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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".39" citation="COMAR 07.03.17.39" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="17" heading="Self-Employment Income.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Calculation. The local department shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Annualize self-employment income that represents a household's annual income even if the income is received within a short period of time or the household receives income from another source;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Calculate self-employment income based on anticipated earnings if the averaged annualized amount does not reflect the household's actual circumstance because the household has experienced a substantial increase or decrease in business;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Average self-employment income that is meant to meet the household's needs for only a part of the year over the period of time the income is intended to cover; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Average the income of a business that has been in existence for less than a year over the period of time the business has been in operation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Deduction. The local department shall allow a deduction of 30 percent of the gross receipts of self-employment income as the cost of producing income, with the exception of the self-employment of farmers as described in §C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Self-Employed Farmers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the cost of producing self-employment income exceeds the income derived from a self-employment farming enterprise, the losses shall be offset against any other countable income.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To be considered a self-employed farmer, the farmer shall receive or anticipate receiving annual gross proceeds of $1,000 or more from the farming enterprise.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>