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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 116 Chapter 4 Income

Parent B: • February 14 $250 • January 10 $250 • November 20 $250 Parent C: • February 20 $300 • January 20 $300 • December 20 $300 The Worker finds the average monthly payment made by Parent A and projects the income to continue. The Worker and the client cannot reasonably anticipate that any payments will be received in the new certification period or period of consideration (POC) from Parent B, so no income is counted from this source. Parent C pays the same amount at the same time, so $300 per month is counted from Parent C. The Worker records details about payments and payment dates from each of the absent parents, how the payments were verified, whether or not any income was counted from each source and, if so, how the amount was determined. Example 8: A waitress, Mrs. Pine, applies on December 7. She is paid twice a month and provides pay stubs with the following information:

She earns $9.00 per hour. She does get some tips, but rarely the amount shown on her paystubs. She says the employer determines the amount shown as tips by some formula that she does not understand because he is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report them. She does not have to share her tips with any other employee, and they do not share tips with her. She says that during a “good” week she makes about $20 in tips. The employer never sees her Date Number of Hours Wages Tips September 15 35 hours $180.25 wages $88.00 tips September 30 60 hours $309.00 wages $130.00 tips October 15 32 hours $164.80 wages $83.00 tips October 30 35 hours $180.25 wages $88.00 tips November 15 12 hours $61.80 wages $32.00 tips November 30 35 hours $180.25 wages $88.00 tips