Months with no sales still need a report
If you sold nothing under the contract in a given month, you still file for that month. The report says zero. Skipping it is a missing report, not a quiet month.
Why this is the most-missed filing
Nothing prompts it. There is no invoice, no order, no export, no reason to open the portal. Contractors with lumpy federal revenue — a large order every few months — often have more empty months than full ones, and the empty ones are the ones absent from the record.
How to report zero
Use Form Entry in the FAS Sales Reporting Portal: choose the contract and reporting month, enter zero sales and submit it there. GSA's current instructions say that zero sales cannot be reported through an Excel or CSV upload.
Do not create a placeholder transaction with zero quantity. It represents a line that did not happen and is not a substitute for the portal's zero-sales Form Entry.
Keep the record
The value of a zero filing is entirely in the record: it is what shows the month was handled rather than forgotten. Whatever you use, keep evidence of the date you filed.
One click prepares every empty month. A paid account records the right contract and period and takes you to the required next step: report $0 with Form Entry in GSA SRP. TDR Filer keeps the date and zero total in your account; it does not claim to submit the filing for you.
$79/month Or check a file freeA zero month is a full month for the purposes of the clause. Transactional Data Reporting sets out the requirement, and the SRP takes a zero through form entry in under a minute.