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Wages
RS 014: Wages
RS 01400: Wages
RS 01400.000:
Wages - Table of Contents
RS 01401: Wages
RS 01401.000:
Wages - Table of Contents
RS 01401.001:
Introduction to Wage Provisions
RS 01401.005:
Wages Defined
RS 01401.010:
Medicare Qualified Government Employment (MQGE) Wages
RS 01401.015:
Maximum Wages Creditable in a Calendar Year
RS 01401.020:
Wages for Social Security Purposes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Purposes
RS 01401.030:
Wages - When Paid and Received
RS 01401.040:
Constructive Payment of Wages
RS 01401.050:
Development of Constructive Payment — Procedure - Wages
RS 01401.060:
Deferred Compensation - General
RS 01401.070:
Deferred Compensation Plans Prior to 1984
RS 01401.080:
Deferred Compensation Plans After 1983
RS 01401.090:
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans
RS 01401.100:
Advances - Wages
RS 01401.110:
Agreement Not to Compete Payments - Wages
RS 01401.120:
Agricultural Wages
RS 01401.130:
Back Pay
RS 01401.140:
Allocating Back Pay
RS 01401.150:
Bonuses, Awards, and Prizes
RS 01401.160:
Commissions
RS 01401.170:
Container Royalty Payments
RS 01401.180:
Dismissal, Severance or Termination Pay
RS 01401.190:
Early Retirement Incentive Payments
RS 01401.200:
Employee Benefit Plans
RS 01401.210:
Employee Taxes Paid by the Employer
RS 01401.220:
Golden Parachute Payments
RS 01401.230:
Group-Term Life Insurance
RS 01401.240:
Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) Payments
RS 01401.250:
Loans and Debts
RS 01401.260:
Military Service Payments After 1956
RS 01401.270:
Older Americans Act of 1965
RS 01401.280:
Payment for Nonwork Periods
RS 01401.290:
Payments by Employer While on Jury Duty
RS 01401.300:
Promissory Notes
RS 01401.310:
Redwood Employee Protection Program Payments
RS 01401.320:
Residuals
RS 01401.330:
Sick or Accident Disability Payments
RS 01401.340:
Stock (or Bond) Payments, Purchases and Options
RS 01401.350:
Substitute or Assistant Pay
RS 01401.360:
Travel and Business Expense Reimbursements
RS 01401.370:
Vacation Pay and Pay in Lieu of Vacation
RS PHI01401.400:
Commonwealth Of Virginia - Earnings Of Home-Based Care Providers And Child-Care Providers
RS 01402: Wage Exclusions
RS 01402.000:
Wage Exclusions - Table of Contents
RS 01402.001:
Wage Exclusions General Information
RS 01402.005:
Plan Established By the Employer
RS 01402.010:
Salary Reduction Agreement
RS 01402.020:
Agricultural Labor
RS 01402.025:
Seasonal Agricultural Labor
RS 01402.030:
General Cafeteria Plans
RS 01402.035:
Cafeteria Plans Before January 1, 1984
RS 01402.036:
Cafeteria Plans Beginning January 1, 1984
RS 01402.038:
Tax-Favored Health Plans
RS 01402.040:
Fringe Benefits
RS 01402.045:
De Minimus Fringe
RS 01402.050:
Fringe Benefits Prior to January 1, 1985
RS 01402.051:
Fringe Benefits Beginning January 1, 1985
RS 01402.060:
Company Car Provided as a Fringe Benefit
RS 01402.065:
Gyms and Other Athletic Facilities as a Fringe Benefit
RS 01402.070:
No Additional Cost Service - A Fringe Benefit
RS 01402.075:
Qualified Employee Discount - A Fringe Benefit
RS 01402.080:
Working Condition Fringe
RS 01402.085:
Employer Provided Parking
RS 01402.090:
Sick and Disability Payments
RS 01402.095:
Medical and Hospital Expenses
RS 01402.100:
Tax-Exempt Trust & Other Plans - General
RS 01402.105:
Annuity Or Bond Purchase Plan
RS 01402.110:
Employer Pick-Up Plans
RS 01402.115:
Exempt Governmental Deferred Compensation Plan
RS 01402.120:
Federal Thrift Savings Plan
RS 01402.125:
Profit-Sharing Or Stock Bonus Plan
RS 01402.130:
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plan
RS 01402.135:
Supplemental Retirement Plan
RS 01402.140:
Tax-Exempt Trust
RS 01402.145:
Tax-Sheltered Annuities - General
RS 01402.205:
Awards - Wages
RS 01402.210:
