CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION > PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950-) > SUBPART I—Records of Earnings (§404.801 to §404.831) > 404.823—Correction of the record of your earnings for work in the employ of the United States.

404.823—Correction of the record of your earnings for work in the employ of the United States.

We may correct the record of your earnings to remove, reduce, or enter earnings for work in the employ of the United States only if—
(a) Correction is permitted under § 404.821 or § 404.822; and
(b) Any necessary determinations concerning the amount of remuneration paid for your work and the periods for which such remuneration was paid have been made as shown by—
(1) A tax return filed under section 3122 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 3122 ); or
(2) A certification by the head of the Federal agency or instrumentality of which you have been an employee or his or her agent. A Federal instrumentality for these purposes includes a nonappropriated fund activity of the armed forces or Coast Guard.

Code of Federal Regulations

[44 FR 38454, July 2, 1979, as amended at 55 FR 24891, June 19, 1990]