2013 Survey of Service Industries: Sound Recording and Music Publishing

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

Reporting Guide

This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2013 Survey of Service Industries. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.

Help Line: 1-800-972-9692

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Business activity
Reporting period information
Revenue
Expenses
Industry Characteristics
Sales by type of client
International transactions
General information
Data-sharing agreements
Record linkages

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Business activity

The description on file for this business comes from the North American Industrial Classifications System (NAICS). This database contains a limited number of activity classifications. The classifications on file might be applicable for this business, even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business’s main activity.

By selecting "Yes, this is the main activity.", you indicate that the description is applicable, and it describes the main economic activity which typically generates the most revenue for this business.

By selecting "No, this is not the main activity.", you indicate that this description is not applicable as a main or a secondary activity of this business. You will be given a chance to describe this business’s main activity.

If none of the above activities describes your main source of revenue, please call 1-800 972 9692 for further instructions.

Reporting period information

Here are twelve common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:

  • May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013
  • June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013
  • July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013
  • August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013
  • September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013
  • October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013
  • November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2013
  • December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013
  • January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013
  • February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014
  • March 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014
  • April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014

Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:

  • September 18, 2012 to September 15, 2013 (e.g., floating year-end)
  • June 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 (e.g., a newly opened business)

  1. Sales of goods and services (e.g., fees, commissions, services revenue)

Report net of returns and allowances.
Sales of goods and services are defined as amounts derived from the sale of goods and services (cash or credit), falling within a business’s ordinary activities. Sales should be reported net of trade discount, value added tax and other taxes based on sales.

Include: Sales from Canadian locations (domestic and export sales); Transfers to other business units or a head office of your firm. Exclude: Transfers into inventory and consignment sales; Federal, provincial and territorial sales taxes and excise duties and taxes; intercompany sales in consolidated financial statements.

  1. Rental and leasing revenue

Include: Rental or leasing of apartments, commercial buildings, land, office space, residential housing, investments in co-tenancies and co-ownerships, hotel or motel rooms, long and short term vehicle leasing, machinery or equipment, storage lockers, etc.

  1. Commissions

Include: Commissions earned on the sale of products or services by businesses such as advertising agencies, brokers, insurance agents, lottery ticket sales, sales representatives, and travel agencies – (compensation could also be reported under this item (for example, compensation for collecting sales tax).

  1. Subsidies (including grants, donations and fundraising)

Include: Non-repayable grants, contributions and subsidies from all levels of government; Revenue from private sector (corporate and individual) sponsorships, donations and fundraising.

  1. Royalties rights, licensing and franchise fees

A royalty is defined as a payment received by the holder of a copyright, trademark or patent.

Include revenue received from the sale or use of all intellectual property rights of copyrighted materials such as musical, literary, artistic or dramatic works, sound recordings or the broadcasting of communication signals.

  1. Dividends

Include: Dividend income; Dividends from Canadian sources; Dividends from foreign sources; Patronage dividends. Exclude: Equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

  1. Interest

Include: Investment revenue; Interest from foreign sources; Interest from Canadian bonds and debentures; Interest from Canadian mortgage loans; Interest from other Canadian sources. Exclude: Equity income from investments in subsidiaries or affiliates.

  1. Other revenue (please specify)

Include: Amounts not included in questions (1) to (7). intracompany transfers

  1. Total revenue

(sum of questions 1 to 8)

Expenses

  1. Cost of goods sold

Many business units distinguish their costs of materials from their other business expenses (selling, general and administrative). This item is included to allow you to easily record your costs/expenses according to your normal accounting practices.

Include: Cost of raw materials and/or goods purchased for re-sale – net of discounts earned on purchases; Freight in and duty.

  1. opening inventories
  1. purchases

Include: raw material, goods purchased for resale and non-returnable containers
Exclude: change in inventories

  1. closing inventories
  1. cost of goods sold

(opening inventories plus purchases minus closing inventories)

  1. Employment costs and expenses

(for all employees who were issued a T4):

  1. Salaries, wages and commissions

Please report all salaries and wages (including taxable allowances and employment commissions as defined on the T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid) before deductions for this reporting period.