Disabled Beneficiary Payments
RS 01402.215:
Domestic Services - 1993 And Earlier
RS 01402.216:
Domestic Services - 1994 And Later
RS 01402.220:
Educational And Dependent Care Assistance Programs
RS 01402.225:
Employee Tax Payments And Other Deductions
RS 01402.230:
Homeworker Services
RS 01402.235:
Wages - Legal Services (Group) Plan
RS 01402.240:
Meals And Lodging
RS 01402.245:
Moving Expenses
RS 01402.250:
Noncash Payments - General
RS 01402.255:
Wages - Nonprofit Organization
RS 01402.265:
Scholarship And Fellowship Grants
RS 01402.270:
Services Not In The Course Of The Employer's Trade Or Business
RS 01402.280:
Tips - General
RS 01402.290:
Wages Paid After Retirement Age For Nonwork Periods
RS 01402.295:
Workers' Compensation (WC) Payments
RS 01402.300:
Termination Of Employment - General
RS 01402.305:
Payments Upon Death
RS 01402.310:
Wages Paid After Death
RS 01402.320:
Retirement And Pre-Retirement Pay Criteria
RS 01402.324:
Retirement Benefits On Account Of Disability
RS 01402.325:
Retirement Pay Before January 1, 1984
RS 01402.326:
Retirement Pay - Beginning January 1, 1984
RS 01402.400:
Payments That Are Not Wages
RS 01402.410:
Court Award or Judgment
RS 01402.420:
Health Professions Scholarship Program
RS 01402.430:
Purchase of Contract Payments Definition
RS 01402.440:
Definition of Strike Benefits
RS 01402.450:
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plans
RS 01402.460:
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
RS 01402.470:
Uniform Allowances
RS 01402.480:
Veterans' Training Pay
RS 01402.485:
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Incentive Therapy (IT) and Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Programs.
RS 01402.490:
Military Differential Pay
RS 01402.500:
Payments under Federally Sponsored Programs
RS 01402.510:
Tolerance Rule for Developing Questionable Pay
RS 01403: Wage Evidence
RS 01403.000:
Wage Evidence - Table of Contents
RS 01403.001:
Wage Evidence - Introduction
RS 01403.005:
Wage Evidence Policy
RS 01403.010:
Primary Evidence of Wages
RS 01403.013:
Employer Statement Forms, SSA-7011-F4, SSA-1002-F3, and SSA-1003-F3
RS 01403.014:
Signed Statements From Employers — Policy
RS 01403.015:
Signed Statement from Custodian of Employer's Records
RS 01403.016:
Certification of Contents of Employer's Records
RS 01403.018:
End-of-Year Pay Statement or Pay Stub
RS 01403.035:
Requesting Employer Statements
RS 01403.037:
Completion of Forms SSA-7011-F4, SSA-1002-F3, and SSA-1003-F3
RS 01403.038:
Signatures on Forms SSA-7011-F4, SSA-1002-F3, and SSA-1003-F3
RS 01403.040:
Acceptance of Forms W-2/W-2c as Evidence of Wages
RS 01403.041:
What Information Must Be Shown on Forms W-2/W-2c
RS 01403.042:
Accepting Form W-2's Not Completed Properly
RS 01403.043:
Acceptable Copies of Forms W-2/W-2c
RS 01403.044:
Variance Between Total Wages and Social Security Wages Shown on Forms W-2/ W-2c
RS 01403.050:
When Development of Secondary Evidence of Wages May Begin
RS 01403.052:
Types of Secondary Evidence of Wages
RS 01403.053:
Evaluating Secondary Evidence of Wages
RS 01403.054:
Certification of Secondary Evidence
RS 01403.055:
Pay Envelopes, Vouchers, Pay Checks, Tax Receipts, or Wage Statements
RS 01403.056:
Records of Labor Unions - Wage Evidence
RS 01403.057:
Employee's Income Tax Returns - Wage Evidence
RS 01403.058:
State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Records
RS 01403.059:
Statement of Claimant and Persons Who Know About Employment and Wages
RS 01403.060:
Employee's Own Record of Wages
RS 01403.061:
When Evidence of Wages Cannot Be Obtained
RS 01403.077:
Secondary Evidence — Allegations of Wages by Migrant Farm Workers
RS 01403.080:
Regional Office Subpoena Procedures for Evidence of Wages
RS 01403.100:
Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement)
RS 01403.105:
