---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1231"
title: "20"
number: "404.1231"
heading: "Scope of review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1231"
---

# §404.1231. Scope of review.


The onsite review focuses on four areas:

- (a) **State's controls and recordkeeping—** to assess a State's systems for assuring timely receipt, correctness, and completeness of wage reports and contribution returns;
- (b) **Instruction, education, and guidance a State provides local reporting officials—** to assess a State's systems for assuring on a continuing basis that all reporting officials and their staffs have the necessary instructions, guidelines, and training to meet the State's coverage, reporting and recordkeeping requirements;
- (c) **Compliance by reporting officials—** to assess a State's systems for assuring that the reporting officials in the State have adequate recordkeeping procedures, are properly applying the appropriate provisions of the State's agreement, and are complying with reporting requirements; and
- (d) **Quality control with prompt corrective action—** to assess a State's systems for assuring that its reports and those of its political subdivisions are correct, for identifying the causes and extent of any deficiencies, and for promptly correcting these deficiencies.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205, 210, 218, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405, 410, 418, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 12110, Pub. L. 99-272, 100 Stat. 287 (42 U.S.C. 418 note); sec. 9002, Pub. L. 99-509, 100 Stat. 1970.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 32976, Aug. 29, 1988, unless otherwise noted.