Farm Arrangement Questionnaire

ICR 201702-0960-007

OMB: 0960-0064

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form
Modified
Supporting Statement A
2017-05-29
Supplementary Document
2017-05-24
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
8995 Modified
ICR Details
0960-0064 201702-0960-007
Active 201509-0960-014
SSA
Farm Arrangement Questionnaire
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 09/29/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 05/29/2017
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2020 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2017
2,304 0 38,000
1,152 0 19,000
0 0 0

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.

US Code: 42 USC 411 Name of Law: Social Security Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  82 FR 13372 03/10/2017
82 FR 23695 05/23/2017
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Farm Arrangement Questionnaire SSA-7157 Farm Arrangement Questionnaire

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,304 38,000 0 0 -35,696 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,152 19,000 0 0 -17,848 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The decrease in burden hours stems from a decrease in the number of respondents. When we last cleared this ICR, we overestimated burden hours. After reviewing our data for 2016, we only collected 2,300 responses. Therefore, we are reducing our burden to reflect our data.

$34,280
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

  No

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.
05/29/2017


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