TN 2 (05-95)

SI 00815.600 Wage-Related Payments

CITATIONS:

Social Security Act - Section 1612
Regulation - 20 CFR 416.1103; 416.1110

A. Introduction

Employers make various payments on behalf of their employees that are not earnings and are not available to meet food, clothing, or shelter needs.

B. Policy

The following payments by an employer are not income unless the funds for them are deducted from the employee's salary:

  • funds the employer uses to purchase qualified benefits under a cafeteria plan;

  • employer contributions to a health- insurance or retirement fund;

  • the employer's share of FICA taxes or unemployment compensation taxes, in all cases;

  • the employee's share of FICA taxes or unemployment compensation taxes paid by the employer on wages for domestic service in the private home of the employer or for agricultural labor only, to the extent that the employee does not reimburse the employer.

C. References


To Link to this section - Use this URL:
http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0500815600
SI 00815.600 - Wage-Related Payments - 05/04/1995
Batch run: 11/21/2013
Rev:05/04/1995