Railroad Board Polishes Up Employee Benefits Form
Published Date: 4/23/2025
Notice
Summary
The Railroad Retirement Board is updating the Employer's Quarterly Report form that railroad employers use to report and pay their unemployment and sickness insurance contributions. These changes mostly rename form fields to make things clearer, with no new costs or extra work expected. Employers must keep submitting this form every quarter, and the Board wants your feedback on these updates before they finalize them.
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Railroad Employer Form DC-1 Update
If you are a railroad employer, the Railroad Retirement Board is updating the Employer's Quarterly Report (Form DC-1, OMB 3220-0012). The update mainly renames fields (for example, "Employer Number" to "Employer BA Number" and "Calendar Year and Quarter" to "Reporting Period (Calendar Year and Quarter)") and changes instructions, and the agency states there will be no new costs or extra work; you must still file the form each quarter.
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