The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), US Department of Commerce
conducts a BE-10 benchmark survey of US Direct Investment Abroad
every five years. All US persons with a foreign affiliate, with
certain exceptions for private funds that are foreign affiliates,
at the end of the 2019 fiscal year are required to file the survey
in May or June of 2020 (with the deadline determined by the number
of forms that need to be filed). We briefly discuss the BE-10
survey filing requirement along with some of the changes to this
year's survey below.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY?
BEA collects information on US direct investment overseas,
foreign direct investment in the United States, and international
trade in services. BEA uses this information to compile a number of
different economic and statistical reports that help gauge the
performance of the US economy and the role of the United States in
the global economy. Information submitted to BEA is confidential
and is to be