Form W-2c (Statement of Corrected Income and Tax Amounts)
RS 01403.110:
Form SSA-7011-F4 (Statement of Employer)
RS 01403.115:
Form SSA-1002 (Statement of Agricultural Employer (Years Prior to 1988))
RS 01403.120:
Form SSA-1003 (Statement of Agricultural Employer for Years 1988 and Later)
RS 01403.130:
Form SSA-768 (Certification of Evidence of Wages)
RS 01404: Wage Development
RS 01404.000:
Wage Development - Table of Contents
RS 01404.001:
Wage Development - Introduction
RS 01404.003:
Wage Development Policy
RS 01404.005:
Lag Period – and Lag Earnings
RS 01404.018:
Evidence of Lag Wages
RS 01404.105:
Examining the E/R for Accuracy
RS 01404.110:
Pre-lag Development and Documentation Requirements for Resolving Earnings Record Inaccuracies
RS 01404.120:
Gap Development
RS 01404.140:
Development of Possible Erroneous or Duplicate Postings
RS 01404.160:
Wage Reporting Problem – National Wage Reporting Problem System (WRPS)
RS 01404.175:
Forms W-2/W-2c as Evidence of Prelag Wages
RS 01404.180:
Employer Prepared Wage Statement as Evidence of Prelag Wages
RS 01404.200:
Reporting Practices of Uniformed Services
RS 01404.205:
Developing Wage Information for Members of Uniformed Services - General
RS 01404.210:
Request for Wage Information - Army or Air Force Reservists
RS 01404.215:
Request for Wage Information - Members of Army and Air National Guard
RS 01404.220:
Developing Prelag Wages for Members of Uniformed Services
RS 01404.225:
Establishing Military Wages Based on Proof of Military Service
RS 01404.230:
When DMW Credits May/May Not Be Granted
RS 01404.235:
Development and Documentation of Deemed Wages - Internment
RS 01404.240:
Reopening Claim - OPM Use/Nonuse of Internment Credits
RS 01404.250:
Prohibitions Against Crediting Quarters of Coverage as stated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 and the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 [P.L. 111-8] ("Ensign Amendment")
RS 01404.252:
Request for Earnings Records (E/R) Corrections in FY 09 in Cases Where the NH Worked and Had Earnings Under Another SSN
RS 01404.254:
Determining OIG Referrals and Conviction Status in regard to the "Ensign Amendment"
RS 01404.256:
Processing "Ensign" Claims
RS 01404.258:
Processing Request for Earnings Records (E/R) Corrections After a Disallowance Based on the "Ensign Amendment"
RS 01404.260:
Denial Notice in "Ensign" Cases
RS 01404.300:
Maximum Contribution of Social Security Employment Taxes Paid By Employee
RS 01404.305:
History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act 1938-1996
RS 01404.310:
Where to Obtain Information on Wages and Employment for Members of Uniformed Services
RS 01404.315:
Addresses of State Adjutants General and PSSO's
RS 01404.320:
Sample Request to a State Adjutant - General for Wage Information for Members of National Guard
RS 01404.340:
Form SSA-L4157, Request for Earnings Information
RS 01405: Wage Correction/IRS Coordination
RS 01405.000:
Wage Correction/IRS Coordination - Table of Contents
RS 01405.001:
Earnings Record Correction - General
RS 01405.003:
Earnings Record Correction Policy
RS 01405.005:
Earnings Record Correction Process
RS 01405.010:
Determination of Coverage or Wages
RS KC01405.010:
Determination of Coverage or Wage for Missouri Public School District and Missouri Community College Employees (RTN 01 – 7/2010)
RS 01405.020:
Scouting or Feedback in Item Correction – Procedure
RS 01405.025:
When an Item Correction Action Should Not Be Processed
RS 01405.047:
Multiple Employee Reporting Errors
RS 01405.050:
Wages Reported as Self-Employment Income or Self-Employment Income Reported as Wages
RS 01405.080:
Inquiries Concerning a Refund of Social Security Taxes
RS 01405.090:
Listing Code 374 (Earnings Record Discrepancy/Adjustment)
RS 01405.115:
Coordination With IRS
RS 01405.120:
IRS Rulings