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Social Security: Alternative Wage-Reporting Processes

HRD-90-35 Published: Nov 08, 1989. Publicly Released: Nov 08, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) received and shared wage information, focusing on: (1) three alternatives to the existing combined annual wage-reporting system; and (2) their potential for improving the wage-reporting process.

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Data collectionFederal formsIncome statisticsInformation systemsInteragency relationsPayroll recordsReporting requirementsSocial security taxesTax administration systemsWorkers