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06/03/2011 02:23 PM EDT
For Immediate Release: June 3, 2011
Media Contact:
Jennifer Cole
USDA Montana Farm Service Agency
(406) 587-6786
jennifer.cole@mt.usda.gov
Montana FSA participants urged to submit consent forms to IRS to maintain eligibility for 2009 and future years’ program benefits
Bozeman, June 3, 2011 - Roughly 5,000 Montana agricultural producers and members of entities who participated in USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs in 2009 and 2010 who have not submitted consent forms to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are urged to do so now or they will not receive future USDA program benefits. Producers who fail to submit the consent forms to the IRS can be required to repay full program benefits received indirectly or directly since 2009, Montana FSA Acting State Executive Director Richard "Dick" Deschamps said today.
The consent form authorizes IRS to calculate a payment recipient’s average adjusted gross income (AGI) and provide FSA an indicator of whether the payment recipient’s average AGI meets or exceeds the limitation amounts for FSA programs. Producers who participated in 2009, 2010, and/or 2011 FSA programs subject to AGI had to certify compliance with AGI rules on form CCC-926. As part of the compliance process, individuals must submit consent form CCC-927 to the IRS and legal entities must submit consent form CCC-928 to the IRS, which are available at county FSA offices and online on the state FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/mt. The form became a requirement for payment eligibility beginning with the 2009 crop year, however many program participants have not complied with this requirement. On Oct. 6, 2010, a letter was mailed to participants who certified AGI compliance who have not submitted consent forms for 2009 and 2010. The deadline to submit the forms to IRS for 2011 was June 1st, 2011.
"For 2009, 2010 and 2011, the deadline has passed, but individuals and legal entities, including members of entities, regardless of whether they received program benefits directly or indirectly, who have not submitted the form to IRS for any of these years, need to do so immediately in order to avoid a demand for refund of program payments and benefits received," Deschamps said. "Even if these producers do not normally file federal income taxes, they must still submit the appropriate CCC-927 or CCC-928. If you're unsure if you have submitted the appropriate form, you can contact your local county FSA office to see if you're on the list.”
FSA is aware that in some instances such as Native American participants with little federally reportable income, or individuals and entities that are members of participating entities and have little or no IRS-reportable income on their own, may not file federal taxes and may have had their CCC-927 or CCC-928 rejected by the IRS as a result. If individuals filed CCC-927 or CCC-928 and it was rejected because of lack of income data, please contact your FSA county office and provide them with a copy of the rejected form and IRS letter.For more info, contact your FSA county office.
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