[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 12]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.1402(a)-9]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.1402(a)-9  Puerto Rico.

    (a) Residents. A resident of Puerto Rico, whether or not a bona fide 
resident thereof during the entire taxable year, and whether or not an 
alien, a citizen of the United States, or a citizen of Puerto Rico, 
shall compute his net earnings from self-employment in the same manner 
as would a citizen of the United States residing in the United States. 
See paragraph (d) of Sec. 1.1402(b)-1 for regulations relating to 
nonresident aliens. For the purpose of the tax on self-employment 
income, the gross income of such a resident of Puerto Rico also includes 
income from Puerto Rican sources. Thus, under this special rule, income 
from Puerto Rican sources will be included in determining net earnings 
from self-employment of a resident of Puerto Rico engaged in the active 
conduct of a trade or business in Puerto Rico despite the fact that, 
under section 933, such income may not be taken into account for 
purposes of the tax under section 1 or 3.
    (b) Nonresidents. A citizen of Puerto Rico who is also a citizen of 
the United States and who is not a resident of Puerto Rico will compute 
his net earnings from self-employment in the same manner and subject to 
the same provisions of law and regulations as other citizens of the 
United States.