When using IAR, if an ARC accredited agency has no sales during the report period, ARC will...

When using IAR, if an ARC accredited agency has no sales during the report period, ARC will...

• A. Automatically submit the IAR sales report on behalf of the ARC accredited agency
• B. Do nothing
• C. Request data manually
• D. Cancel the report

Answer: (B)

When there is no sales activity, there’s nothing to report in the IAR system. The process is driven by actual activity, so if the report period has zero transactions, ARC does not generate, submit, or request any report on behalf of the agency. In other words, no action is needed for that period—the absence of data means nothing to file. This avoids unnecessary paperwork and aligns with the reality that there were no sales to record. If there were sales later, you would submit the IAR according to the normal procedure for periods with activity.

When there is no sales activity, there’s nothing to report in the IAR system. The process is driven by actual activity, so if the report period has zero transactions, ARC does not generate, submit, or request any report on behalf of the agency. In other words, no action is needed for that period—the absence of data means nothing to file. This avoids unnecessary paperwork and aligns with the reality that there were no sales to record. If there were sales later, you would submit the IAR according to the normal procedure for periods with activity.