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Show Social Security reports due by August first Quarterly wage reports and social security contributions for household workers are due by August 1, according to John Wainwright, social security district manager in Grand Junction, Colorado. People who pay a household worker $50 or more in cash wages in any 3-month quarter must send a report of the wages, along with the social security contribution, to the Internal Revenue Service within with-in one month after the end of the quarter. Quarters are January-February-March, April-May-June, July-August-September, and October-November- December. Wage reports and social security contributions for the 2nd quarter of 1977 are due by August 1, Wainwright said. The date would be July 31. but July 31 falls on a Sunday this year. People who employ household house-hold workers may file the wage report on a form available at any Internal Revenue Service Office-Employer's Quarterly Tax Return for Household Employees (for Social Security). Secur-ity). The social security contribution contribu-tion for a household employee is 5.85 percent of the covered wages, and the employer pays a matching amount. Social security contributions help build retirement, disability, disabil-ity, survivors, and Medicare hospital insurance protection for workers and their families. People who employ household workers can get a free copy of the leaflet. Social security and your household employee, at the Grand Junction Social Security Office, 101 S. Third Street. Mr. Herman Frame, social security representative, will be in Moab at the Employment Office between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on July 19. 1977. |