Financial statement statistics on information services
Producer: Statistics Finland
Homepage: http://www.stat.fi/til/iptp/index_en.html
Main topic: Enterprises
Related topics: Science, Technology and
Information Society
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes
Description
Financial statement statistics on information services describe the formation of profit, profitability and balance sheet structure in different industries in the field. The examined variables are profit and loss account and balance sheet data, and parametres calculated from them.
Data content
The statistical unit is an independent business enterprise. Neither enterprise groups nor establishments are included in the data. State enterprises are included. Units of public sector authorities and non-profit corporations remain outside the scope of the description. The identifying code is the enterprise’s Business Identity Code, or Business ID.
The data include profit and loss account and balance sheet data, itemised data on income and expenditure, itemised balance sheet data, increases and decreases in fixed assets, the number of personnel, wages and salaries and social costs. Basic data and classification categories on enterprises obtained from Statistics Finland’s Business Register are included as well.
The data are used to produce parametres by industry, statistics describing profit and loss account and balance sheet data as well as structural data.
Because the material contains data describing business activity at unit level, the use and release of the data are subject to general rules on disclosure control. The statistics compiled from the data are public under the condition that no individual enterprise’s data can be identified from them.
Classifications used
Standard Industrial Classification TOL 2002, TOL 2008, classification of size categories, Classification of Institutional Sectors.
Data collection methods and data sources
The data cover exhaustively nearly all business enterprises from all industries in the field of information services (TOL 2008, section J). Some of the data are collected direct from enterprises and some are obtained by exploiting the Tax Administration’s trade taxation records and Statistics Finland’s Register of Enterprises and Establishments. The sample for the direct data collection is determined by industry according to turnover and number of personnel. The profit and loss account and balance sheet data of smaller enterprises and non-respondent enterprises are derived from administrative records, and other data for them are imputed utilising administrative records, data extracted from the Business Register as well as data obtained with the inquiry. As a rule, the classification data for the enterprises are obtained from Statistics Finland’s Register of Enterprises and Establishments.
Data collections
Updating frequency
Annually.
Time of completion or release
Preliminary data are ready in the second week of June in the year following the statistical reference year. Final financial statement data are ready 14 months from the end of the statistical reference year.
Time series
Data according to the Standard Industrial Classification TOL 2008 are available since 2006.
Keywords
balance sheets, business enterprises, communication business, financial statement, fixed assets, industries, information sector, information services, investments, personnel, profit and loss accounts, profitability, services, turnover, value added
Contact information
http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/iptp/yht_en.html
Last updated 28.04.2016