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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 5000 5600 Self-Employment Income 5680 Reported Changes in Self employment Income

2. Use the monthly farm loss to offset any other non-farm related self-employment income by subtracting the net self-employment income from the monthly farm loss. If any self-employment income remains after the offset, the remaining self-employment income will be counted in the SNAP budget. No further offset will occur. Go to number 5. If the farm loss deduction is greater than the non-farm related self-employment income or there is no other self-employment income in the household, go to number 3. 3. Add together gross earned income and gross unearned income. 4. Subtract the farm loss from all other householdincome. 5. For households with no age 60 or older or individual with disability members, apply the gross income eligibility pretest. (The pretest does not apply to households with an age60 or older or individual with disability member.) 6. If the household is eligible after the pretest, calculate the remainder of the SNAP budget.

5680 Reported Changes in Self-employment Income SNAP Manual 10/01/03 Households currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may report changes in self-employment income. The worker must determine if these changes will be reflected in the anticipated income. Self-employment income will not be recalculated to reflect seasonal fluctuations in income. EXAMPLE: Mrs. M. has a landscape business. On her semi-annual report submitted in April, she reports she was not able to work much in March due to bad weather. This is a seasonal fluctuation in income, and the self-employment income will not be adjusted. Other types of reported changes must be reflected in the self-employment income. Other types of reported changes must be reflected in the self-employment income. EXAMPLE: Mr. J owned 500 acres of land. He raised cattle, wheat, and fresh produce on this land. In July he reports to the worker that he filed for bankruptcy. The bank repossessed his land, and his cattle were sold to pay off his debts. He has moved to town and gone to work at a factory. The worker must remove the self-employment income from the SNAP budget and add Mr. J’s earnings to the budget.