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Title 7: SNAP Page 5 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter F: Budgeting Anticipating Income Revised September 27, 2024 Past 30 Days’ Income
2. Dolly works in a restaurant and receives tips. The manager records tips and reports them on the restaurant’s paystubs. Dolly provides the paystubs as verification of the tips she has received in the past 30 days and marks on her RRED that she expects her pay to remain about the same. The worker determines the information on the paystubs is reasonable for the circumstances so the worker uses the amount shown on the pay stub to estimate what tips she will receive in the future. 3. Lou is a bartender and receives tips. The bar owner records tips and reports them on the paystubs. Lou provides the paystubs he received in the past 30 days. He tells the worker that he does not get as many tips as shown on the pay stub and gives a reasonable explanation as to why. Lou kept a record of his tips. The worker uses his record to estimate what tips he will receive in the future. Because the worker is not using the tip amounts on the paystubs, the worker documents the amount of tips estimated and why that amount was used. 4. Dan applies on April 28 and his interview is held on May 1. He does not have paystubs for the last 30 days, those received April 3, 10, 17, and 24. He has until May 11 to provide verification. On May 11, he provides paystubs for April 3, 10, 17, and 24. Even though he was not asked to, he also provides paystubs for May 1 and 8. Actual earnings for April 3, 10, 17, and 24 are used to determine April eligibility and benefits. Since Dan provided May paystubs, those must be used to determine May eligibility benefits. First, the three payments that he has yet to receive in May must be estimated. To do this, average the most recent 30 days of income to get a weekly amount: April 10 for $160 + April 17 for $160 + April 24 for $150 + May 1 for $150 + May 8 for $200 = $820 ÷ 5 = $164 average weekly pay. May 1 $150 Actual May 8 +200 Actual May 15 +164 Anticipated May 22 +164 Anticipated May 29 +164 Anticipated
$842 (Total May actual income and estimated income) Dan will be paid five times in May. Therefore, it is necessary to convert. $842 ÷ 5 paydays = $168.40 x 4 paydays = $673.60, to use for May eligibility and benefits.