---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1066"
title: "20"
number: "404.1066"
heading: "Trade or business in general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1066"
---

# §404.1066. Trade or business in general.


For you to be covered as a self-employed person for social security purposes, you must be engaged in a trade or business. You can carry on a trade or business as an individual or as a member of a partnership. With some exceptions, the term trade or business has the same meaning as it does when used in [section 162](/cfr/20/162.md) of the Code.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(v), 205(a), 209, 210, 211, 229(a), 230, 231, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(v), 405(a), 409, 410, 411, 429(a), 430, 431, and 902(a)(5)) and 48 U.S.C.1801.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 20075, Mar. 27, 1980, unless otherwise noted.