California questionnaire asks for self-employment income. Is this gross or net, and does it include rental income?

[velvetmonster]

Per:

Enter the following information and we will computer your California deduction.

Self-Employment income from All Sources While a California Resident, Plus
Self-Employment income from California Sources While a Nonresident of California

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Self-Employment Income From ALL sources

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[IreneS · Accepted solution]

Enter the net self-employment income, since the program is trying to split self-employment tax paid between states.

Self-employment income does not include rental income.

[velvetmonster]

Thanks! Very helpful.

[Dmitry1]

But it is not possible to calculate net income for a part of the year since net income includes many annual deductions like health insurance and self-employment tax. The purpose of this calculation is to calculate self-employment tax, so it's not clear when it should be deducted from the gross income. How can you deduct what you are going to calculate by deducting it? That's a mess.