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STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE Regulations INCOME 44-113 (Cont.)

44-111 PAYMENTS EXCLUDED OR EXEMPT FROM CONSIDERATION

AS INCOME (Continued)

j. PL 101-201 and PL 101-239 which exempt payments received from all Agent Orange settlements.

k. PL 101-426 which exempts payments received under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

l. PL 101-508 which exempts Earned Income Credit (EIC) payments.

m. PL 103-286 which exempts payment received as restitution made to victims of Nazi persecution.

n. Payments received from any federal, state, or local Adoption Assistance Program.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code; SB 72 (Chapter 8, Statutes of 2011), Section 42 and Senate Bill 1041 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2012). Reference: Sections 10553, 10554, 11008.15, 11250.9, 11265.2, 11322.6, 11322.6(f)(3), 11322.85, 11157, 11450.5, 11450.12, and 11451.5, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 8, Public Law 93-134; Section 2, Public Law 98-64; Section 13736, Public Law 103-66; Section 1, Public Law 100-286, Section 202(a), Public Law 100-485 and 20 USC 1087uu; 45 CFR 233.20(a)(3)(iv)(B), (a)(3)(xxi), 45 CFR 233.20(a)(4)(ii); (a)(4)(ii)(d); 45 CFR 233.20(a)(4)(ii)(p) and (q); 45 CFR 233.20(a)(11)(v)(C); 45 CFR 400.66; 45 CFR 401.12; Federal Action Transmittals ACF-AT-94-27 and 94-4 and FSA-IM-89-1; 45 CFR 233.20(a)(1)(ii); 45 CFR 233.20(a)(3)(x); and Cadaret v. Wagner (Super. Ct. Sacramento County, 2011, No. 34-2009-80000302, Stipulation for Settlement and Order).

44-113 NET INCOME

.1 Property

Net income from property (including that from property in which a life estate is held), produce or business enterprises is determined by deducting from gross income all normal items of expenses incident to its receipt. Principal payments on encumbrances are not considered a necessary item of expense. If property is sold, the interest portion of any payment received is income.

Interpretation -- Net income from property, crops and livestock is computed as follows:

Source

Computation

a. Rental of real

Deduct from gross rental the property includ-

following expenses incident to ing that in

receipt: which life estate held.

1. Taxes and assessments.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-20-03 Effective 4/1/20

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