TN 9 (05-90)

A. POLICY

Time devoted to SE includes all time devoted by a self-employed beneficiary to any trade or business from which NE or losses from SE are includable as earnings for ET purposes. Some kinds of activities in a business for which time counts are:

• Managing;

• Advising and planning;

• Making business contacts;

• Attending meetings;

• Maintaining or repairing business property;

• Buying or seeking goods or services;

• Contacting prospective customers;

• Preparing for the opening or closing of business, and the like; and

• Time spent on business related travel.

B. PROCEDURE

Count all time which cannot reasonably be considered completely separated from business activities; e.g., waiting in a store for customers to come in or transit time to conduct business other than daily coming and going, etc. Where the beneficiary uses the same premises for home and business; e.g., farm operators, rooming house operators, etc., distinguish between the activities for each category. Count only the time devoted to activities in the business; e.g., the time spent by a farmer to grow food for the farmer's own family is not counted.

Accept the beneficiary's statement of the number of hours in SE during a month in the absence of circumstances raising a question or other evidence to the contrary.