Employment & Labor

SSA Seeks Comments on Social Security Information Collection Forms

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The notice asks the public to comment on several Social Security information collection packages before the Social Security Administration sends them to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The practical impact is limited. It mainly affects people who use the listed SSA forms, including spouses seeking reduced Social Security benefits, and organizations or advisers that help people complete benefit paperwork. Comments are due by July 27, 2026.

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Key Changes

  • Opens a public comment period on revised and extended SSA information collections
  • Seeks feedback on burden estimates, usefulness, clarity, and ways to reduce paperwork
  • Includes Form SSA-25 for spouses electing reduced Social Security benefits

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Submit comments or recommendations on the listed Social Security information collections by mail, email, fax, or through reginfo.gov if you want SSA to consider them before OMB review.

members of the public submitting commentsorganizations assisting Social Security benefit applicants
Comments must be received no later than July 27, 2026
reporting
low

Reference Docket ID Number SSA-2026-0463 in any submitted response regarding the information collection packages.

members of the public submitting commentsorganizations submitting comments to SSA or OMB
By the comment submission deadline
reporting
medium

SSA must submit the listed pending information collection packages to OMB within 60 days from the date of the notice.

Social Security Administration
Within 60 days from the date of the notice
reporting

Affected Parties

Social Security benefit applicantsSpouses seeking reduced benefits+1 more…

Tags

social-security,paperwork-reduction-act,public-comments