May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III BUSINESS REGISTER IN STATISTICS LITHUANIA Jurga Rukšėnaitė Chief specialist

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Statistical Business Register Statistical Business Register (BR) is a main tool of the data collection for economic statistics in the Department for Statistics of Lithuania. On the basis of Statistical Business Register all statistical surveys are conducted ensuring the coverage and uniform structure by kind of activity.

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Topics The main topics of this presentation are:  - The general work of the statistical BR  - IT solutions concerning the statistical BR  - Information from other registers (sources for updating the BR)  - Frequency of updating the information

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III The general work of the statistical BR in Lithuania (1)  Regular maintenance since 1998  Regulated by Regulations of Statistics Lithuania EU regulations  Latest development project (new model) 2000 – 2002  Personnel: 8 in register maintenance and services  Functions Basic Register on business units Sample frame Statistics of business population Services

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III The general work of the statistical BR in Lithuania (2)  Operational data base (31 Gb)  Database of Organization Numbers (mainframe) (including public organizations) legal units local units physical persons

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III IT solutions  distributed Novell NetWare  workstations using Window NT and XP  database server Solaris 2.6 / sun enterprise 5500  database software: Oracle  online development tool: Oracle Developer 2.1

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Business registration in Lithuania 1. The register of economic entities - legal register 2. Tax payers register 3. Social insurance fund tax payers register 4. Business Register of Statistics Lithuania - a statistical basic register and frame - regulated by EU legislation

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Business register: variables 1. Identification ID - number name address (postal, location, regional code) telephone, fax, 2. Classification economic activity (NACE) legal form ownership code classification of sectors regional classification 3. Size variables employment as annual average, as full time equivalent turnover 4. Status variables starting date cessation date date break off activity date of activity renovation

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Sources for updationg the BR  Administrative data  Surveys

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Sources for updating the BR: Surveys (1)  Starting enterprises - one-off (questionnaires sent in one month after their registration)  Local units updating survey - annual (once per 2 years)

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Sources for updating the BR: Administrative data (2) 1. Administrative business register (The register of legal entities) plus financial statement data 2. Social insurance fund tax payers register 3. VAT payers data base 4. Tax payers register, Balance sheets and declarations from Tax inspection  Important element: unique identification code of the legal entity  In the statistical BR every data source has priority.

Business register main production and intranet page  Frozen register as a Sample frame  Register (list) of surveys for next year - preparation procedures (data base in MS Access) - presentation for users - preparation of information for each enterprise  Intranet page May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III

May 2012 ESSnet DWH - Workshop III Frequency of updating the information  Annual (Statistical surveys)  Quarterly, monthly ( Social insurance fund tax payers register, VAT from State tax inspectorate, statistical surveys )  Daily (Administrative data from the register of legal entities)

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