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SNAPCERTIFICATION MANUAL –SECTION 6000 6700 Medical Deduction 6710 Determining the Month the Deduction should be Allowed 6700 Determining if an Expense should be Deducted SNAP Manual 01/01/2021 Dependent care costs are specified in SNAP 6400. Allowable medical expenses are specified in SNAP 6510. Allowable shelter costs are specified in SNAP 6610. No expense is deductible unless the expense is incurred for a service provided by a non-household member, and the household has made or will make a money payment for the service. Child support payments are deductible as specified in SNAP 6550 only if the payment is legally obligated and made by a household member to an individual who is not a household member. Allowable expenses paid with money borrowed by a household member are deductible. The following expenses are not allowable, even if incurred by the household: 1. Expenses paid with excluded educational income. See SNAP 1622.9. 2. Expenses covered by demonstration project cash-out funds. See SNAP 5413.1. 3. Expenses covered by an excluded reimbursement. See SNAP 5411. 4. Utility costs paid through an excluded payment or an excluded reimbursement. For example, to determine allowable shelter costs when the household receives a HUD utility reimbursement check, subtract the amount of the check from the total actual utility costs. See SNAP 6626.2. 5. Dependent care costs reimbursed or paid through the Division of Child Care, the Transitional Employment Assistance program, or similar programs. See SNAP 6400. 6. Expenses that will be covered by an excluded vendor payment. See SNAP 5413. 7. Expenses that are provided as an in-kind benefit. See SNAP 5406. 6710 Determining the Month the Deduction should be Allowed SNAP Manual 01/01/2021 A deduction for a billed expense other than child support payments will be allowed only in the month the household is billed for the expense or the expense otherwise becomes due. This is true no matter when the household intends to pay the expense. Recurring monthly expenses will be allowed on a monthly basis even if two (2) bills are received in the same month due to a billing cycle. Except for child support payments, amounts carried forward from past bill periods are not deductible even if included in the most recent bill and actually paid by the household. In any event, an expense may only be deducted once.