- 14 - Income so derived shall be referred to in this section as “includible farm rental income”. (2) Requirement that income be derived under an arrangement. In order for rental income received by an owner or tenant of land to be treated as includible farm rental income, such income must be derived pursu- ant to a sharefarming or other rental arrangement which contemplates material participation by the owner or tenant in the production or management of production of agricultural * * * commodities. (3) Nature of arrangement. (i) The arrangement between the owner or tenant and the person referred to in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph may be either oral or written. The arrangement must impose upon such other person the obligation to produce one or more agricultural * * * commodities * * * on the land of the owner or tenant. In addition, it must be within the contemplation of the parties that the owner or tenant will participate in the production or the management of the production of the agricultural * * * commodities required to be produced by the other person under such arrangement to an extent which is material with respect either to the production or to the management of pro- duction of such commodities or is material with respect to the production and management of production when the total required participation in connection with both is considered. * * * * * * * (4) Actual participation. In order for the rental income received by the owner or tenant of land to be treated as includible farm rental income, not only must it be derived pursuant to the arrangement described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, but also the owner or tenant must actually participate to a material degree in the production or in the management of the production of any of the commodities required to be produced under the arrangement, or he must actually participate in both the production and the management of the production to an extent that his participation in the one when combined with his participation in the other will be considered participation to a material degree. * * * Sec. 1.1402(a)-4(b), Income Tax Regs.Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Next
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