[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1947-1948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-858]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Notice of Proposed Change in Magnetic Media Reporting 
Specifications, for Submitters Who File Wage Reports Using Magnetic 
Media or Electronic Filing

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that SSA has developed proposed new 
Magnetic Media Reporting and Electronic Filing Specifications (MMREF-1) 
for submitters who file wage reports with SSA using Magnetic tape, 
diskette, cartridge or electronic filing. MMREF-1 will replace existing 
Technical Information Bulletins (TIB) 4, 5, 6 and 7. The MMREF-1 
consists of a single record format to be used to report domestic or 
territorial reports using magnetic media and electronic filing. A pilot 
will be conducted for tax year 1998 reporting using selected 
submitters. Beginning with tax year 1999 and over a several year 
period, submitters will be required to transition to the MMREF-1 
format.
    We would like to receive any comments the public may offer on the 
MMREF-1. An educational seminar on the MMREF-1 is scheduled to be held 
at the SSA headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 1997, 9 
a.m. to 12 p.m. To receive a draft copy of the MMREF-1 and/or to attend 
the educational seminar contact the addressee below.

DATES: Comments on the MMREF-1 must be received on or before February 
28, 1997.
    Reservations for the seminar would be appreciated but are not 
necessary by January 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: To receive a draft and/or to make a reservation for the 
seminar, contact Ed Bulson, Social Security Administration, Room 3-B-15 
Operations Building, Baltimore, Maryland 21235 or fax at (410) 966-
4159.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Harron, Chief, Earnings 
Records and Reporting Branch, Office of Program Benefits Policy, Social 
Security Administration, 3-F-26 Operations Building, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21235, telephone (410) 966-3856, fax (410) 966-9214.


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    Dated: January 8, 1997.
Richard Harron,
Tax Forms Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 97-858 Filed 1-13-97; 8:45 am]
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