---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.704"
title: "20"
number: "408.704"
heading: "Who must make reports?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.704"
---

# §408.704. Who must make reports?

- (a) If you receive your own benefits, you are responsible for making required reports to us.
- (b) If you have a representative payee, and you have not been legally adjudged incompetent, either you or your representative payee must make the required reports.
- (c) If you have a representative payee and you have been legally adjudged incompetent, you are not responsible for making reports to us; however, your representative payee is responsible for making required reports to us.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 802, 803, 804, 806, 807, and 810 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1002, 1003, 1004, 1006, 1007, and 1010).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.