Justification for the Non-Substantive Changes to 0960-0808

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Justification for Non-Substantive Changes for myWageReport

20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-1576, & 404.1584-1593

OMB No. 0960-0808

Justification for Non-Substantive Changes to the Resubmission of the Collection within One Year of Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval

We are implementing the below changes within one year of OMB approval, because the myWageReport was developed under a method which focuses on adaptability and user satisfaction; and is broken into incremental builds. These updates incorporate enhancements and respond to myWageReport user needs. We will implement these updates upon OMB approval.

• Change #1: We are removing the last four numbers of the Social Security number (SSN) from the Wage Report Receipt that displays to the users and allows the option to print or save, and replacing with a Beneficiary Notice Control (BNC) number on the receipt for Title II users (page 2)

Justification #1: On September 15, 2017, the President signed into law H.R. 624, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, which became Public Law No. 115-59.  The Senate passed the bill on September 6, 2017, by unanimous consent.  The law, among other things, restricts the inclusion of SSNs on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government.  We modified the screen to display a BNC for the form to comply with the new law.

• Change #2: We are removing the last four numbers of the SSN from the Wage Report Receipt that displays to the users and allows the option to print or save, and replacing them with a BNC on the receipt for Title XVI users (page 3 and 4).

Justification #2: On September 15, 2017, the President signed into law H.R. 624, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, which became Public Law No. 115-59.  The Senate passed the bill on September 6, 2017, by unanimous consent.  The law, among other things, restricts the inclusion of SSNs on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government.  We modified the screen to display the BNC for the form to comply with the new law.

• Change #3: We are removing the last four numbers of the SSN from the Wage Report Receipt that displays to the users on the receipt for Title XVI users, (page 5).

Justification #3: On September 15, 2017, the President signed into law H.R. 624, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, which became Public Law No. 115-59.  The Senate passed the bill on September 6, 2017, by unanimous consent.  The law, among other things, restricts the inclusion of SSNs on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government.  We modified the screen to display the BNC for the form to comply with the new law.

• Change #4: We are adding a paystub confirmation screen, which will alert the user if the number of paystubs entered is either more or less than the calculated number that should be submitted for the user. (page 13):

• New Language: Alert: Have you entered all of the paystubs received in Month from Employer?”

• You indicated that employer name pays every (based on frequency of pay stated will show, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly) and you only entered (number will change based on the number of paystubs entered) X number of paystubs received in the month. Double check to make sure all paystubs in month from this employer have been entered before continuing.

Justification #4: This messaging alerts the user that they are either missing paystubs or have entered more paystubs for the specific month. The alert does not stop the reporter from submitting the entered paystubs if they choose to proceed.

• Change #5: We are changing the heading title on the paystub summary section of the receipts notice from the current title “Report for John Doe (w/last four of the SSN being displayed)” to “The Following Pay Stubs Were Received.” (Page 2 and 5)

Justification #5: We made this change to comply with the removal of SSNs from notices; and for clarity to the user/reporter.

• Change #6: We are removing the ID code from the Title XVI receipt (page 11).

Justification #6: We discovered a defect during test in DIET that would have negative impact to the user if the ID remained on the notice. We will add the ID code to the BNC line on Title XVI notices in a future release when the issue is resolved.

These revisions will not change the public reporting burden.