Earned Income 400-28-65-10-10

(Revised 10/1/11 ML #3278)

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NDAC 75-02-01.3-07

 

Earned income is income which is currently earned through the receipt of wages, salaries, or commissions before deductions for taxes, insurance, garnishments, etc., or profit from activities in which a family is engaged through either employment or self-employment.

 

The types of countable income listed below are illustrations of earned income:

1. Wages, (including paid sick, vacation and holiday leave but not public or private disability payments) salaries, commissions, bonuses that occur on a monthly basis, or profits received as a result of holding a job or being self-employed
2. Earnings from on-the-job training provided by Workforce Investment Act (WIA) or Youthbuild USA
3. Income from work studies, internships, stipends, assistantships, or fellowships which require work participation to receive the income
4. Wages received from sheltered workshop employment
5. Tips: If tips are listed on the paystub, use what is listed on the pay stub as verification of the tips received. If tips are not shown on the wage stub, the individual’s statement as to the amount of tips received each month is adequate if consistent with place, kind of employment and number of hours worked.
6. Income from boarders
7. Income from room rentals
8. Earned income in-kind. Non-monetary benefits are any gain that is not in the form of money payable directly to the household when provided by an employer in lieu of wages when the employee has an option.

   Example: An individual working as an apartment manager receives a $330 deduction from the rent. The $330 deduction would be counted as income when the employee has the option to receive payment of $330.00.

9. Department of Defense (DOD) Subsistence Supplemental Allowance for Members of the Armed Forces
10. Income received from the donation of blood or plasma