{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.1065","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.1065","heading":"Self-employment coverage.","body":"For an individual to have self-employment coverage under social security, the individual must be engaged in a trade or business and have net earnings from self-employment that can be counted as self-employment income for social security purposes. The rules explaining whether you are engaged in a trade or business are in §§ 404.1066 through 404.1077. What are net earnings from self-employment is discussed in §§ 404.1080 through 404.1095. Section 404.1096 describes the net earnings from self-employment that are counted as self-employment income for social security purposes. See § 404.1913 for the effect of a totalization agreement on self-employment coverage. An agreement may exempt an activity from coverage as well as extend coverage to an activity.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart K—Employment, Wages, Self-Employment, and Self-Employment Income"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"608ba04506d07f0b1c44c8e9f82d757ad2f8fdf062c127690d2c59ef7ea9c0a3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.1060","next":"us/20-cfr-404.1066"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}