Income to be Included 415-25-05-20

 

Earned Income 415-25-05-20-05

(Revised 10/1/18 ML #3533)

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Earned income is profit from activities in which an individual is engaged through employment. Earned income must entail personal involvement and effort on the part of the applicant or recipient.

The following types of earned income are countable for all programs unless identified otherwise:

1. Wages and salaries including:

• Paid sick, vacation and holiday leave
• Commissions
• Wages garnished by the employer
• Advances are counted when received
• Tips - When tips are not shown on wage stub, the recipient's statement as to the amount of tips received each month is adequate if consistent with place, type of employment and number of hours worked.
• Bonuses from employment - Recurring and non-recurring employment bonuses are counted.

2. Self-Employment. (See 415-25-05-27)
   
   
3. Employment Contracts. (See 415-25-05-20-12)
   
   
4. Wages received by an individual or Qualified Service Provider (QSP) for providing services under Family Home Care, when the individual is employed by an agency (When an individual or QSP is not an employee of an agency, the income is considered self-employment.)
   
   
5. Short term or long term disability or loss of time insurance payments for illness or injury paid by the employer.

EXCEPTION:

Short term or long term disability or loss of time insurance payments for illness or injury paid by someone other than the employer is unearned income.

6. In-kind income is paid or given in goods, credit, including in-store credit or services instead of money. In-kind income is considered earned income when the individual has the option to receive a wage or monetary payment.
   
   The value of the goods received may have been verbally negotiated or specified in a written document and must be verified. Otherwise a mutually acceptable market value must be negotiated.

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.

7. Income earned by higher education students from internships, or stipends, teaching assistantships, or fellowships which require work participation to receive the income.

EXCEPTION:

Wages earned under the Federal Work Study Program are excluded.

8. Military Pay, including:

1. Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) and Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) for members of the armed forces
2. Variable Housing Allowances (VHA), Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) and Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) paid to military personnel for housing costs, and
3. Military re-enlistment bonus.
   
   If a household receives up to 50% of the bonus amount as an initial payment with the remainder paid in equal annual installments, the initial payment and the annual installments are annualized.
   
   If a household receives the re-enlistment bonus as a lump-sum payment, it is excluded as a non-recurring lump-sum payment.

9. Wages received by an individual enrolled in a Job Corps Program, when the wages are not provided by the Job Corps Program.
   
   
10. Sheltered workshop employment - An organization that employs people with disabilities.
    
    
11. Earnings from on-the-job training.
    
    
12. Compensation for jury duty.
    
    
13. Compensation for plasma donations, participation in medical studies, etc.
    
    
14. Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance/Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance wage subsidy, provided under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Extension Act of 2011 - This wage subsidy is paid to eligible workers over the age of 50 and pays a portion of the individuals wage (the difference between the individual’s new wage and old wage).
    
    
15. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) or Youthbuild earnings.

EXCEPTION:

Earnings of dependent children age 19 and below who are attending elementary school or high school half time or more are not counted.

16. Payments received from the Compensated Work Therapy Program (CWT).