Where a person has been self-employed for less than seven
complete consecutive months, the assessment period is a period of
six complete consecutive months. This period consists of two parts
1) the period of actual earnings starting with the first
complete month after self-employment started and including any
earnings received up to
whichever of these two periods the details provided by the applicant falls into and
2) the period of estimated earnings making up the balance of the
6 month period.
Note There may be no actual earnings where the date of
application and the date that self-employment started are close
together.
The applicant starts self-employment on 12.8.98. She completes
an application form on 23.12.98 and provides details of earnings
for the 6 months 1.9.98 to 28.2.99. This is made up of actual
earnings from 1.9.98 to 30.11.98 and estimated earnings from
1.12.98 to 28.2.99.
She posts the claim form on 24.12.98 and it is received on
30.12.98 (date of application). The assessment period is 1.9.98 to
28.2.98 using DMG32007
1.1 and
2.
If she delays posting the application form until 3.1.99 and
the date of application is 4.1.99 the assessment period is still
1.9.98 to 28.2.99 using
1.2 and
2.
