When self-employed workers submit
earnings data to SSA, they cannot count rental income from a farm
they own unless they demonstrate "material participation" in that
farm's operation. A material participation arrangement means the
farm owners who are seeking to have earnings counted by SSA must
perform a combination of physical duties, management decisions, and
capital investment in the farm they are renting out. In such cases
SSA uses form SSA-7157, the Farm Arrangement Questionnaire, to
document material participation. The respondents are workers who
are renting farm land to other people but who are involved in the
operation of the farm, and want to claim countable income from
their work there. We are making the SSA-7157 a fillable PDF
file.
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USC 411 Name of Law: Social Security Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.