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BUSINESS REGISTERCBS-ISRAEL

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LEGAL FRAME WORK

in 1997 two inter-governmental committees issued:

1. LEGAL ASPECTS

2. PRACTICAL & TECHNICAL ASPECTS

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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

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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

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Main purposes and aims

Main available source for integrated business information

Coordination of statistical business surveys

Producing business demography

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BUSINESS REGISTERCBS-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

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Main sourcesVAT 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)

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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

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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

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MATCHINGbuilding basic coordinated recordbuilding basic coordinated record

VATVAT Vat registration id

(primary key)

Entity id

National securityNational security National security id

(primary key)

Entity id

MOSTLY: ENTITY ID=VAT ID

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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”

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StorageStatistics

unitSurveys

BR- DB structure

VAT

NATIONALSECURITY

LMS UNITSB. Register

Historical Data

PartnershipInformation

SurveysFrames

ConnectionTo Different

External SurveysLocalUnits

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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

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Storage Statistics 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

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BUSINESSREGISTER

National SecurityVAT

Surveys inputs

Other business filesIncome tax file

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Main activity in BR unit

Maintenance , management and control improvement processes

Classifying all unitsStatistical business framesBusiness demographyUpdating SNA classification of sector for

all active enterprises(since 2004) BR other outputs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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USERS OF BR-ON-LINE

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS- 30 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS

OTHER CBS DEPARTMENTS-30 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS

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מאפה ישראל2005ישראל בעמ' בעמ'

51515151091212121200 515151510912121212

Nam

es

,types

classifying

Activity dates

Id

numbers

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מאפה ישראלבעמ'

2005ישראל בעמ'

515151510 51515151091212121200

912121212

Monthly

revenue&expense

Monthly employees&

salaries

Id

names

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557123456

קפה ישראל ושות'

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522222222

525252520

בית מאפה וקפה

בית מאפה וקפה

ישראל ישראלימאפה ישראל

בע'מ

91111111100911111111 525252520

93333333333

92222222222

91111111100

933333333

922222222

911111111

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