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Social Security News
“A number of social security claims based on farm earnings have been turned down in Rappahannock County because the claimants did not ketp records and were not able to prove that they had the income reports,” Robert Parsons, Assistant Manager of the Alexandria social security office, reported today.
“It is a well-known saying that Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” Parsons said, “and that applies to. keeping records and filing Social Security tax returns on time. Social Security benefits cannot be based on guess-work, and estimates of income won’t do. While there is an optional reporting system which permits farmers to pay Social Security taxes on 2|3 of their gross income instead of the actual pet profit, the taxpayer whb had not kept a Current record of expenses would hot be able to Cell at the end of the year which method was better for him.”
Parsons expressed concern that some younger farmefs may not be keeping up with their tax reports. Failure to do that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for the wi<}ow and children to collect, benefits, he said, in the event of the fanner’s death, and benefits might not be payable at 65 because he has not been under Social Security
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