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If a member’s income is budgeted for their assistance group, their deductions will be counted for that group. In situations where an individual is planning to file a joint tax return with their spouse, the individual’s deductions may offset the spouse’s income even if the individual has no income. Note The availability of income does not affect whether or not the income is counted under MAGI rules This page last updated in Release Number: 24-03 Release Date: 12/18/2024 Effective Date: 01/01/2025 16.2 Income Types Not Counted The following types of income are not included in the countable income when determining eligibility for BadgerCare Plus. 1. Adoption Assistance 2. Agent Orange Settlement Fund Do not count payments received from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established in settling In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, M.D.L. No. 381 (E.D.N.Y.). This is retroactive to January 1, 1989. Do not count these payments for as long as they are identified separately. 3. Combat Pay Do not count combat zone pay that goes to the household that is in excess of the military person's pre- deployment pay. The exclusion lasts while the military person is deployed to the combat area. If the amount of military pay from the deployed absent family member is equal to or less than the amount the household was receiving prior to deployment, count all of the income to the household. Any portion of the military pay that exceeds the amount the household was receiving prior to deployment to a designated combat zone should not be counted when determining the household’s income. Example 1 John's wife Bonnie and their daughter have an open BadgerCare Plus case. John is in the military stationed overseas; his monthly income is $1,000. John sends his wife $1,000 every month. When John is deployed to a combat zone his pay is increased to $1,300 a month, which is deposited into a joint account. Because the $300 is combat zone pay, it is not counted in the determination. The pre-combat pay of $1,000 is budgeted as unearned income for BadgerCare Plus. 4. Other Military Pay Do not count income received for the following purposes: • Living allowances ◦ Basic Allowance for Housing ◦ Basic Allowance for Subsistence ◦ Housing and cost-of-living allowances abroad paid by the U.S. government or by a foreign government ◦ Overseas Housing Allowance • Death allowances • Family allowances • Moving allowances • Travel allowances