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Article: Social Security Number Mismatch Issues.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- September 27, 2002
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Increasing numbers of employers are receiving a letter from the Social Security Administration ("SSA") advising them that there is a mismatch between a reported Social Security Number ("SSN") and a worker's name. Beginning with the SSA's processing of 2002 W-2 reports, SSA is sending letters to employers whose W-2 data includes one or more mismatches with SSA data. Although this practice of sending letters began in 1993, letters were typically sent only to employers with a mismatch rate of more than 10%.
The SSA letters identify the mismatch and instruct employers on the possible reasons why the W-2 reports they filed do not match SSA's database. In addition, the ...