Over 600,000 employers this year received Employer Correction Request letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA), commonly known as “No-Match Letters.” These letters alert employers to discrepancies between employees’ Social Security numbers (SSN) and SSA records related to that SSN. Specifically, notifications are sent to employers identified as having at least one employee name and SSN combination submitted on wage and tax statement Form W-2 that do not match the agency’s records. The purpose of these letters is to advise employers that corrections are needed for the SSA to properly post employees’ earnings to the correct record.

Common reasons that reported names and SSNs may not agree with SSA records include typographical errors by the employer, unreported name changes for employees, hyphenated names, identity theft, and inaccurate or incomplete employer records.

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