The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-01
Questions And Answers
WHAT'S WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL
SECURITY

| how much there IS due me by the
Old-Age Pension Law. l am 691b
years old. They don't want to give
me but $500 per month. l have not
accepted anything.
A. 81 Doubtless you applied for
assistance under the Federal-State
Old-Age Assistance program. Title
| of the Social Security Act sets up
provisions wherein grants are made
to the States for old-age assistance.
based on State participation. The
State of Maryland has availed itself
of this provision of the Social Secur-
ity Act and has passed law pro-
viding for assistance to the needy
aged. The amount you may receive
under this is determined solely by
the State itself. The law provides
that old-age assistance shall be ad
ministered by the State and county
welfare departments. For detailed
information relative to your rights
suit your county welfare department.
O. So l work part-time in store,
waiting on customers and delivering
orders and doing other things.
My employer thinks | may not
come under the Social Security Act
because my employment is casual
labor" Is that correct?
A. So No. Any person engaged
in any employment which is not
specifically excepted under Title VIII
of the Social Security Act must have
a social security account number
and is liable to the taxes and bene-
fits of the law. Casual labor not in
the course of the, employers trade
or business" is excepted under Title
VIII. But casual labor does not
mean part-time work; or work ir-
regularly performed by the individ-
ual; or work which may be done
by temporary employee who may
have been hired more or less hap
hazardly. The test is whether the
work performed is in the course OF
the employers trade or business.
Waiting on customers, delivering
orders and such things seems clear
ly to be labor performed lin the
course of the employers trade or
business" You should have an &C
count number, your employer should
record your number on his book]
and he is responsible for the pay
ment to the Collector of Interal Rev
enue for his district of the taxes
prescribed in Title VIII of the Soci-
al Security Act.
O. So My father died on Aug
ust Is, 1887, having been employed
in covered industry from Janu-
airy /, 1887, to that date. He did not
have an account number but his en-
ployer had deducted the Social Sec
urity tax. How can l get number
for him in order to file claim?
A. Your fathers employer should
apply to- the nearest Social Security
Board Field Office for Social Sec
urity account number for your
father. He should use Form SIS D,
which he can obtain from his post
office or Social Security Board Field
Office; and should file this Form
SS-5 in accordance with instructions
contained in Treasury Decision 4704,
copy of which can be obtained from
the Social Security Board Field Office
or from the Collector of Interal Rev
enue.
The employer also is required to
| file a special tax return in each case
in which an employee dies. This re-
turn should be filed within Is days
of the death of the employee. Form
$50 should be used. This form cal
| be obtained from the Collector OF
Internal Revenue or from the near
est Social Security Board Field
Office.
The employer also is requested by
the Social Security Board to file with
it's nearest field Office special report
on Form OAC-IOOI. This simple
form should be filled out in accord
ance with instructions printed on it.
1t will serve as the basis for deter
mining the amount of the lump-sum
payment due the estate of your
father under the old-age benefits
provisions of the Social Security
Act.
The employer can inform you of
the social security account number
assigned for your father; or you
can get the information from the
Social Security Board Field Office.
Every assistance will be given you
by the field Office in filing a claim
for what is due to your fathers