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§17-1724.2-20 (i) Current weekly income multiplied by 4.3333 to convert to monthly income; (ii) Current bi-weekly income multiplied by 2.1667 to convert to monthly income; (iii) When no significant fluctuation is anticipated, the income received in the month immediately prior to the current month can be used for the projection; or (iv) If there has been fluctuation, an average of the three months income immediately preceding the current month may be utilized. (B) Actual changes in income and circumstances, as required to be reported by the household, including deviations from reasonably anticipated fluctuations in income, shall be acted upon by the department. (b) The department shall determine the current and future household monthly income or the projected annual household income and household size for an applicant or beneficiary. The department shall adopt a reasonable percentage for an increase or decrease in income, and take into account verifying financial information with the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) data and whether the IEVS income causes the total combined countable household income (IEVS income plus all previously reported income) to be above or below the medical assistance standard for the appropriate household size as described in chapter 17- 1714.1: 3206 ,, (1) The department shall continue to use the self-attested income amount when: (A) The IEVS income amount is below or at ten per cent of the self-attested income amount, even if the total combined countable household's income exceeds the medical assistance income standard for the applicable household size; or 1724.2-14