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(8) Work expenses of a person who is blind; and (9) Earned income used to fulfill an approved Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS). 3. Unused exclusions and disregards – When calculating countable income, the limitations below apply: a. Exclusions never reduce earned or unearned income below zero (0). b. Unused portions of a monthly disregard or exclusion cannot be carried over for use in subsequent months. c. Unused earned income disregards and exclusions are never applied to unearned income. d. Other than the twenty dollars ($20.00) general income disregard, no unused unearned income exclusion may be applied to earned income. e. The twenty dollars ($20.00) general and sixty-five dollars ($65.00) earned income exclusions are applied only once to a couple, even when both members have income, since the couple's earned income is combined in determining Medicaid eligibility. 1.12.5 Income Deeming A. To deem income is to attribute one (1) person’s countable income in the calculation of another person’s countable income. Income deeming requirements are based on the FRU rather than the Medicaid eligibility group rule. A person may be included in the Medicaid eligibility group without being included in the FRU (e.g., the sibling of a child seeking MN eligibility) and having their income deemed to an applicant or non-applicant in the household. The general rules for determining countable income related to the application of earned and unearned income exclusions identified above in § 1.12.4 of this Part are applied. In addition: 1. The person seeking initial or continuing Medicaid eligibility is referred to as the “applicant;” members of the household who are not covered by or applying for Medicaid are referred to in this Subsection as “non-applicants” or NAPPs. 2. Whose income is deemed to an applicant is determined separately for each member of the FRU. 3. Income based on need, in which income is a factor in determining eligibility, provided by any local, State or Federal agency and any income