Business Services Online (BSO) Employer Signature PIN

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Employer Signature PIN

When you complete pending registration in the Social Security Administration's (SSA) updated Business Services Online (BSO) system, you can set up the optional Employer Signature PIN.

Setting an Employer Signature PIN is an optional security feature that the organization administrator can provide to individuals or third-party submitters that are authorized to report wages to SSA. It will change every year.

Social Security has introduced an optional Employer Signature PIN for employers and third-party submitters filing wage reports electronically for the upcoming annual wage reporting season. The optional Employer Signature PIN is now available to employers through Social Security’s updated Business Services Online authorization system.

Social Security offers an optional Employer Signature PIN for employers and third-party submitters filing wage reports electronically.

Using the PIN enhances security for wage submissions via the new BSO Authorization Process.
The PIN enables electronic signing of wage reports and will be reissued annually, aligned with the Tax Reporting Season.
Once the PIN is generated it can't be reversed. The PIN must be included in all of the wage reports. If you lose the PIN CFS can not recover the PIN. You must contact the BSO.
In Payroll System you will be able to enter the PIN on the screen for you client.
A new Employer Signature PIN will be provided annually to coincide with the Tax Reporting Season.

Social Security will begin requiring the Employer Signature PIN in electronic wage files for those employers who have opted into using a PIN starting January 1, 2027.

Generating a PIN is currently optional. No action is required unless an employer chooses to use this option. If a PIN is generated, the employer must complete the required steps through the updated authorization system. If an employer does not generate a PIN, it is not required for submissions.

How does it work?

  • Allows an Employer to electronically sign wage reports.
  • For 2026, the signature PIN is an opt-in feature for employers. Social Security will begin requiring the Employer Signature PIN in electronic wage files for those employers who have opted into using a PIN starting January 1, 2027.
  • If an employer opts in, then both they, and any third-party submitters submitting wage reports on the employer’s behalf, are required to include the Employer Signature PIN in the wage report for the Social Security Administration to process the wage report.
An employer is responsible for providing this PIN to all users and third-party submitters.

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