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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 29 4.2.2. Job Search Begins: Job search will begin on the day immediately following: the last date of previous employment, or the last date of previous qualifying activity. 4.2.3. Job Search Ends: Recipients who meet eligibility requirements and have completed a Job Search period, may request job search time for an additional period. Job Search shall be granted. 4.3. Activity: Self-Employment. The following definitions shall apply to child care policies regarding self-employment: 4.3.1. Livelihood: Means of support or survival in which an individual engages to meet daily living expenses. 4.3.2. Hobby: An activity done for relaxation, and not for the purpose of meeting the basic daily living expenses of the individual. Activities generating income below the income tax liability limit of $5000.00 per year shall be considered a hobby. 4.3.3. Self-Employment – Home-based: Self-employment in which the primary function of the business is performed in the home. Examples: a beautician with a salon in the garage, a family auto repair business operated in a building next to the family’s residence. 4.3.4. Self-Employment – other: Self-employment in which the primary function of the business is performed at a location other than the family’s home. Example: plumber, lawn care business, construction worker, handy man, hairstylist who rents a booth. These individuals may use a portion of their home as a home office to conduct phone business or accounting but cannot claim the home office as an allowable deduction since the primary function of their work occurs elsewhere. 4.3.5. Types of Self-Employment: 4.3.5.1 Sole Proprietorship: A sole proprietorship is a business run by an individual. The owner is the business; or the owner has all the profits and losses of the business. The owner also has all the control and all the liability from the business operations. Business taxes are paid by the owner through his or her personal income tax return. A. An individual who is the owner of a business type other than a Sole Proprietorship is not eligible for Child Care Subsidy. B. An individual who receives regular/irregular income or salary from any business type other than a Sole Proprietorship and owns any portion of that business, is not eligible for Child Care Subsidy.