1. 1 BUSINESS REGISTER CBS-ISRAEL

2. 2 LEGAL FRAME WORK in 1997 two inter-governmental committees issued: 1. LEGAL ASPECTS 2. PRACTICAL & TECHNICAL ASPECTS

3. 3 LEGAL FRAMEWORK In the end of 1998 Decisions made :  BR for statistical purposes in the Central Bureau of Statistic  Based on Administrative tax sources and other business sources  Internal BR- not accessible to public  International recommendations -Eurostat

4. 4 PLANING & ESTABLISHMENT In 2000 planning preparations : Analyzing and planning a database structure Coordinating the economic activity codes to ISIC rev 3 Activity classification base for all businesses from different sources: –census of all employers –surveys –other frames

5. 5 Main purposes and aims Main available source for integrated business information Coordination of statistical business surveys Producing business demography

6. 6 BUSINESS REGISTER CBS-ISRAEL In 2003 the business register has been launched 500,000 business records - then 800,000 business records -now 430,000 active businesses in 2007

7. 7 Main sources VAT source 470,000 businesses  business id (=vat id=entity id in most cases)  monthly revenue and expenditure  activity type and dates of activity  economic activity description  names of the business  addresses of the business  Relations file- vat reporting units(vat- partnerships)

8. 8 Main sources National Security source(NS) 200,000 employers  employer id  entity id  activity type +dates  names, addresses,tel no  no of total employees and total salaries- monthly

9. 9 Main sources Updating data  VAT- all active businesses data-Monthly updated -latest 12 months ( 1.5 month lag)  VAT -Relations file- (vat-partnerships)-yearly  National Security- all active employers data twice a year-latest 25 months ( 1.5 month lag)  NS-all additions of new employers –bi-monthly

10. 10 building basic coordinated record MATCHING building basic coordinated record VAT  Vat registration id (primary key)  Entity id National security  National security id (primary key)  Entity id MOSTLY: ENTITY ID=VAT ID

11. 11 Data capture from administrative files  Validation checks  logical corrections-  preventing the creation of duplications-as much as possible  Every record has an internal unique BR id: ”LMS id”

12. 12 Storage Statistics unit Surveys BR- DB structure VAT NATIONAL SECURITY LMS UNITS B. Register Historical Data Partnership Information Surveys Frames Connection To Different External Surveys Local Units

13. 13 Some technical facts Oracle Database Interface on Windows Platform Developed in Visual Basic 6 and.Net Receiving Data by Government Secure File Transfer System BR- DB structure

14. 14 StorageStatistics unit Surveys Receiving input files History of changes (keys,status,activity etc) Logical corrections Building &matching units Maintenance of units Updating quantities data Relations Classifying activity Definitions of frames &samples Building special fictitious sample units Process of frames adjustment (additions) BR- logical structure

15. 15 BUSINESS REGISTER National Security VAT Surveys inputs Other business files Income tax file

16. 16 Main activity in BR unit Maintenance, management and control improvement processes Classifying all units Statistical business frames Business demography Updating SNA classification of sector for all active enterprises(since 2004) BR other outputs

17. 17 Classifying activity units  ISIC REV 3 classification –4 digits  Automatic classifying system according to activity description from VAT (online updated)  Else classifying by:  Surveys  Contact businesses  D&B  Employers –mostly clerical work  Quality checks-Special branches Main activity in BR section

18. 18 Statistical business frames Define statistical business frames since 2004- 5 new important samples been taken-for example:  Survey of revenue indicators  Survey of employment and salaries indicators  Survey of manufacturing indicators Main activity in BR section

19. 19 Statistical business frames  Each frame needs different definitions – fictitious sample unites  Maintenance and additions of samples bimonthly/monthly  Refreshing long-run frames yearly  Some of the frames are sampled automatically in the BR Main activity in BR section

20. 20 Business demography Once a year a process of freezing Since 2003: A. all active businesses  Economic activity  Location  number of employees  Salaries  Birth or death (new process) Main activity in BR section

21. 21 Business demography Once a year a process of freezing Since 2003: B. all opening& closures by VAT  Economic activity  Location  employment Main activity in BR section

22. 22 Business demography publishing Years 2003-2007:  yearly -all active businesses by number of employees and economic activity-  yearly- all opening& closures in business sector by VAT registration -by economic activity and employments /by area Main activity in BR section

23. 23 Business demography  Producing births for each year since 2005 (On final stage) : Birth rates by size, location, economic activity act. Survival rates by size, location, economic activity act. Main activity in BR section

24. 24 Business demography  On-going process of producing OECD- Eurostat new definitions for each year since 2005- : Enterprise birth/death(2003) Employers enterprise birth/death(2003) Main activity in BR section

25. 25 World bank questionnaires OECD questionnaires Main information center for all businesses-in CBS Classifying files of import and export businesses Supporting other business surveys in CBS BR other output Main activity in BR section

26. 26 Producing data for other economic institutions Producing data for government authorities and local authorities or other policy makers BR other output Main activity in BR section

27. 27 Collecting data on local units-large businesses Preparing the match of activity code ISIC rev 4 to the BR activity codes Response burden- connecting other existing surveyes to BR In process… Main activity in BR section

28. 28 USERS OF BR-ON-LINE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS- 30 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS OTHER CBS DEPARTMENTS-30 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS

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30. 30 מאפה ישראל בעמ' ישראל בעמ' 2005 515151510 9121212120 0 515151510 912121212 Names, types classifying Activity dates Id numbers

31. 31 מאפה ישראל בעמ' ישראל בעמ' 2005 515151510 9121212120 0 912121212 Monthly revenue&expense Monthly employees& salaries Id names

32. 32 525252520 557123456 קפה ישראל ושות' 511111111 522222222 525252520 בית מאפה וקפה ישראל ישראלי מאפה ישראל בע'מ 91111111100911111111 525252520 93333333333 92222222222 91111111100 933333333 922222222 911111111

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