Form SSA-1003 Statement of Agricultural Employer (1988 and Later)

Form SSA-1003 (08-2024) UF
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OMB No. 0960-0036

Statement of Agricultural Employer Years 1988 and Later
Refer to:

Date
Person to Contact
Telephone Number
Return Address (SSA Office)

Name of Worker

Social Security Number

Additional Identifying Information (To be completed by Social Security Administration when applicable)

Enclosure

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Statement of Agricultural Employer Years 1988 and Later
Work done by an agricultural employee is covered by the Social Security Act if the employee was paid $150 or more in cash
during the year by the same employer, or if the employer's expenditures for agricultural labor in such year equal or exceed
$2,500. The $2,500 a year test does not apply to an employee who receives less than $150 in annual cash wages if the
employee: (1) is a seasonal hand-harvest laborer paid on piece-rate basis; (2) commutes daily from his or her home to the farm;
and (3) has been employed in agriculture less than 13 weeks during the preceding calendar year.
Name of Worker

Wages Paid For:

Social Security Number

Year

Year

Year

Year

For worker and tax years indicated above, please provide the following information:
1. Show total cash wages paid for this employee. Include any amount withheld for taxes. If no cash wages were paid in the
year(s) shown below, write "None." If you know that at least a certain amount was paid, but you do not know the exact amount,
write "Not less than" and show the amount.
Year

Amount

Year

Amount

$

$

$

$

2. Is your annual payroll for agricultural labor $2,500 or more?

Yes

3. Did you file employment tax return Form 943 with the Internal Revenue Service
for each year shown in item 1?

No

Yes

No

If "Yes," go to item 4. If "No," please identify the year(s) for which you did not file a tax return, and explain why you did not.
Explanation:

4. Did you submit wage report Forms W-2 and W-3 or equivalent magnetic media reports to the
Social Security Administration for each year shown in item 1?

Yes

No

If "Yes," go to item 5. If "No," please identify the year(s) for which you did not file a wage report, and explain why you did not.
Explanation:

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5. For report(s) which you did file with the Social Security Administration,
were the wage amounts shown in item 1 included in your report?

Yes

No

(a) If "Yes," please provide the following information.
Tax Year

Date Filed

Employer Name
Shown on Report

EIN Shown on Report

(b) If "No," show the amount of wages reported and explain why these amounts differ from the amounts shown in item 1. If no
wages were reported for this individual, please show "None," as appropriate , and explain why they were not reported.
Year

Amount

Year

Amount

$

$

$

$

Explanation:

Additional Remarks:

Perjury Warning: Anyone who knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or representation of material fact for use in determining
a payment under the Social Security Act, or knowingly conceals or fails to disclose an event with an intent to affect an initial or continued right to
payment, or submits or causes to be submitted any false statement or document knowing the same to contain any misrepresentation of material
fact, commits a crime punishable under Federal law by fine, imprisonment, or both, and may be subject to administrative sanctions.
6. Employee's Occupation (e.g., Foreman)

11. Type of Farming (e.g., Dairy)

7. Business Name of Employer
12. Employer's Identification Number
8. Street Address of Employer
13. Printed Name and Title
9. City

State

Zip Code

10. Telephone No. of Person Completing This Form

14. Date This Form Completed

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Form SSA-1003 (08-2024) UF
Privacy Act Statement
Collection and Use of Personal Information

Sections 205 and 209(a)(7) of the Social Security Act, as amended, allow us to collect this information. Furnishing us this
information is voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the information may prevent an accurate and timely decision on
any claim filed.
We will use the information you provide to give the employee credit for the correct amount of wages earned. We may also share
your information for the following purposes, called routine uses:
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To a contractor for the purpose of collating, evaluating, analyzing, aggregating or otherwise refining records when the
Social Security Administration contracts with a private firm. (The contractor shall be required to maintain Privacy Act
safeguards with respect to such records.) ; and

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To contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting the Social Security
Administration (SSA) in the efficient administration of its programs. We will disclose information under this routine use
only in situations in which SSA may enter a contractual or similar agreement with a third party to assist in
accomplishing an agency function relating to this system of records.

In addition, we may share this information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other Federal laws. For example, where
authorized, we may use and disclose this information in computer matching programs, in which our records are compared with
other records to establish or verify a person's eligibility for Federal benefit programs and for repayment of incorrect or delinquent
debts under these programs.
A list of additional routine uses is available in our Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN) 60-0059, entitled Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income System, as published in the Federal Register (FR) on January 11, 2006, at 71 FR 1819.
Additional information, and a full listing of all of our SORNs, is available on our website at www.ssa.gov/privacy.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement - This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507, as amended by
section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. We estimate that it will take about 30 minutes to read the instructions, gather
the facts, and answer the questions. Send only comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: SSA, 6401 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401.