Week 1
When is the deadline to submit W-3/W-2's?
Jan 31st
What does PCOM stand for?
Personal Communicator
What option in ECMS will take you to the equivalent of the DEQY and the ERQY?
Research
You will use this rationale to correct an individual's earnings that SSA made an error on.
ICOR
What is WMS and it's meaning?
Wage Management System; This list occurs when an ICOR is not closed properly
When processing Recon which boxes on the W-2 should we be looking at to find the wages?
3,5,7
What does ORS stand for?
Online Retrieval System
After scouting, you determine 2 or more EIN's belong to the same employer. What action can you take?
Cross(XREF)
You open a case in ECMS and see that it is a missing case. You look in RIMS, and see that the employer submitted W-2 copies that need to be processed. Before adding any wages to the system, what step must you take?
Research at least 3 SSN's to make sure the wages aren't already posted
What Function Mode will allow you to make a change to an individual NH's information?
Update
Which form/schedule would you use to report the wages for your butler or maid to SSA?
Schedule H
How many sessions does PCOM open?
2
The employer sends in W-2's with the questionnaire, however they didn't send in a W-3. The W-2's need to be processed. What action/ diary will you take/use?
DUMRPT
In RIMS, what image annotations do we use?
W-2/W-2c, W-3/W-3c, Non-Actionable
In the Modified Details (EMOD) screen, what are the different actions we can take?
Move, Change, Delete
I need to report income my employees received from short term disability which form/ schedule would I use?
8922(3rd party sick pay recap)
An employer sent in W-2’s, and you realized that some have already been processed. Which folder in ORS would you check to find which W-2’s were processed?
Folder 5- DXSCOUT EIN TY
This tab in ECMS allows you to view existing diaries for a case, enter remarks and release a case.
Case Disposition
This button in RIMS allows you to move images to their own case, if they belong to a different tax year or EIN.
Split Case
What 2 forms would be responsible for a MUGS?
Duplicate W-2 or W-2c
An employer calls and states that he realized he reported the incorrect 3rd quarter wages. What form/schedule would he send in to make the correction.
941-x
What is the iMAIN term for the AEQY?
Employer Address Search
ECMS will time out after how many minutes of inactivity?
25 minutes
You are working a case that is discrepant by $2000.00. The employer submitted copies of their 941's and W-3/W-2's, and in the questionnaire, they mark that they can't explain the difference between SSA and IRS wages. After completing your scouting, you see that all of the W-3/W-2's have been processed and the 941's are posted correctly. What action would you take?
Stop
When moving wages, what are the 3 places they can be moved to/from?
Another number holder's SSN, From suspense to the MEF, and from the MEF to Suspense