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Title 7: SNAP Page 23 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 Military Pay Military Pay (Earned or Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(1)(i) DPL 99-02 Att. 1 Count the following military allowances as earned income:  Base pay  Basic allowance for housing (BAH)  Basic allowance for quarters (BAQ)  Basic allowance for subsistence (BAS)  Sea-duty pay  Career sea pay  Variable housing allowance (VHA)  Rations (BAS, leave rations, and separate rations)

If two payments are received in one month because a holiday or weekend changes the mailing cycle, count the payments for the months for which they are intended.

Exclude clothing maintenance allowances (CMA) as a reimbursement.

Exclude amounts withheld from paychecks for education programs. (See 7-I, Students: Income for information on student income.)

See Income Excluded by Federal Statute. Nonmandatory Members’ Income (Excluded, Unearned, or Earned) 7 CFR 273.11(c) and (d) Exclude the income and deductible expenses of nonmandatory household members. (See 7-C, Household Composition: Nonmandatory Members.) Exclude vendor payments made by nonmandatory household members. Count cash payments these nonmandatory household members make to the household as unearned income.

Sometimes a nonmandatory household member receives income that is intended for both household members and the nonmandatory household member. If the income source does not identify the eligible SNAP household’s portion of the income, calculate the eligible household’s countable income as follows:

1. Divide the payment evenly among the beneficiaries.

2. Exclude the nonmandatory household member’s pro rata share or the amount actually used for the nonmandatory household member’s care and maintenance, whichever is less.