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306 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility • The fee for acting as an individual’s representative payee, as long as the individual is not included in the filing group • The income a principal earns working for a corporation, unless the individual can be considered self- employed under OAR 461-145-0910, OAR 461-145-0915, or OAR 414-175-0035. For SNAP: • The cafeteria plan benefits and funds placed in a flexible spending account. • An expenditure by a business entity that substantially benefits principal (see Corporations and other business entities) • Use the Gross Wage field amount for In-Home Service Home Care Workers. This amount can be found on the In-Home Service Wage Detail screens. Do not count any mileage reimbursement because this is not part of the HCW’s income For all programs except SNAP: • Cafeteria plan benefits an employee takes as cash as well as funds placed in a flexible spending account. For OSIPM, MSP: • A non-business expenditure – including, but not limited to, a personal car or housing payment – paid by an individual’s corporation or business entity that benefits the individual. Note: A cafeteria-style benefit is an amount above base earnings that can be spent on a limited menu of options, usually related to health insurance. Unspent dollars are added to gross wages when the employee’s selected option costs less than the full cafeteria benefit amount. Note: Health insurance purchased with flexible benefits must be assigned to ODHS|OHA, per OAR 461-120-0315. In-kind income may include rent or utilities credit a participant receives in exchange for work performed. To determine the amount, subtract the amount the participant pays for rent from the amount of the dwelling’s usual rent. For example, the rent is $550, but the participant pays only $100 because of work done for the landlord. The earned in-kind income is $450 ($550 - $100). Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-145-0280 — In-kind Income 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements 461-120-0315 — Medical Assignment 461-145-0088 — Corporations and Business Entities; Income and Resources; Not OSIP, OSIPM, or QMB 461-145-0120 — Earned Income; Defined 414-175-0030 — General Financial Eligibility 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions Earned income; treatment All earned income not specifically identified below is counted as earned income.