Statistics Portugal « 27 th February 2013 « Experience of Administrative Data in the Production of Business Statistics «
« « « Administrative Data - IES and other fiscal data Impact of IES in Business Statistics Sampling Foreign Trade Statistics Foreign Affiliates Statistics Impact of Administrative Data in the Production of Business Statistics
« « « 1. Administrative Data – IES and other fiscal data Impact of Administrative Data in the Production of Business Statistics
« Background Four legal obligations for Portuguese companies met with one single reply: Settlement of accounts to the Public Register of Annual Reports – Ministry of Justice Annual accounting and fiscal data – Ministry of Finance Statistical data - Statistics Portugal; Economic and financial information – Banco de Portugal « « Simplified Business Information
« « IES Political support and strong cooperation between institutions Simplified Business Information
« « Advantages: Companies Fulfilment in simultaneous of 4 legal obligations (reduction of costs and statistical burden) Electronic format Statistics Portugal Electronic format (Almost) Total coverage More information, sooner Simplified Business Information
« « Companies nancas.gov.pt pt Number of submitted declarations IES Validation 2000 validation rules Information route: Simplified Business Information
« « Turnover for each individual enterprise Estimations of other variables (based on turnover) Information on individual enterpreneurs and independent workers Other fiscal data
« « « 2. Impact of IES in Business Statistics Impact of IES in Business Statistics
« « Use of exhaustive information to update sampling frames Harmonization among different projects Smaller samples (cost-effective and lower respondent burden) Administrative data access - Methodological changes - Impact of IES in Business Statistics Sampling methods
« « Impact of IES in Business Statistics Foreign Trade Statistics FTS Quality Control
« « Period Disseminated in June 2010 Revisions based on comparisons between FTS, VAT and IES New series coherent with National Accounts (new base year 2006) Improvements on estimations/adjustments methodologies Better quality of FTS New FTS series (revised) Impact of IES in Business Statistics Foreign Trade Statistics
« « Results of the comparison between FTS and Simplified Business Information Results of the comparison with other annual sources of information: Annual declaration of VAT; Mirror FTS; Prodcom (ES on industrial production) Annual provisional results (October n+1) Annual definitive results (May n+2) Including: Impact of IES in Business Statistics Foreign Trade Statistics
« « Inwards – Statistics Portugal Source of information: Simplified Business Information Impact of IES in Business Statistics FATS Foreign Affiliates Statistics
« « Period Data is obtained exclusively through IES (survey has been eliminated) Total coherence with SBS Better quality of FATS New Inward FATS series (revised) Impact of IES in Business Statistics FATS
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