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INCOME TYPE DESCRIPTION

Division of Welfare and Supportive Services E-30021 Medical Assistance Manual TYPES OF EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME 14 Mar 01 MTL 14/01 INFREQUENT AND IRREGULAR INCOME

1. Earned/Unearned

2. Excluded in Financial

3. Counted in Patient Liability

4. If infrequent or irregular, exclude first $30 per calendar quarter of earned income; and first $60 per calendar quarter of unearned income.

5. $10 per month of earned income; and $20 per month of unearned income.

6. Non-Taxable

Income excluded which is received either infrequently or irregularly.

Irregular income is considered received if an individual cannot reasonably expect to receive it.

Beginning September 8, 2006, income is considered infrequent if received only once during a calendar quarter from a single source and the individual did not receive it in the month immediately preceding that month or in the month immediately subsequent to that month, regardless of whether or not these payments occur in different calendar quarter.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

- Type, amount, frequency, or predictability of income. - Copy of check - Document from source of payment

IN-KIND WAGES

1. Earned

2. Counted in Financial

3. Counted in Patient Liability

4. Non-Taxable

The value of goods or services given to the client for work performed instead of cash payment.

Verification: (not all inclusive)

- Statement from employer