Understanding Supplemental Security Income
SSI Spotlight on SSI Telephone Wage Reporting
2012 Edition

The Supplemental Security Income telephone wage reporting is a toll-free automated system that allows certain beneficiaries, deemors and representative payees to report wages for the prior month to SSA over the telephone. 

Only certain individuals can report wages using the SSITWR.  Please contact your local Social Security office to see which wage reporting option is best for you. If SSITWR is an option for you, the office will provide you with worksheets and informational instructions for how to report wages using the SSITWR.

	The Social Security number of the person who is reporting wages (the caller);
	The Social Security number of the wage earner;
	The TOTAL monthly amount of gross wages for the wage earner. Gross wages are the amount of pay before taxes and other deductions;
	The caller’s name as it appears on their Social Security card.

It is important that you call the SSITWR to report wages during the first 6 days of the month.  After the 6th day of each month, the SSITWR does not accept wage reports.  If this happens, you must report your wages another way.

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to call the SSITWR from a quiet location, since background noise may cause the report to fail. 

Remember, consistent monthly wage reporting helps prevent SSI overpayments and underpayments.

A wage earner is the person who is working and receiving wages or payment for working.  You are the wage earner if you are working and you are reporting your own wages.  If you are calling to report someone else’s wages, then the wage earner is the person whose wages you are reporting . 

Yes.

If using SSITWR is not an option, you should report the gross, monthly wage amount for the prior month, the name of the wage earner and their social security number to your local Social Security office. You should also report the name and social security number of the person who receives SSI. Report the monthly wage information by:   

• sending a fax with the gross wage amount and applicable month;;
• mailing a brief letter with the gross wage amount and applicable month;
• telephoning your local field office; or
• coming to your local field office to give the report in person.