability of goods and on other aspects of the distributive trade; on the storage and warehousing industry; on hotel and restaurant affairs and services; activities to support the construction, operation, maintenance or upgrading of communication systems, of hotels and restaurant, or to support the distributive trade and the storage and warehousing industry; price control and rationing schemes operating through retailers or wholesalers regardless of the type of goods involved or intended consumer.
Includes:
- granting of franchises;
- assignment of communications frequencies, specification of markets to be served and tariffs to be charged, etc.
- distributive trade licensing, sales practices, labelling of packaged food and other goods intended for household consumption, inspection of scales and other weighing machines, etc.
- licensing and control of government-bonded warehouses
- multi-purpose development projects.
Excludes:
- radio and satellite navigation aids for water transport and air transport (see Other transport not elsewhere classified)
- radio and television broadcasting systems (see Recreation, culture, and religion)
- administration of price and other controls applied to the producer (classified according to function)
- food and other such subsidies applicable to particular population groups or individuals (see Other health and social protection)
- projects with one main function and other functions that are secondary (classified according to main function).
General public services
The administration, operation or support of executive and legislative organs, of financial and fiscal affairs and services, and of external affairs and services, and basic research undertaken without any particular application or use in view.
Includes:
- office of the chief executive at all levels of government
- legislative bodies at all levels of government (parliaments, chambers of deputies, senates, assemblies, town councils, etc.)
- advisory, administrative and political staffs attached to chief executive offices and legislatures
- elections and referendums
- treasury or ministry of finance
- budget office
- customs authorities
- accounting and auditing service
- diplomatic and consular missions
- libraries and other reference services serving mainly executive and legislative organs
- operation or support of information and cultural services for distribution beyond national boundaries
- government agencies engaged in basic research or in applied research and experimental development related to general public services
- research undertaken by non-government bodies (e.g., research institutes and universities).
List of assets
| Category | Asset Code |
|---|---|
| Non-residential construction | - |
| Asset description and codes The asset items and categories listed below are groupings of fixed assets generally having a similar function which can apply to various industries. |
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| Construction structures should be classified to an asset according to its principal use unless it is a multi-purpose structure where we would like you to separate the components. The cost of any machinery and equipment which is an integral or built-in feature of the structure (i.e. elevators, heating equipment, sprinkler systems, environmental controls, intercom systems, etc.) should be reported as part of that structure as well as landscaping, associated parking lots, etc. | - |
| Industrial Building | - |
| Manufacturing plants | 6221121 |
| Industrial depots and service buildings | 6221131 |
| Farm buildings and structures | 6221111 |
| Other industrial sites and structures - specify: | 6221141 |
| Commercial Building | - |
| Industrial laboratories, research and development centres | 6222311 |
| Warehouses | 6222321 |
| Service stations | 6222331 |
| Office buildings | 6222111 |
| Hotels and Motels | 6222351 |
| Restaurants | 6222341 |
| Shopping centres, plazas, malls and stores | 6222211 |
| Theatres and halls | 6222361 |
| Indoor recreational facilities | 6222363 |
| Other collective dwellings | 6222372 |
| Student residences | 6222371 |
| Airports and other passenger terminals | 6222380 |
| Communications buildings | 6222391 |
| Sports facilities with spectator capacity | 6222362 |
| Other commercial properties, not elsewhere classified - specify: | 6222392 |
| Institutional Building | - |
| Schools, colleges, universities and other educational buildings | 6223111 |
| Religious centres and memorial sites | 6223311 |
| Hospitals | 6223211 |
