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Page | 161 received by households from boarders in a noncommercial situation also are considered as self- employment income and are determined as follows.

Income from boarders includes all direct payments to the household for room and meals, including any contributions for part of the household's shelter expenses. Shelter expenses paid directly by boarders to someone outside the household are not considered household income. In determining if the household will receive a shelter deduction, all shelter costs the household actually incurs are considered, even if a boarder contributed to the household for part of the shelter expenses. Only those shelter costs the boarder pays directly to a third party, such as a landlord or utility company, are to be disregarded in determining the household's shelter expenses.

8701.12 Allowable Deductions From Boarder Payments The cost of doing business is excluded from the total boarder's payment to the household provided the cost does not exceed the boarder's payment to the household. The cost of doing business is defined as:

A. The cost of the monthly SNAP allotment for a household size equivalent to the SNAP allotment for the appropriate size boarder group. If actual costs are used, only separate and identifiable costs of providing rooms and meals to boarders are excluded. B. The actual documented cost of providing room and meals if the actual cost exceeds the SNAP allotment for the appropriate size boarder group. If actual costs are used, only separate and identifiable costs of providing rooms and meals to boarders are excluded.

8702 LEASE INCOME

Real property held in trust -- As a resource, the ownership of real property held in trust by the United States government does not affect eligibility. The first $2,000 of income per year derived from this property is excluded; however, any amount over $2,000 per year does affect eligibility and is considered as income in the budgeting process. This income should be listed on the UNEA panel.

For SNAP purposes, the lease income will be related to on a twelve-month period between July 1 and June 30 even though the BIA is on an October through September (Federal) fiscal year. The reason for the July through June time frame is that often ledgers are not available until January and this month is unfavorable for the BIA to verify the accounts.

The form DSS-EA-241 is designed to provide a uniform method for obtaining and recording receipt of lease income. The Form DSS-EA-208, Authorization to Furnish Information and Release Information, is to accompany the Form EA-241 request when submitted to the BIA for verification.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) maintains ledger accounts indicating income credited into individual annual IIM (Individual Indian Money) banks. Income credited to these accounts includes sources such as range unit lease, farm lease, land sale, and other such as gravel pit contract sales. BIA records income from all the above sources which have been deposited and disbursed from the IIM account. If the lease income is in excess of $2000, Specialists must review the ledgers to determine if any of the income is from the sale or transfer of the property. If so, that amount must be deducted from the lease income because it would be a lump sum resource, not income.

In some instances, the applicant or recipient may have made an independent arrangement for leasing his property with the income being paid directly to him or her rather than going through his IIM account. Where the applicant/recipient cannot provide the information or if it is not readily available, the Specialist also should complete and forward to the Superintendent of the Reservation where the trust land is located a Form EA-241 and Form EA-208 requesting the name and address of the leasee. The Specialist should, upon receiving the requested information, contact the leasee