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Material Participation

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Definition of Material Participation:

A way of determining whether income is passive or active. If you participate in an income producing activity for more than 500 hours or your participation in the activity is the only participation in that activity for the year (even if you don.t own an interest in it) you are considered a material participant. You can read more about material participation in Publication 925.