No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
01/12/2026
01/08/2026
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2027
07/31/2027
07/31/2027
100,000
0
100,000
159,405
0
100,941
0
0
0
SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to determine initial or continuing eligibility for (1) Title II Social Security disability payments, or (2) Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Under Titles II and XVI of the Act, recipients receive disability and SSI payments based on their inability to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA) due to a physical or mental condition. Therefore, when the recipients resume work, they must
report their work so SSA can evaluate and determine by law whether they continue to meet the disability requirements. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to obtain information on self-employment activities of Social Security Title II and XVI disability applicants and recipients. We use the data we obtain to evaluate disability claims, and to help us determine if the claimant meets current disability provisions under Titles II and XVI. Since applicants for disability or SSI payments must prove an inability to perform any kind of SGA generally available in the national economy for which we expect them to qualify based on age, education, and work experience, any work an applicant performed until, or subsequent to, the date the disability allegedly began, affects our disability determination. The respondents are applicants and claimants for Social Security disability payments or SSI payments.
We are submitting a non-substantive Change Request to make minor revisions to streamline the form, enhance the clarity for the form, and better explain to the respondents the need for the information. We are making these revisions due to feedback from subject matter experts and from public comments on this form.
US Code:
42 USC 423
Name of Law: The Social Security Act
US Code:
42 USC 1383b
Name of Law: The Social Security Act
There are no changes to the public reporting burden.
*Note: The total burden reflected in ROCIS shows the additional totals for the field office and telephone call system wait times (for those ICs that require them) as well as the rough estimate of a 30-minute, one-way, drive time in our calculation of the time burden (for the respondents who respond via telephone interview), and a 30 minute learning cost. This is why the burden estimates on ROCIS do not match the chart above.
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.
Form SSA-820-BK Work Activity Report (Self-Employment)
Justification for the Non-Substantive Changes - 0598.docx
Work Activity Report - Self-Employment (returned via mail)