Social Security Number Verification Services (SSNVS)

ICR 201212-0960-012

OMB: 0960-0660

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2012-12-27
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
0960-0660 201212-0960-012
Historical Active 201204-0960-019
SSA
Social Security Number Verification Services (SSNVS)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/31/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/27/2012
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2015 09/30/2015 09/30/2015
2,984,949 0 2,984,949
249,746 0 249,746
0 0 0

Under IRS regulations, employers are obligated to provide wage and tax data to the Social Security Administration using Form W-2 or its electronic equivalent. As part of this process, the employer must furnish the employee's name and their Social Security number (SSN). The employee's name and SSN must match SSA's records in order for the employee's earnings to be properly posted to their Earnings Record, which is maintained by SSA. In order to better assure that employers provide accurate name and SSN data that match SSA's records, SSA offers several methods for employers to verify the names and numbers of hired individuals. SSA offers a free and secure Internet- based service, known as the Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS), where the employer can verify if the reported names and SSNs of their employees matches SSA's records. SSA also offers a service, Employee Verification Service (EVS), where employers can verify, via cartridge, diskette, paper, and telephone if the reported name and SSN of their employees matches SSA's records. Finally, through our National 800 Number SSA is introducing an automated telephone employee verification service (TNEV) that will ask callers for pertinent information in order to first authenticate them and then assist them with verifying an employee's SSN and name. This is a Non-Substantive Change Request.

US Code: 5 USC 552a (e)(10) Name of Law: Privacy Act of 1974
   US Code: 5 USC 552a (f)(2)&(3) Name of Law: Privacy Act of 1974
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  77 FR 29441 05/17/2012
77 FR 47688 08/09/2012
No

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS)
SSNVS Telephone

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,984,949 2,984,949 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 249,746 249,746 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The burden reduction stems from the elimination of the EVS paper verification process, its related registration process, and the planned elimination of the Telephone Number Employer Verification (TNEV) automated telephone application (see Addendum for details). In addition, we previously based our totals for these collections on estimated projections for each year rather than data from previous years. We are correcting this now, by using management information from FY 2011 to estimate the annual numbers for the next three years. We acknowledge that our actual usage is much lower than the predicted usage we estimated previously; however, SSA still hopes more businesses will continue to use SSNVS in the future.

$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
12/27/2012


© 2024 OMB.report | Privacy Policy