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Income Verification Sources Mortgage Breakdown Proof Income Tax Returns B. The State may provide an alternate verification process. This alternative process is available when one (1) or more of the following conditions apply: 1. The IRS’s only tax data for the applicant is over two (2) years old; 2. The applicant attests that the family size or family members have changed since the tax information being used for the determination was filed; 3. The applicant attests that a change in circumstances has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that may affect eligibility; 4. The applicant attests to a change in tax filing status that has or is reasonably expected to change the tax filer’s annual income; or 5. An applicant in the tax filer’s family has applied for unemployment benefits. 5.13 Post-Eligibility Verification (PEV) by the Integrated Eligibility System (IES) A. The IES will conduct post-eligibility verification of the beneficiary’s information. The IES runs post-eligibility verifications on the following beneficiary information: 1. Factors reviewed: a. Incarceration status (Rhode Island Department of Corrections data) b. Death data (Department of Health Vital Records data) c. Current Income – Wages (electronic data sources) d. Current Income – Unemployment Income (UI) (Department of Labor and Training) 2. Timelines: a. Post-eligibility verification for incarceration, death data, and current unemployment insurance information will be checked monthly.