Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Social Security SEARCH MENU LANGUAGES SIGN IN/UP The Social Security Administration's Agency Financial Report (AFR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Introduction Our FY 2021 AFR provides information enabling the Congress, the President, and the public to assess our stewardship of the financial resources entrusted to us and our performance as an organization. The report provides a discussion of our programs, organization, and how we benefit the public; a high-level summary of our accomplishments during the year; a discussion of the challenges we face going forward; and an analysis of our financial position. The AFR also includes information on our program integrity efforts, as well as the Inspector General’s Statement on SSA’s Major Management and Performance Challenges. The report includes our annual audited financial statements and the report on the audit of those financial statements. FY 2021 marks the 35th year that we published audited financial statements and the 28th year that we received an unmodified opinion on our financial statements. We divided the online AFR into the following sections: Note: SSA's FY 2021 AFR is in Portable Document Format (PDF) format. You must have Adobe reader software to view the PDF version of the files, which are listed below: SSA FY 2021 AFR Listing: Front Cover A Message from the Acting Commissioner/Table of Contents/Introduction Management’s Discussion and Analysis Overview of the Social Security Administration Overview of Our Fiscal Year 2021 Goals and Results Highlights of Financial Position Analysis of Systems, Controls, and Legal Compliance Financial Section A Message from the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Initiatives Advancing Our Mission Audited Financial Statements and Additional Information Required Supplementary Information: Social Insurance Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants Other Information Inspector General Statement on the Social Security Administration’s Major Management and Performance Challenges Other Reporting Requirements Appendix Glossary of Acronyms SSA Management and Board Members Back Cover Full FY 2021 AFR Prior FY Reports SSA's Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 SSA's Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 SSA's Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 SSA's Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 SSA's Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Benefits Retirement Disability Medicare Survivors SSI Resources Online Services FAQs Contact Us Forms Glossary Publications Agency About Us Accessibility FOIA Guidance Open Government Plain Language Privacy Connect with Us Blog Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube All Social Media Related Websites Benefits.gov MyMoney.gov Regulations.gov USA.gov Report Fraud, Waste or Abuse Office of the Inspector General This website is produced and published at U.S. taxpayer expense.