Include: Vacation pay; Bonuses (including profit sharing); Employee commissions; Taxable allowances (e.g., room and board, vehicle allowances, gifts such as airline tickets for holidays); Severance pay.
Exclude: All payments and expenses associated with casual labour and outside contract workers (report these amounts at sub-question (3) - Sub-contracts).

  1. Employee benefits

Include contributions to: Health plans; Insurance plans; Employment insurance; Pension plans; Workers’ compensation; Association dues; Contributions to any other employee benefits such as child care and supplementary unemployment  benefit (SUB) plans; Contributions to provincial and territorial health and education payroll taxes.

  1. Sub-contracts

Sub-contract expense refers to the purchasing of services from outside of the company rather than providing them in-house.

Include: Hired casual labour and outside contract workers; Custom work and contract work; Sub-contract and outside labour; Hired labour.

  1. Research and development

Expenses from activities conducted with the intention of making a discovery that could either lead to the development of new products or procedures, or to the improvement of existing products or procedures.

  1. Professional and business fees 

Include: Legal services; Accounting and auditing fees; Consulting fees; Education and training fees; Appraisal fees; Management and administration fees; Property management fees; Information technology (IT) consulting and service fees (purchased); Architectural fees; Engineering fees; Scientific and technical service fees; Other consulting fees (management, technical and scientific); Veterinary fees; Fees for human health services; Payroll preparation fees; All other professional and business service fees.
Exclude: Service fees paid to Head Office (report at sub-question (21) - All other expenses).

  1. Utilities 

Utility expenses related to operating your business unit such as water, electricity, gas, heating and hydro.

Include: Diesel, fuel wood, natural gas, oil and propane; Sewage. 
Exclude: Energy expenses covered in your rental and leasing contracts; Telephone, Internet and other telecommunications; Vehicle fuel (report at sub-question (21) - All other expenses).

  1. Office and computer related expenses

Include: Office stationery and supplies, paper and other supplies for photocopiers, printers and fax machines; Postage and courier (used in the day to day office business activity); Diskettes and computer upgrade expenses; Data processing.
Exclude: Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses. (report this amount at sub-question (8) - Telephone, Internet and other telecommunication expenses).

  1. Telephone, Internet and other telecommunications

Include: Internet; Telephone and telecommunications; Cellular telephone; Fax machine; Pager.

  1. Business taxes, licenses and permits

Include: Property taxes paid directly and property transfer taxes; Vehicle license fees; Beverage taxes and business taxes; Trade license fees; Membership fees and professional license fees; Provincial capital tax.

  1. Royalties, franchise fees and memberships

Include: Amounts paid to holders of patents, copyrights, performing rights and trademarks; Gross overriding royalty expenses and direct royalty costs; Resident and non-resident royalty expenses; Franchise fees.
Exclude: Crown royalties

  1. Crown charges

Federal or Provincial royalty, tax, lease or rental payments made in relation to the acquisition, development or ownership of Canadian resource properties.  

Include: Crown royalties; Crown leases and rentals; Oil sand leases; Stumpage fees.

  1. Rental and leasing

Include: Lease rental expenses, real estate rental expenses, condominium fees and equipment rental expenses; Motor vehicle rental and leasing expenses; Studio lighting and scaffolding; Machinery and equipment rental expenses; Storage expenses; Road and construction equipment rental; Fuel and other utility costs covered in your rental and leasing contracts.

  1. Repair and maintenance

Include: Buildings and structures; Machinery and equipment; Security equipment; Vehicles; Costs related to materials, parts and external labour associated with these expenses; Janitorial and cleaning services and garbage removal.

  1. Amortization and depreciation

Include: Direct cost depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of leasehold improvements; Amortization of intangible assets (e.g., amortization of goodwill, patents, franchises, copyrights, trademarks, deferred charges, organizational costs).

