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Determination of Self-Employment
The following criteria offer guidelines in defining self-employment, but are not all inclusive or inflexible.
The self-employed person:
- Filed taxes as self-employed the previous year and is in the same type of self-employment at the time of application. (This could include the person that works for his/her own business and the business files as such.)
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- Who did not file as self-employed the previous year because they are newly self-employed or for some other reason did not meet the above criteria, may still be considered self-employed.
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- Commonly offers his/her services or merchandise to ANYONE who may be in the market for them; AND
- Commonly provides HIS/HER OWN supplies, materials or merchandise; AND
- Is responsible for expenses normally paid by an employer.
Note: A self-employed person may meet the definition of U parent for CalWORKs application purposes. For example, a self-employed gardener who was only able to find 50 hours a month employment could be classified “unemployed.”
Related Topics
Examples of Self-Employment Determinations
Property and Resource Determination
Nonallowable Business Expenses
Calculating Net Self-Employment Income