Does the ten-year requirement apply to self-employment experience?
Yes. Your self-employment experience must be within 10 years of the application date for the CTE certificate of eligibility. For example, if your CTE certificate of eligibility application date is 01/01/2008, then your self-employment experience cannot be older than 01/01/1998. QUESTION: Section VI, above, states that my self-employment experience must be in an appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry code. Please explain what you mean by that. ANSWER: When you or your accountant files your state and federal taxes, he or she must identify under which U.S. Census North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry code your business falls under. All businesses are classified by the federal government under the NAICS code system.
