Railroad Board Seeks Input on Employer Pay Reporting Forms
Published Date: 11/21/2025
Notice
Summary
The Railroad Retirement Board wants your thoughts on how they collect important work and pay info from railroad employers. They’re checking if the current forms and process work well or need tweaks to make things easier and clearer. This helps make sure railroad workers and their families get the right benefits on time, with no extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Mandatory Employer Reporting Forms
If you are a railroad employer, you must submit mandatory reports of employee service and compensation using Forms AA-12, G-88A.1 (or internet), G-88A.2 (or internet), and BA-6a when required. The RRB estimates these employer-reporting items will result in a total of 2,630 annual responses and about 357 burden hours across respondents each year.
New-Hire Address Requirement (BA-6a)
Railroad employers must provide home addresses for all employees hired within the last year under 20 CFR 209.12(b), using Form BA-6a if needed. The notice lists multiple BA-6a submission types with estimated annual response counts (for example, BA-6a Internet (RR initiated) 250 responses with 71 burden hours and BA-6a Paper (RRB initiated) 250 responses with 133 burden hours).
Survivor Questionnaire for Death Benefits
When the RRB learns of a railroad employee's death, surviving relatives may be asked to complete the voluntary RL-94-F Survivor Questionnaire to help determine whether death benefits are payable. The RRB estimates 5,450 annual responses for RL-94-F totaling about 959 burden hours.
Medicare Part B Claim Form Requirement
Railroad retirement beneficiaries covered by Medicare must use Form G-740S (and CMS-1500) to request Medicare Part B payment; completion of the form is required to obtain the benefit for a claim. The notice lists Form G-740S with an estimated 1 annual response and associated burden.
Deemed Service Month Questionnaire (GL-99)
The RRB requires employers to complete Form GL-99 to provide information needed to determine whether an employee can be credited with additional deemed months of railroad service. The notice estimates 2,000 annual GL-99 responses totaling about 67 burden hours.
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