Retention Requirements
Employers are required (20
CFR 209.16) to retain payroll records on which service and compensation
reports are based for five years after the due date of the compensation report
or the date that the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act contribution to which
they relate is paid, whichever is later. For example, the payroll records for
2006 (for which compensation was due to be reported by the last day of February
2007) are to be retained until March 1, 2012.
Exception
In the event of a dispute of the compensation report, the records must be
retained as long as the dispute is held open. Disputes include any requests from
the RRB for reconciliation of report data that were made within the five-year
period and which remain outstanding.
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