All other operating expenses

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000058",
  "term": "All other operating expenses",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "term_source": "All Other Operating Expenses",
  "definitions": [
    "Operating expenses not reported elsewhere, such as bank card charges, motor fuel, and travel expense. Excluded are purchase of products for resale (cost of goods sold); bad debt; transfers made within the company; capitalized expenses; interest; impairment; income, sales, and excise taxes; and other non-operating expenses.",
    "($1,000) The total other operating expenses is the sum of all other operating expenses for a firm that is not previously identified. Includes temporary staff and leased employee expenses, expensed computer hardware and other equipment, expensed purchases of software, data processing and other purchased computer services, communication services, repair and maintenance services of buildings and/or machinery, refuse removal (including hazardous waste) services, advertising and promotional services, purchased professional and technical services, taxes and license fees, and any other operating expenses not identified.\n\nThe total other operating expenses are comprised of eleven operating expense types that were collected for the Construction, Manufacturing, and Mining Industries:\n\n• Temporary staff and leased employee expenses ($1,000)\n\n• Expensed computer hardware and other equipment ($1,000)\n\n• Expensed purchases of software ($1,000)\n\n• Data processing and other purchased computer services ($1,000)\n\n• Communication services ($1,000)\n\n• Repair and maintenance services of buildings and/or machinery ($1,000)\n\n• Refuse removal (including hazardous waste) services ($1,000)\n\n• Advertising and promotional services ($1,000)\n\n• Purchased professional and technical services ($1,000)\n\n• Taxes and license fees ($1,000)\n\n• All other operating expenses ($1,000)\n\nData are shown in thousands of dollars ($1,000).\n\nSee Related Terms.\n\nThese eleven types of other operating expenses are defined as:\n\n• Temporary staff and leased employee expenses - Professional Employer Organizations and staffing agencies for personnel. Includes all temporary staff and leased employee charges for payroll, benefits, and services.\n\n• Expensed computer hardware and other equipment - Expensed computer hardware and other equipment. Includes copiers, fax machines, telephones, shop and lab equipment, CPUs, and monitors. Excludes packaged software or leased and rented equipment.\n\n• Expensed purchases of software - Purchases of prepackaged, custom-coded, or vendor-customized software. Includes software developed or customized by others, web-design services and purchases, licensing agreements, upgrades of software, and maintenance fees related to software upgrades and alterations.\n\n• Data processing and other purchased computer services - Computer facilities management services, computer input preparation, data storage, computer time rental, optical scanning services, and other computer-related advice and services, including training. Excludes services provided by other establishments within that firm (such as a separate central data processing unit).\n\n• Communication services - Telephone, cellular, and fax services, computer-related communications (e.g., Internet, connectivity, online), credit card transaction fees, expensed integrated systems, and other wired and wireless communication services.\n\n• Repair and maintenance services of buildings and/or machinery - Purchased repairs and maintenance to buildings and/or machinery and equipment. Includes repairs for painting, roof repairs, replacing parts, over-hauling of equipment, and other repairs chargeable as current operating costs. Cost of repair and maintenance of any leased property if the establishment assumed the cost. Excludes extensive \"repairs\" or reconstruction that is capitalized.\n\n• Refuse removal (including hazardous waste) services - Water, sewer, refuse removal, and other non-electric utility payments. Includes cost of hazardous waste removal or treatment. Excludes cost of refuse removal services if included in rental payments; machinery or equipment reported as a capital expenditures; and cost of salaries paid to employees of the establishment whose work involves refuse removal and/or hazardous waste removal or treatment.\n\n• Advertising and promotional services - Purchased advertising and promotional services. Includes marketing and public relations services. Excludes salaries paid to employees of the establishment for advertising work.\n\n• Purchased professional and technical services ??? Operating expenses for management consulting, accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, legal, actuarial, payroll processing, architectural, engineering, and/or other professional services (i.e. janitorial, security, or landscape services). Excludes salaries paid to employees of owned establishment for these services.\n\n• Taxes and license fees - Governmental taxes and licensing fees. Payments to government agencies for taxes and licenses. Includes business and property taxes. Excludes income taxes.\n\n• All other operating expenses - All other operating expenses not reported elsewhere. Excludes purchases of merchandise for resale and non-operating expenses."
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/all-other-operating-expenses/"
}