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6.1.1.1. Advance Dated Checks When a payer advance dates a check because the regular payment date falls on a weekend or holiday, there is no intent to change the normal delivery date or to disrupt the existing relationship between check receipt and AG benefits. Whenever such an advance dated check is received, consider it income to the recipient in the month of normal receipt. 6.1.1.2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) When an individual's money goes to a bank by direct deposit, the funds may be posted to the account before or after the month they are payable. Whenever this occurs, treat the electronically transferred funds as income in the month of normal receipt. 6.1.1.3. Documentation When income is counted in a month other than the month that evidence in the file shows the income was actually received, document the file with the reason. Example: A company sends out its retirement pension checks so that they arrive on the first day of each month. However, because January 1, 2016 is a holiday, the checks are delivered on December 30, 2015. The AG claimant brings in his pension check as evidence of his income, and explains that he also received a pension check on December 1. The worker determines that the amount of the December 30 check is income in the normal month of receipt (January 2016) and documents that the check is counted as income for January rather than December because the normal delivery date was a holiday.

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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI INCOME SOURCES 07/19 CHAPTER I, PAGE 6

6.1.1.1. Advance Dated Checks When a payer advance dates a check because the regular payment date falls on a weekend or holiday, there is no intent to change the normal delivery date or to disrupt the existing relationship between check receipt and AG benefits. Whenever such an advance dated check is received, consider it income to the recipient in the month of normal receipt. 6.1.1.2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) When an individual's money goes to a bank by direct deposit, the funds may be posted to the account before or after the month they are payable. Whenever this occurs, treat the electronically transferred funds as income in the month of normal receipt. 6.1.1.3. Documentation When income is counted in a month other than the month that evidence in the file shows the income was actually received, document the file with the reason. Example: A company sends out its retirement pension checks so that they arrive on the first day of each month. However, because January 1, 2016 is a holiday, the checks are delivered on December 30, 2015. The AG claimant brings in his pension check as evidence of his income, and explains that he also received a pension check on December 1. The worker determines that the amount of the December 30 check is income in the normal month of receipt (January 2016) and documents that the check is counted as income for January rather than December because the normal delivery date was a holiday.