Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2022-0062]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions and one extension of OMB-approved information collections.

SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses or fax numbers.

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA

Comments:

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0062].

(SSA), Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance

Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address:

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov

Or you may submit your comments online through

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,

referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0062].

SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than January 13, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of these OMB clearance packages by writing to

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.

Certificate of Coverage Request—20 CFR 404.1913—0960-0554. The United States (U.S.) has agreements with 30 foreign countries to eliminate double Social Security coverage and taxation where, except for the provisions of the agreement, a worker would be subject to coverage and taxes in both countries. These agreements contain rules for determining the country under whose laws the worker's period of employment is covered, and to which country the worker will pay taxes. The agreements further dictate that, upon the request of the worker or employer, the country under whose system the period of work is covered will issue a certificate of coverage. The certificate serves as proof of exemption from coverage and taxation under the system of the other country. The information we collect assists us in determining a worker's coverage and in issuing a U.S. certificate of coverage as appropriate. Per our agreements, we ask a set number of questions to the workers and employers prior to issuing a certificate of coverage; however, our agreements with Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden require us to ask more questions in those countries. Respondents are workers and employers wishing to establish exemption from foreign Social Security taxes.

Type of Request:

Revision of an OMB-approved information collection.

Modality of completion

Number of

respondents

Frequency of

response

Average

burden per

response

(minutes)

Estimated total annual

burden

(hours)

Average

theoretical

hourly cost

Amount

(dollars) *

Total annual

opportunity

cost

(dollars) **

Requests via Letter—Individuals (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden)

5,833

1

40

3,889

* $28.01

** $108,931

Requests via Internet—Individuals (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden)

9,761

1

40

6,507

* 28.01

** 182,261

Requests via Letter—Individuals in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden

284

1

44

208

* 28.01

** 5,826

Requests via Letter—Individuals in Poland

16

1

41

11

* 28.01

** 308

Requests via Internet—Individuals in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden

427

1

44

313

* 28.01

** 8,767

Requests via Internet—Individuals in Poland

25

1

41

17

* 28.01

* 476

Requests via Letter—Employers (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden)

26,047

1

40

17,365

* 28.01

** 486,394

Requests via Internet—Employers (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, & Sweden)

39,096

1

40

26,064

* 28.01

** 730,053

Requests via Letter—Employers in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden

1,137

1

44

834

* 28.01

** 23,360

Requests via Letter—Employers in Poland

57

1

41

39

* 28.01

** 1,092

Requests via Internet—Employers in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden

1,704

1

44

1,250

* 28.01

** 35,013

Requests via Internet—Employers in Poland

86

1

41

59

* 28.01

** 1,653

Totals

84,473

56,556

** 1,584,134

* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm

).

** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application.

There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application.

Dated: December 8, 2022.

Naomi Sipple,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 2022-27041 Filed 12-13-22; 8:45 am]

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