  1. Insurance

Insurance recovery income should be deducted from insurance expenses.

Include: Professional and other liability insurance; Motor vehicle and property insurance; Executive life insurance; Bonding, business interruption insurance and fire insurance.

  1. Advertising, marketing, promotion, meals and entertainment

Include: Newspaper advertising and media expenses; Catalogues, presentations and displays; Tickets for theatre, concerts and sporting events for business promotion; Fundraising expenses; Meals, entertainment and hospitality purchases for clients.

  1. Travel, meetings and conventions

Include: Travel expenses; Meeting and convention expenses, seminars; Passenger transportation (e.g., airfare, bus, train, etc.); Accommodations; Travel allowance and meals while travelling; Other travel expenses.

  1. Financial services 

Include: Explicit service charges for financial services; Credit and debit card commissions and charges; Collection expenses and transfer fees; Registrar and transfer agent fees; Security and exchange commission fees; Other financial service fees.
Exclude: Interest expenses (report at sub-question (19) - Interest expense).

  1. Interest expense

Report the cost of servicing your company’s debt.

Include: Interest; Bank charges; Finance charges; Interest payments on capital leases; Amortization of bond discounts; Interest on short-term and long-term debt, mortgages, bonds and debentures.

  1. Other non-production-related costs and expenses

Include: Charitable donations and political contributions; Bad Debt expense; Loan losses; Provisions for loan losses (minus Bad debt recoveries); Inventory adjustments

  1. All other costs and expenses (including intracompany expenses)

Include:
Production costs; Pipeline operations, drilling, site restoration; Gross overriding royalty; Other producing property rentals; Well operating, fuel and equipment; Other lease rentals; Other direct costs; Equipment hire and operation; Log yard expense, forestry costs, logging road costs; Freight in and duty; Overhead expenses allocated to costs of sales; Other expenses; Cash over/short (negative expense); Reimbursement of parent company expense; Warranty expense; Recruiting expenses; General and administrative expenses; Interdivisional expenses; Interfund transfer (minus expense recoveries); Exploration and Development (including prospect/geological, well abandonment & dry holes, exploration expenses, development expenses); Amounts not included in sub-questions (1) to (20) above.

  1. Total expenses

(sum of lines 1 to 21)

Industry Characteristics

Revenue from net sales

Report all revenue from goods and services rendered by your establishment. Net sales exclude returns and taxes.

Exclude:
• Grants and subsidies and investment income such as dividends and interest;
• Revenue from royalties, licensing and rights, which should be reported in questions 2(a) to 2(h).

Recordings and music videos

  1. Musical recordings from masters produced, licensed and purchased

Include recordings, fixed in material form such as compact discs (CDs), vinyl records, and electronic sound files, etc., consisting of sounds (music, plays, poetry, and comedic routines, etc.). These recordings are manufactured from masters either produced by your organization or from masters leased or bought from other organizations.

Exclude:
• Revenue from the sales of imported finished products, or sales of finished products distributed for another organization;
• Revenue from music videos;
• Retail sales of musical recordings, which are reported in question 1(h).

  1. Music videos

Include Blu-ray and DVDs containing recordings of the music video of an audio work or of the live performance of an audio work. These audiovisual works may contain interviews with the artists, behind-the-scenes footage, and other features, but are nonetheless primarily containing musical works with accompanying visual material.

Exclude retail sales of music videos and DVDs, which are reported in question 1(h)

  1. Studio and live recording services for clients

Include the recording of music albums, “singles” and demos. A demo is a “test” recording made by an individual or group in hopes that the high quality of the talent exhibited on the recording will result in the individual or group being commissioned to make further recordings. Include recording, mixing, mastering, re-mixing and re-mastering work done with material for motion picture soundtracks to produce a “soundtrack album”.

Exclude recordings produced primarily for spoken word clients, for radio material, for recordings made for synchronization with an audiovisual work, such as a television program, feature film, video release, etc.

