Monthly SSI Wage Reporting

Request for OMB Clearance of Non-Substantive Changes for

The SSI Monthly Wage Reporting 20 CFR 416.701-732

OMB No. 0960-0715

Background

The SSI Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) system and the SSI Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) application fully automate monthly wage reporting. These methods allow respondents to voluntarily report the prior month of gross wages by telephone or smartphone application, instead of contacting their local Social Security field office. The reporters either call a designated SSA toll-free telephone number or use the smartphone wage reporting application during the first through the sixth day of each month. The systems cutoff date dictates the 6-day reporting period called Goldberg Kelly (GK), and allows the reported wage amounts to post to the Supplemental Security Record in time to prevent potential overpayments and underpayments. We will continue to use the current telephone and mobile collection process using the existing SSITWR and SSIMWR systems framework.

SSIMWR Application

We are making minor language revisions similar to the SSITWR system to the mobile screen shots to help the reporter to better understand and use our application. By improving and clarifying the mobile application instructions, we want to help ensure users report wages for the current reporting month.

Change 1: We are changing the language on the Enter SSN and Wages screen.

• Old Language: “Their gross wages for MM/YY”

• New Language: “Enter their total gross wages for the entire month of MM/YY”

Justification 1: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. Most importantly, we want to emphasize to the users of SSIMWR and SSITWR that they need to report monthly wage amounts when reporting.

Change 2: We are revising the language on the Confirm SSN and Wages screen

• Old Language “MM/YY wage report for”

• New Language: “Total gross wages for the entire month of MM/YY”

Justification 2: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. Most importantly, we want to emphasize to the users of SSIMWR and SSITWR that they need to report monthly wage amounts when reporting.

Change 3: We are revising the language on the Field Label for the Confirm SSN and Wages screen

• Old Language “Gross Wages”

• New Language: “Total Gross Wages”

Justification 3: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. Most importantly, we want to emphasize to the users of SSIMWR and SSITWR that they need to report monthly wage amounts when reporting.