| Nursing homes and senior citizens homes | 6223222 |
| Other health care buildings, not elsewhere classified | 6223221 |
| Daycare centres | 6223341 |
| Libraries | 6223351 |
| Historical sites | 6223331 |
| Public safety facilities | 6223361 |
| Museums | 6223321 |
| Other institutional buildings, not elsewhere classified- specify | 6223371 |
| Marine Engineering | - |
| Seaports and harbours | 6231311 |
| Canals and waterways | 6231331 |
| Marinas | 6231321 |
| Other marine infrastructure - specify: | 6231341 |
| Transportation Engineering Infrastructure | - |
| Parking lots and garages | 6231211 |
| Highways, roads and streets | 6231111 |
| Runways (include lighting) | 6231231 |
| Railway Tracks | 6231221 |
| Bridges | 6231121 |
| Tunnels | 6231131 |
| Other land transportation infrastructure, not elsewhere classified - specify: | 6231241 |
| Waterworks Engineering Infrastructure | - |
| Water filtration plants | 6235111 |
| Water supply infrastructure | 6235121 |
| Sewage Engineering infrastructure | - |
| Sewage treatment plants | 6235211 |
| Sewage collection and disposal infrastructure | 6235221 |
| Electric power engineering infrastructure | - |
| Natural gas, coal and oil power plants | 6233111 |
| Nuclear power plants | 6233112 |
| Hydro-electric power plants | 6233113 |
| Other Power generating plants (wind, solar, biomass) | 6233114 |
| Power transmission networks | 6233121 |
| Power distribution networks | 6233131 |
| Communication Networks | - |
| Telecommunications transmission cables and lines (except optical fibre) | 6234111 |
| Telecommunications transmission optical fibre cables | 6234112 |
| Telecommunications transmission support structures - towers, poles, conduit | 6234113 |
| Other communications networks - specify: | 6234114 |
| Oil and Gas Engineering Construction | - |
| Oil refineries | 6232121 |
| Natural gas processing plants | 6232122 |
| Pipelines (except water supply conduits) | 6232211 |
| Development drilling for oil and gas | 6711111 |
| Production facilities in oil and gas extraction | 6232111 |
| Enhanced recovery techniques for oil and gas | 6711113 |
| Site development and maintenance services for oil and gas fields | 6711112 |
| Gas Distribution systems (main and services) and other oil and gas infrastructure | 6232311 |
| Mining Engineering Construction | - |
| Mine surface buildings (except for beneficiation) | 6236112 |
| Mine buildings for ore beneficiation | 6236111 |
| Mine structures (except buildings) | 6236113 |
| Tailing disposal systems and settling ponds | 6236114 |
| Site development for mining | 6711211 |
| Other Engineering Construction | - |
| Pollution abatement and control infrastructure | 6236261 |
| Outdoor recreational facilities | 6236251 |
| Waste disposal facilities | 6236231 |
| Irrigation networks | 6236241 |
| Reclaimed land | 6236211 |
| Flood protection infrastructure | 6236221 |
| Site remediation | 7823131 |
| Other engineering works, not elsewhere classified - specify: | 6236262 |
| Machinery and equipment | - |
| Asset description and codes The asset items and categories listed below are groupings of fixed assets generally having a similar function that can apply to various industries. |
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| Machinery and equipment are generally housed in structures and can be removed or replaced without significantly altering the structure. | - |
| Medium and Heavy Trucks, Buses and Other Motor Vehicles | - |
| Medium and heavy-duty trucks | 4121100 |
| Buses | 4121211 |
| Freight and utility trailers | 4121300 |
| Special-purpose vehicles | 4121221 |
| Materials handling trucks and tractors | 3454211 |
| Other motor vehicles | 4123100 |
| Passenger Cars and Light Trucks | - |
| Passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans and SUVs | 4110000 |
| Other Transportation Equipment | - |
| Locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment | 4411200 |
| Civilian aircraft | 4211112 |
| Non-military ships, barges and platforms | 4411112 |
| Boats and personal watercraft | 4421100 |
| Other transportation equipment - specify: | 4421259 |
| Processing Equipment | - |
| Water treatment equipment | 3453311 |
| Filters and strainers for fluids and fluid power systems | 3454342 |
| Packing, packaging, and bottling machinery | 3454331 |
| Mineral crushing, screening, processing and beneficiation machinery and equipment | 3321151 |
| Metalworking machinery | 3411100 |
| Industrial moulds, special dies, and patterns | 3455110 |
| Other industry-specific manufacturing machinery, not elsewhere classified - specify: | 3431100 |