Other Services

  1. Administration of copyrights for others

Administering copyright licences owned by others.

Include administration agreements, collective societies and music publishers administering some or all copyrights to a musical work on behalf of a copyright holder.

Exclude sub-publishing.

Administration agreements refer to contracts where one publisher administers the catalogues or works on behalf of another publisher. This may be domestically for one or more provinces or territories, or worldwide, in return for the retention of a predetermined percentage of the gross receipts.

  1. Management fees
  2. Concert revenues
  1. Distribution of recordings

Distribution services of recordings to wholesalers and retailers.

Include revenue from net sales of CDs, vinyl albums, etc., distributed on behalf of other record labels, under a buy and sell arrangement or on a consignment basis.

Exclude revenue from the sale of imported finished products.

  1. Retail sales of merchandise

(e.g., CDs, tapes, concert merchandise)

  1. Other sales including print music and non-musical recordings – please specify:

 
Exclude revenue from royalties, licensing and rights, which should be reported in questions 2(a) to 2(h).

  1. Total sales

(sum of questions 1 to 9)

Revenue from royalties and rights

Include: royalties from foreign sources

  1. Licensing of rights to use sound recordings
  1. Licensing of rights to stream sound recordings online
  1. Licensing of other rights

(e.g., to reproduce, distribute, broadcast or perform sound recording)

  1. Licensing of rights to use musical works
  1. Performing rights

Licensing rights to communicate a musical work to the public by telecommunication or to perform a musical work in public. The musical work may be either broadcast on the radio, or television, or performed in public at live entertainment in lounges, cafés or at live concerts or other live events. Includes also licensing rights to perform a musical work in a live dramatic presentation such as operas, musicals or ballets, where the music was originally written for these productions.

Include licensing to use of musical works to Internet Radio or other similar programs.

Grand rights

The right associated with the live performance of operas, musicals or ballets where the music was originally written for these productions. These are known as dramatic performing or grand rights. These rights are normally licensed directly by the copyright holder. SOCAN is involved, however, when an excerpt from these works, such as a single song from a musical, is performed outside the live production.

  1. Mechanical rights

Licensing rights to make reproductions of a musical work in mechanical form, for example on record, on tape, or on compact disc.

Exclude licensing to use a sound recording, licensing of “Videogram Rights”, licensing of “Electrical Transcription Rights”.

  1. Synchronization rights

Licensing rights to use a musical work in motion picture films, television programs and other audiovisual works where the music is “synchronized” in timed relation with visual images.

Exclude licensing of “Videogram Rights” and licensing of “Commercial Advertisement Rights”.

  1. Print licensing rights

Licensing rights to publish a musical work in printed form, including sheet music, songbooks, and folios. Exclude revenue from the sales or rental of printed music.

  1. Sub-publishing

Licensing rights to sub-publish a musical work in a specific region. Sub-publishing refers to contracts where an original publisher assigns the publishing rights to their copyright catalogue for a specific region to a second publisher (sub-publisher) based in, or controlling that region, for a specified period of time. This may be domestically, for part of the country or worldwide.

  1. Licensing of other rights to use musical works –please specify:

Include licensing of “Electrical Transcription Rights”; private copying levy.

  1. Total royalties and rights

(sum of questions 11 and 12)

Revenue from the sales of recordings

To be completed by record producers, and integrated production/distribution companies.

Include all sales (less returns and allowances and less provincial and federal sales taxes) during the reporting period, of records, CDs and electronic music files including singles.

Exclude revenue from the sale of recordings distributed for another organization and sales of finished products purchased for resale.

Exclude the sale of music videos (Blu-ray and DVD formats).

Canadian artist:

A musical selection is deemed to be by a “Canadian artist” if the instrumentation or lyrics are principally performed by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. For recordings by more than one artist (e.g., compilations), count the recording as by a Canadian artist if 50% or more of the artists are Canadian.

New releases of sound recordings by Canadian and other artists

To be completed by record producers, and integrated production and distribution companies.

