Yes, all employers are required to get a Social Security Number and validate the citizenship of all employees. Even minors have to provide proper information.
The W-9 Form is used by employers to request taxpayer identification numbers, or social security numbers of employees. This form is from the Internal Revenue Service.
No, employers are required to check Social Security numbers.
This will depend upon the company that a person is working for. Many employers like to keep track of numbers that employees are producing and the employees are sometimes rewarded based upon these numbers.
Effective January 1, 2008, employers are prohibited from including an employee's Social Security number in its entirety on wage statements. California Labor Code § 226 requires that private employers furnish each employee with an accurate, written, itemized wage statement containing nine particular items. Formerly, one of these items was the employee's Social Security number. Now employers must still print identification numbers on their wage statements, but are permitted to use only the last four digits of the employee's Social Security number or an employee identification number other than a Social Security number. This change applies to both paper and electronic wage statements. The law applies only to the wage statement accompanying a paycheck, but it is recommended that full Social Security numbers be removed from paychecks as well.
Typically, finding out one's Taxpayer Identification Number requires one to contact the IRS. Taxpayer Identification Numbers can include Social Security Numbers, Employer Identification Numbers, and Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers for those not registered in the Social Security system.
As a means of identification as well as for wage and tax reporting purposes. It may also help determine if you can validly work in that country.
Since social security numbers have numeric values, a social security number is an example of a qualitative variable.
The Social Security Administration issues Social Security numbers.
Federal Tax Identification Numbers are like a social security number for employers and businesses. They have no reason to give it to you and probably won't. The only people who need this information are employees and subcontractors who do work for the business. These people are given the number on W-2 forms and 1099 forms at the end of the year. Why would you want this number if you are not one of these catagories.
Usually social security numbers are formatted as text, instead of numbers.
Social security numbers are given out in a sequence so your number could be a couple numbers apart from someone else's, especially a sibling.
Social Security numbers are quantitative and not qualitative. This is due to the fact that they are numerical in nature.