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If the assistance unit's income fluctuates seasonally, it may be appropriate to use the most recent season, rather than the calendar month prior to the month of application, as an indicator of future income. However, the Eligibility Worker should use caution in using income from a past season as an indicator of income now, since in many cases of seasonally fluctuating in-come, the income also fluctuates from one season in one year to the same season in the next year.

3) For migrant and seasonal farm worker assistance units, the judgment of the Eligibility Worker that income is reasonably certain to be received is to be based on formal or informal commitments for work for individual assistance units, rather than on the general availability of work in an area. Also, income should not be based on an assumption of optimum weather or field conditions.

4) Profit from the sale of livestock or cash crops, such as tobacco or peanuts, or from small businesses, such as but not limited to, vending stands, home beauty shops, or small grocery stores, is prorated on an annual basis or over the number of months in which the income is earned, whichever is appropriate. Federal farm subsidies are prorated over a 12- month period.

Guaranteed salaries paid under contract will be prorated over the period of the contract even though the employee elects to receive such payments in fewer months than are covered by the contract. When the contract earnings will be received monthly over a period longer than that of the contract, the earnings must be prorated over the number of months the income is anticipated to be received. Contract earnings are defined in 305.3.

Examples: