Table 8
Operating expenses for Other sound recording industries, Canada 2009 to 2011

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Operating expenses for Other sound recording industries, Canada 2009 to 2011
  2011 p 2010 r 2009 r
  percent
Industry expenditures  
Salaries, wages and benefits 39.0 45.0 42.5
Commissions paid to non-employees x x x
Professional and business services fees 1.7 1.3 1.6
Subcontract expenses x x x
Charges for services provided by head offices x x x
Cost of goods sold x x x
Office supplies 1.3 2.4 2.4
Rental and leasing 5.0 4.2 3.2
Repair and maintenance x 4.7 3.0
Insurance F F F
Advertising, marketing and promotions 2.0 3.7 3.2
Travel, meals and entertainment 3.1 3.0 4.0
Utilities and telecommunications expenses 2.4 1.6 2.5
Property and business taxes, licences and permits x x x
Royalties, rights, licensing and franchise fees x x x
Delivery, warehousing, postage and courier x F F
Financial services fees x F F
Amortization and depreciation of tangible and intangible assets 7.6 5.9 4.8
Bad debts x x x
All other expenses F 7.1 5.9
Total operating expenses 1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total operating expenses exclude write-offs, capital losses, extraordinary losses, interest on borrowing, and other non-recurring items.
Note(s):
The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 512290. See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms. Due to rounding, components may not add to total. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
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