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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
classification is not a package/liquor store but, they will be classified as a supermarket as their primary business is selling groceries. The law does not restrict TANF at supermarkets. The MCCs that are restricted are as follows:
5921 Package/liquor stores – beer, wine 5813 Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) bars, taverns, disco 7922 Theatrical productions (except motion pictures) may include strip clubs or other X rated locations 7273 Dating, escort service, may include strip clubs or other X rated locations 7955 Gambling Transactions 7995 Betting Places- casino gaming chips, off track betting and wages
The reports from the former EBT processor, JPMorgan, and the current EBT processor, FIS received to date, have not revealed a TANF transaction at any of the restricted MCC locations. Random checks are conducted to match the names of the restricted locations against transaction history in the EBT system data warehouse. The FIS data warehouse will continue to provide a transaction history that can be assessed. With no compliance issues discovered, no additional controls are planned for implementation.
h. To strengthen the ability to prevent the restricted locations from accepting TANF funds via EBT card transactions, no terminal located on the premises of a business that is prohibited from disbursing cash benefits under the TANF program may complete Cash Transactions. Terminals located on the premises of any of the following are prohibited from completing Cash Transactions: (i) liquor stores, (ii) casinos, (iii) gambling casinos, (iv) gaming establishments, and (v) retail establishments which provide adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment. Each of the terms used in clauses (i) – (v) shall have the meanings assigned in Section 4004 of the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended; and
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