8-K: Current report filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 18, 2005

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

0-21886
(SEC File Number)

52-0812977
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97239
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(503) 220-0988

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 18, 2005, Barrett Business Services, Inc. (the "Company"), filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(a) under the Securities
Act of 1933 a preliminary prospectus dated July 15, 2005 (the "Preliminary
Prospectus") in connection with its Registration Statement on Form S-2
(Registration No. 333-126496). The Preliminary Prospectus includes updated
information regarding management's earnings guidance included in the Company's
press release dated April 27, 2005, that the Company's gross revenues for the
second quarter ending June 30, 2005, were expected to range from $172 million to
$174 million. In the Preliminary Prospectus, management states its belief that
gross revenues to be reported in the Company's earnings release for the second
quarter ended July 30, 2005 will be greater than $174 million. The Company
further anticipates that its corresponding total revenues on a net basis will
equal or exceed $56 million, after subtracting an estimated cost of gross PEO
revenues of $118 million. The Company currently expects to publish its financial
results for the 2005 second quarter in early August 2005.

The Company's financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") present PEO
revenues on a net basis, as required by GAAP. The Company changed its reporting
of PEO revenues from a gross basis to a net basis in 2002 because it was
determined in accordance with the requirements of Emerging Issues Task Force No.
99-19, "Reporting Revenues Gross as a Principal Versus Net as an Agent," that
the Company was not the primary obligor for the services provided by its PEO
clients to their customers pursuant to the Company's PEO contracts. The
Company's management believes the gross revenue information included in this
report, although not in accordance with GAAP, is more informative as to the
level of the Company's business activity and more illustrative of how the
Company manages its operations, including the preparation of the Company's
internal operating forecasts, because it presents the Company's PEO services on
a basis comparable to the Company's staffing services.

Statements in this report about future events or performance, including earnings
expectations for the second quarter of 2005, are forward-looking statements,
which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from any
future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors
that could affect future results include economic conditions in the Company's
service areas, the effect of changes in the Company's mix of services on gross
margin, future workers' compensation claims experience, the effect of changes in
the workers' compensation regulatory environment in one or more of the Company's
primary markets, collectibility of accounts receivable, and availability of
funding for working capital purposes, among others. Other important factors that
may affect the Company's future prospects are described in the Company's 2004
Annual Report on Form 10-K. Although forward-looking statements help to provide
complete information about the Company, readers should keep in mind that
forward-looking statements may be less reliable than historical information. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements
in this report to reflect events or changes in circumstances that occur after
the date of this report.







SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.


Dated: July 18, 2005 By: /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
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Michael D. Mulholland
Vice President - Finance