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receipt for the following: • Unemployment Compensation Benefits (UCB), • Railroad Retirement Benefits, and • Veteran's Benefits. The amount of the lump sum exceeding $12,000 is countable as an asset in the month following the month that the payment is received. The amount of any remaining cash is countable effective the first day of the 13th month. Also, exclude for twelve months payments from any source for the planned repair or replacement of a non-countable asset that was lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed. Any remaining cash becomes countable effective the first day of the 13th month. Unless otherwise state the proceeds from the sale of assets are countable in the month following the sale. Example 1 If Mr. Martin inherits a sum of money, the money received is treated as income in the month received. Any money remaining after the first of the next month would be treated as an asset. Example 2 Ms. Morris and her eight-year-old son receive MA but no longer receive TANF assistance. Ms. Morris works, and her income equals 185 percent of the FPL. Both are part of an AX group. IMA discovers that Ms. Morris is due a TANF underpayment. The underpayment is not counted as an asset or income when determining the group's MA eligibility. TANF Lump sums and accrued benefits not listed below or otherwise excluded by law are not treated as assets but rather as windfall income (see Section 4.26: Lump Sums and Accrued Benefits and Section 8.4.1: Future Ineligibility Based on Receipt of a Lump Sum or Accrued Benefit in this Part). Retroactive SSI benefits are not treated as assets or windfall income. Retroactive Social Security (OASDI) benefits are not counted as windfall income and are excluded as assets for six months following the month of payment. Any remaining cash becomes countable as a cash asset on the first day of the seventh month. Proceeds from the sale of other assets are not countable as windfall income, but are countable as a cash asset on the first day of the month following the month of the sale. Example Mrs. Skuble, a disabled mother, and her two children receive TANF. Mrs. Skuble applied for SSI on February 1, 1998. In January 1999, SSA determines her SSI-eligible and issues her a retroactive benefit that reflects the benefits she was entitled to since the date she applied for SSI. Once Mrs. Skuble is made eligible for SSI, she becomes ineligible for TANF, but her children remain eligible for TANF. The retroactive benefit is not counted as an asset or as income when determining her children's TANF benefit. In addition, no overpayment is charged for the TANF benefits Mrs. Skuble received between February 1998 and January 1999. GC See TANF.