| Computers and Office Equipment | - |
| Computers and computer peripheral equipment | 3611100 |
| Optical and projection equipment, photocopiers, and office machines (except computers and peripherals) | 3421110 |
| Office furniture | 3911400 |
| Telecommunications, Cable and Broadcasting Equipment | - |
| Broadcast, studio, alarm, and signalling equipment | 3621200 |
| Navigational and guidance instruments | 3621300 |
| Telephone and data communications equipment | 3621100 |
| Televisions and other audio and video equipment | 3622100 |
| Other communication equipment - specify: | 3621419 |
| Commercial and Service Industry Machinery and Equipment | - |
| Commercial cooking and food-warming equipment | 3421121 |
| Commercial and service industry machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified | 3421130 |
| Other Industrial Machinery and Equipment | - |
| Heavy-gauge metal containers (including intermodal) | 3454100 |
| Hand tools and power hand tools (except welding and soldering equipment) | 3454320 |
| Logging machinery and equipment | 3321111 |
| Rock drilling machinery and equipment | 3321141 |
| Other mining and quarrying machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified | 3321142 |
| Oil and gas field production machinery and equipment | 3321160 |
| Construction machinery and equipment | 3321170 |
| Nuclear reactor steam supply systems | 3453113 |
| Welding and soldering equipment | 3454311 |
| Industrial furnaces and ovens, and electric industrial heating equipment | 3454341 |
| Other materials handling equipment, conveyors, and elevators | 3454249 |
| Medical, Scientific and Technical Instruments and equipment | - |
| Medical and laboratory equipment (except scientific instruments) | 3631300 |
| Scientific and technical instruments (except electromedical and irradiation equipment) | 3631260 |
| Other measuring, control, and scientific instruments (except electromedical and irradiation equipment) | 3631269 |
| Medical, dental and personal safety supplies | 4751100 |
| Other Machinery and Equipment | - |
| Institutional and other furniture, not elsewhere classified (including furniture frames) | 3911600 |
| Engines (except gasoline and diesel engines for motor vehicles, and aircraft engines) and mechanical power transmission equipment | 3451000 |
| Pumps and compressors | 3453200 |
| Heating and cooling equipment (except household refrigerators and freezers) | 3441100 |
| Power and distribution transformers | 3812211 |
| Other transformers | 3812220 |
| Military aircraft | 4211111 |
| Military ships | 4411111 |
| Military armoured vehicles | 4421231 |
| Billboards | 4751211 |
| Non-residential mobile buildings | 4711321 |
| Waste and scrap of iron and steel (Disposal of fixed assets only) | 1561111 |
| Waste and scrap of aluminum and aluminum alloy (Disposal of fixed assets only) | 1561211 |
| Waste and scrap of other non-ferrous metals (Disposal of fixed assets only) | 1561220 |
| Electric motors and generators | 3631100 |
| Switchgear, switchboards, relays, and industrial control apparatus | 3812300 |
| Turbines, turbine generators, and turbine generator sets | 3452111 |
| Boilers, metal tanks, industrial valves and seals | 3453159 |
| Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3311100 |
| Instruments for measuring electricity | 3631230 |
| Industrial and commercial fans, blowers and air purification equipment | 3441200 |
| Appliances | 3820000 |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) | 4211113 |
| Partitions, shelving, lockers and other fixtures | 3911500 |
| Batteries | 4752300 |
| Sporting and athletic goods | 4753100 |
| Other machinery and equipment - specify: | 9999999 |
Disposal and sales of fixed assets
Selling price
The total value, or the sales of fixed assets which were disposed of or sold, even if traded in for credit in the acquisition or purchase of new fixed assets. When land and buildings are sold together, please report the selling price of the land separately, along with other land sales.
Gross book value
This value should represent total capital expenditures for an asset, at and since the time of original construction or purchase, including all subsequent capital expenditures for the purpose of modernization, expansion, etc. Any subsidies received should not be subtracted.
Age
Report the age of the fixed asset at the time of disposal.
If you have disposed of or sold similar assets of varying ages, report them separately or combine the data and provide a weighted average for the ages.