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4) Add the remainder to other household earned income. 5) Apply the earned income deduction to the household’s gross monthly earned income.
8. Consider capital gains income derived from a self-employment enterprise as earned income. Calculate the earned income according to MS 5310. Consider capital gains income not derived from a self-employment enterprise as unearned income in the month received and as a resource thereafter. Do not apply capital gains calculations to determine countable unearned income.
9. Consider sick pay received as earned income if the person is still considered an employee by the employer and the sick pay is received for time off, such as a short-term illness. However, sick pay from an outside source, such as an insurance company, is considered unearned income, whether or not the recipient is still considered an employee by the employer.
10.Income from non-excluded educational assistance that has a work requirement is treated as earnings with the appropriate disregards given. See MS 5650 for procedures on computing this income.
11.$5.00 of the $12.50 per day received for jury duty pay from the Kentucky judicial system is considered earned income. See MS 5210.
12.Attendant care payments, which are paid by an outside source, are treated as unearned income to the person providing the attendant care.
13.Consider payments under Title I, VISTA, University Year for Action, Urban Crime Prevention, of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 as earned income unless those individuals were receiving SNAP or public assistance at the time they joined the program.
14.Consider payments under the Consumer Directed Option (CDO) as earned income.
15.Michelle P. Waiver payments.
16.Relative Caregiver Mentor Program payments are considered self- employment, as taxes are not withheld.
17.Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA) payments.
18.Incentive Therapy (IT) Program and Compensated Work Therapy Program payments through the Veterans Administration (VA).
19.Holiday pay that is representative of ongoing income. Example 1: An individual works Monday through Thursday and is off Friday for a holiday. The check they receive for that week reflects what they normally make in a week. This holiday pay is countable income.