Form SSA-131 (05-2023) UF  
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Social Security Administration                                                                        OMB No. 0960-0565

                            EMPLOYER REPORT OF SPECIAL WAGE PAYMENTS

                               PART I - TO BE COMPLETED BY SSA/EMPLOYER:
Tax Year Employee Name                                          Employee's SSN               SSA Claim Number  
                                                                                             (To be completed by SSA)

Employer                                           Address

                               PART 2 - TO BE COMPLETED BY EMPLOYER:

Employees are sometime paid wages in a year subsequent to the year that the wages were earned. The most common types of 
payments are accumulated (for prior years) vacation pay or sick pay paid after retirement; deferred compensation; severance pay 
(when paid on account of retirement) and bonuses--paid pursuant to a prior agreement or contract.

Wages which are earned in a year prior to the year they are paid usually do not affect benefits payable under the Social Security 
annual earnings test. However, for the Social Security Administration to pay benefits accurately, these prior year amounts must 
be reported to us. The above named individual has filed for Social Security benefits. To ensure that correct Social Security 
benefits are paid, please complete the information below and return this form to the Social Security Administration. (Please see 
reverse side for instructions for the completion of this form.) 
1. Employer Identification Number  2. Retirement date                 3. Date employee last performed services  
(EIN)                              (MM/DD/YYYY)                           (MM/DD/YYYY)

If the dates in items 2 and 3 are not the same, please explain the difference.   

4. For wages paid to the employee in the "tax year" (see Part I above), enter the amount that was 
for services performed prior to the tax year; or was not attributable to services rendered during $
the tax year; or was paid on account of retirement:
Check the type(s) of wages paid in the tax year but for services performed in a prior year or were paid on account of retirement.

      Vacation Pay                             Sick Pay                               Severance Pay

      Bonus                                    Deferred Compensation

      Other (Explain)

5. Will payments listed in item "4" be made for years after the tax year?                         Yes           No
If answered Yes, please show the amounts and years in which these amounts will be paid, if known.
         Amount                         Year                              Amount                      Year

6. Nonqualified deferred compensation and section 457 plans only. If payments and deferrals                                                         
occurred during the tax year, enter the amount of wages earned by the employee during                                                              $
the tax year.

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EMPLOYER INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SPECIAL WAGE PAYMENT FORM
1.  Provide the EIN that was used or will be used to report the employee's wages on the Form W-2. 
2.  Enter the date the employee retired. Enter "Not Retired" if the employee has not retired. 
3.  Enter the date that the employee last performed services; was not expected to return to work; and was not subject to recall to    
     render additional services. This date should be the same as or earlier than the date in item "2." Enter "Not Retired" if the  
     employee has not retired. 
4.  Enter the wages that were paid to the employee in the tax year that were for services that were performed in years prior to the 
 tax year or that were paid on account of retirement. 
Examples (not all inclusive) of payments to be included:
     • Payments in lieu of vacation that were earned in a year prior to the tax year. 
     • Accumulated sick payments which were paid in a lump sum based on "retirement" as the sole condition of payment. 
     • Accumulated sick payments paid at or after the date in item 3, which were earned in a year prior to the tax year. 
     • Payments "on account of retirement"--dismissal, severance or termination pay paid because of retirement. 
     • Bonuses which are paid pursuant to a prior contract, agreement or promise causing the employee to expect such payments  
       regularly; or announced to induce the employee to work more steadily, rapidly or efficiently  or to remain with the employer. 
     • Stock Options.
Do not include in item "4" payments:
     • For annual, sick, holiday or vacation pay if used (absence from work) prior to the date of retirement (earlier of items "2" or"3"). 
     • That were reported or will be reported under "Nonqualified Plans" on the Form W-2. 
     • That were deducted from the employee's wages and paid to a deferred compensation plan (e.g., 401k). 
     • Employees health and dental plan benefits (non-covered/non-taxable for Social Security Wages). 
     • Bonuses earned and paid in the tax year. 
 
5.  Check whether payments listed in item 4 will be made for years after the tax year. If yes, please show the amounts and years    
     in which these will be paid, if known. 
 
6.  Nonqualified deferred compensation and section 457 plans only.  If you were unable to report nonqualified deferred   
     compensation or section 457 plan payments and deferrals (contributions) on Form W-2 because both payments and deferrals  
     occurred during the year, show the amount of wages  earned  by the employee during the tax year. Generally, the wages  
     earned will be the compensation reported in block 1 of Form W-2 less payments from a nonqualified deferred compensation  
     (or 457) plan, but including any amounts deferred under the plan during the tax year (See IRS Publication 957).

                                                                                                    PRIVACY ACT          STATEMENT  
                                                                                                   Collection and Use of Personal Information
                                                                                                                       
Sections 203(f), 205(c) and 233 of the Social Security Act, as amended, allow us to collect this information. Furnishing us this 
information is voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the information may prevent us from making an accurate 
determination regarding the amount of Social Security benefits payable to the individual for the year in question. 
 
We will use the information you provide to make a determination concerning the amount of Social Security benefits payable to the 
individual. We may also share this information for the following purposes, called routine uses: 
 
• To any source that has, or is expected to have, information that the Social Security Administration (SSA) needs in order to  
  establish or verify a person’s eligibility for a certificate of coverage under a Social Security agreement authorized by section 233  
  of the Social Act; and  
 
• To contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting the SSA in the efficient administration of   
  our programs. 
 
In addition, we may share this information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other Federal laws. For example, where 
authorized, we may use and disclose this information in computer matching programs, in which our records are compared with 
other records to establish or verify a person’s eligibility for Federal benefit programs and for repayment of incorrect or delinquent 
debts under these programs. 
 
A list of additional routine uses is available in our Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN) 60-0059, entitled Earnings 
Recordings and Self-Employment Income System, as published in the Federal Register (FR) on January 11, 2006, at 71 FR 
1819. Additional information, and a full listing of all of our SORNs, is available on our website at www.ssa.gov/privacy.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement                                                                - This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507, as amended by 
section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. We estimate that it will take about 20 minutes to read the instructions, gather 
the facts, and answer the questions. Send only comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: SSA, 6401 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401.