New release:

A release is considered new if it has a new catalogue number. A recording containing already released material would be considered new if the content has changed in some way, such as a different selection of material, different packaging. However, a recording released in a different format (for example, tape to compact disc) would not be considered a new release if the content is identical.

Canadian artist:

A musical selection is deemed to be by a “Canadian artist” if the instrumentation or lyrics are principally performed by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. For recordings by more than one artist (e.g., compilations), count the recording as by a Canadian artist if 50% or more of the artists are Canadian.

New releases of sound recordings by Canadian and other artists

To be completed by record producers, and integrated production and distribution companies.

New release:

A release is considered new if it has a new catalogue number. A recording containing already released material would be considered new if the content has changed in some way, such as a different selection of material, different packaging. However, a recording released in a different format (for example, tape to compact disc) would not be considered a new release if the content is identical.

Canadian artist:

A musical selection is deemed to be by a “Canadian artist” if the instrumentation or lyrics are principally performed by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. For recordings by more than one artist (e.g., compilations), count the recording as by a Canadian artist if 50% or more of the artists are Canadian.

Musical works of music

To be completed by music publishers.

Musical work:

A work which consists of music plus lyrics or music only.

NOTE: the definition used for Canadian songwriter/composer is different in this section. In cases of co-writing of music and/or lyrics with non-Canadian partners, count the work as Canadian if one or more of the songwriters/composers is a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.

Personnel

To fully measure the contribution of all human capital in this industry, we require information on the number of partners and proprietors as well as the number and classification of workers.

  1. Number of partners and proprietors, non-salaried

For unincorporated businesses, please report the number of partners and proprietors for whom earnings will be the net income of the partnership or proprietorship. If salaried, report at question 8(b).

  1. Paid employees
  1. Average number of paid employees during the reporting period

To calculate the average number employed, add the number of employees in the last pay period of each month of the reporting period and divide this sum by the number of months (usually 12).

Exclude partners and proprietors, non-salaried; please report this amount in this section, at question 8(a).

  1. Percentage of paid employees

Full-time employment consists of persons who usually work 30 hours or more per week. Please specify the percentage of paid employees from question 8(b) who have been working full time by rounding the percentage to the nearest whole number.

  1. Number of contract workers for whom you did not issue a T4

Contract workers are not employees, but workers contracted to perform a specific task or project in your organization for a specific duration, such as self-employed persons, freelancers and casual workers. These workers are not issued a T4 information slip. Please report the number of contract workers employed by your organization during the fiscal year (estimates are acceptable).

Sales by type of client

This section is designed to measure which sector of the economy purchases your services.
Please provide a percentage breakdown of your sales by type of client.
Please ensure that the sum of percentages reported in this section equals 100%.

  1. Clients in Canada

(a) Individuals and households
Please report the percentage of sales to individuals and households who do not represent the business or government sector.

(b) Businesses
Percentage of sales sold to the business sector should be reported here.
Include:
• Sales to Crown corporations.

(c) Governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions (e.g., hospitals, schools)
Percentage of sales to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments should be reported here.
Include:
• Sales to hospitals, schools, universities and public utilities.

  1. Clients outside Canada

Please report the percentage of total sales to customers or clients located outside Canada including foreign businesses, foreign individuals, foreign institutions and/or governments.
Include:
• Sales to foreign subsidiaries and affiliates.

International transactions

This section is intended to measure the value of international transactions on goods, services, and royalties and licences fees. It covers imported services and goods purchased outside Canada as well as the value of exported services and goods to clients/customers outside Canada. Please report also royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees paid to and/or received from outside Canada. Services cover a variety of industrial, professional, trade and business services.

General information

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey, and to minimize the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Please note that Statistics Canada does not share any individual survey information with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Please visit our website at www.statcan.gc.ca/survey-enquete/index-eng.htm or call us at 1-800-972-9692 for more information about these data-sharing agreements.

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