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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCOME

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9. Lump Sum Payments

Monies received in the form of a nonrecurring lump sum payment, including but not limited to:

a. Income tax refunds, rebates or credits;

b. Retroactive lump sum Social Security, public assistance, Railroad Retirement benefits or other payments;

c. Lump sum insurance settlements;

d. Refunds of security deposits on rental property or utilities.

e. Accumulated vacation, sick, or severance pay of terminated employees received in a lump sum;

f. Gambling winnings;

g. Monetary gifts for identifiable one-time occasions or normal annual occasions; and

h. Retroactive SSI payments even when received in multiple installments.

These payments will count as resources in the month received unless specifically excluded from consideration as a resource by other federal laws. The fact that the household or agency can anticipate a lump sum payment does not affect the exclusion as income.

Irregular unemployment compensation benefits will not count as lump sum payments although they may include amounts intended to cover prior periods.

Irregular support payments generally will not count as lump sum payments. The TANF disregarded support payment received for a prior period and support payments made through one-time payments such as the withholding of federal or state tax refunds will count as a lump sum resource, however. The disregarded incentive support payment will be for a prior period if the entitlement date is two or more months prior to the check date. This exclusion does not include the TANF monthly supplement payment received for the prior month.

10. Self-Employment Expenses

The cost of producing self-employment income. The procedures for computing the cost of producing self-employment income are described in Part XII.A.5 and 9.

11. Exclusion by Law

Income specifically excluded by federal law from consideration as income in determining SNAP eligibility or benefits. This includes:

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