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Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual Section: Financial Eligibility Requirements

Policy Manual Number: 110.025 Chapter: ABD Earned Income

November 01, 2021 Division of TennCare 3 changes over 12 months and count the monthly income as earned income. 4. Verification

If verification is required for farming or fishing income, request at least one of the following documents:

• A copy of the agreement executed by the owner and the individual working the farm (the applicant could be either the owner or tenant); • A copy of the most recent profit or loss statement; or • A copy of the previous year’s Federal income tax return.

In-Kind Not Food/Shelter Excluded.

This includes clothing that is not considered part of an employee’s wages. In-Kind Wages Countable.

Noncash compensation such as food, shelter or other items received by an individual for work performed in place of, or in addition to, wages, profit or payment in cash. The value of in-kind wages is determined by the current market value of the item(s) minus the amount of the outstanding balance due on the item, if any.

Exceptions: In-kind payments of food or shelter to the following people, or under the following conditions, are treated as unearned income:

• Certain agricultural employees (a farmer provides commodity payments—lodging, food, livestock, grain or milk products—to an employee and the commodity cannot be converted to cash or is equivalent to a cash payment); • Domestic employees; • Service not in the course of the employer’s trade or business; • Service by certain home workers; • Members of the Uniformed Services; and • Provided on the employer’s business premises, for the employer’s convenience, and in the case of shelter received, its acceptance by the employee is a condition of employment.

Irregular or Infrequent Income Countable.

Exclude up to $30 per calendar quarter of earned income that is received either irregularly or infrequently. In order to be excluded, the income need only be irregular or infrequent.

Income is considered to be irregularly received if an individual cannot reasonably expect to receive it. Income is received infrequently if an individual receives it only once during a calendar quarter from a single