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MS 1110 (3) Offense: Application fraud/non-report of changes on IEES. Example: A recipient applies (or recertifies) for SNAP benefits and reports no income. It is later discovered the individual was employed and was receiving wages at the time of the application interview. 7. Commits an IPV and another IPV listed above does not apply to the offense committed. Disqualification: a. 12 months for first offense. b. 24 months for the second offense. c. Permanently for the third offense, or d. The length of the penalty assigned by the court. Offense: Application Fraud/non-report of changes on IEES. E. The amount of time served while disqualified is determined by the offense and whether it is the first, second, or third occurrence. Disqualification occurrences are counted cumulatively for all offenses. Example: A person commits an IPV, then a trafficking offense. The trafficking disqualification is added to the IEES as a second occurrence, not a first. F. For permanent disqualifications check the box titled “Permanent Disqualification” located under “Occurrence” on the IPV details screen. This will automatically upload “99” in the number of months field. “99” in this instance is not the number of months disqualified, “99” is what is accepted on the Electronic Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (eDRS) for the permanent disqualification. G. When an IPV disqualification is entered on IEES, the disqualification “Valid From" date starts the first month action can be taken to change SNAP eligibility. For disqualifications that are the result of a court order, use the circuit/district court entered stamp date as the disqualification decision date. For disqualifications that result from form FS-80A, the disqualification decision date is the date the individual signed and dated form FS-80A. Enter the date the Agency received the form as the verification date. 1. If the "Decision Date" is on or before SNAP cut-off, the "Start Date" is the first day of the following month. 2. If the "Decision Date" is after SNAP cut-off, the "Start Date" is the first day of the month after the month following the disqualification decision month. H. The “End Date” is entered based on the number of months the recipient is disqualified.