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(b) Cancelled checks or receipts for payments on a loan, etc.,

showing who is making payments on the vehicle.

(c) Letter(s) or statement(s) from finance companies, banks,

credit unions, loan officers, automobile salesmen, insurance

companies or agents, or others supporting claims of the cost

or of responsibility for the vehicle.

(d) Written statements from at least 2 knowledgeable sources as

to the circumstances surrounding ownership and availability

of the vehicle. Include the basis for their knowledge.

b. Do not count the resource for the a/b who shows by the evidence that i

it is held in trust for another individual.

c. If the other individual applies for SA/MA, it must be counted as a

resource for that individual.

F. Liquid Assets of a Business

1. Determine if the a/b has liquid assets needed to operate a business.

2. Verify the status of bank accounts used in the operation of a business.

a. DBA (doing business as) account- Verify with the bank and the

records of the DBA account that these funds are not used for personal

bills

b. Combined with personal funds- If the bank account is used for

personal and business transactions, the business assets must be

separately identified to be excluded.

3. Exclude a business account in the name of the business or corporation that

is totally separate from personal funds. Count the income of the business.

Refer to SA-3210, Income.

G. Tobacco Buyout Payments

Tobacco allotments were administered by the Farm Service Agency and

provided the right to produce a certain number of pounds of tobacco for harvest. Effective November of 2005 the Tobacco Transition Payment SA-3200 IV.