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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18-2" citation="COMAR 09.32.01.18-2" title_num="09" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="01" heading="Covered Employment—Certain Business Entities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Sole Proprietorships.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided, a person performing services for wages for a sole proprietorship is engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The following persons employed by a sole proprietor are not engaged in covered employment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The sole proprietor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A spouse of the sole proprietor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Children of the sole proprietor under the age of 21; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Parents of the sole proprietor.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Partnerships.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A partner in a partnership is not engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a partnership consists exclusively of spouses, then their children under 21 years old employed by the partnership are not engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Corporations with Revoked Charters.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>When a corporate charter has been forfeited or revoked and the entity continues to operate, the entity shall be treated as a sole proprietorship or a partnership, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Persons determined by the Secretary to be sole proprietors or partners are not engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any other employee of the entity is engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Limited Liability Companies.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a limited liability company is automatically classified as a corporation or elects to be classified as a corporation for federal tax purposes, the limited liability company is treated as a corporation for Maryland unemployment insurance purposes. All persons, including members who receive remuneration from the limited liability company for services performed, are engaged in covered employment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a limited liability company has a single member and is not classified as a corporation for federal tax purposes, the limited liability company is treated as a sole proprietorship for Maryland unemployment insurance purposes. The following persons employed by the single member limited liability company are not engaged in covered employment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The single member;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The spouse of the member;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Children younger than 21 years old of the member; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Parents of the member.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If a limited liability company consists of two or more members and is not classified as a corporation for federal tax purposes, the limited liability company is treated as a partnership for Maryland unemployment insurance purposes. The following persons employed by the limited liability company are not engaged in covered employment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The members; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Children younger than 21 years old of the member, if the members of the limited liability company consist exclusively of spouses.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>