The USDA Paid Him Rent on 200 Retired Acres. Claiming Social Security Changed the Tax on the Same Check.

The USDA Paid Him Rent on 200 Retired Acres. Claiming Social Security Changed the Tax on the Same Check.

The post The USDA Paid Him Rent on 200 Retired Acres. Claiming Social Security Changed the Tax on the Same Check. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Picture a farmer who has spent decades working the same ground. He enrolls 200 acres in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which pays him annual rent to take environmentally sensitive land out of agricultural production and maintain conservation cover. The payment…