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2. After deducting operational expenses, the $20.00 general income deduction and the earned income deduction and one half of the remaining earned income in a month:

Deductions from earned income include but are not limited to:

a. Drugs, medical services, and medical devices (not paid by Medicaid or third-party insurance).

b. Seeing eye dog and associated costs.

c. Work related equipment such as special tools, vision or sensory aids, clothing or shoes required for the job.

d. Income taxes.

e. Structural modifications to an individual's home to create a work space or allow the individual to get to and from work.

f. Special training (e.g., Braille, cane travel, use of special equipment).

g. Mandatory pension contributions (i.e. for retirement or disability).

h. Prosthesis.

i. Transportation.

3. Non-allowable deductions

a. In-kind payments.

b. Expenses which will be reimbursed.

c. Items that the a/b requires in order to work which are furnished by a third party.

d. Expenses deducted in determining net countable earned income.

NOTE: The Work Expense Exclusion for the Blind may be applicable to HCWD cases. See MA-2180, HCWD.