Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 912 - TITLE XX GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter 3 - TREATMENT OF INCOME
Section 17-912-28 - Income to be considered in eligibility determination
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-912-28
Current through November, 2024
(a) Monthly gross income shall be used to determine categorical eligibility based on income status.
(b) Monthly gross income means monthly sums of income received from the following sources:
(1) Gross income before deductions are made
for items such as, but not limited to, taxes, union dues, bonds, and pensions
from:
(A) Wages;
(B) Salary;
(C) Armed forces pay; -
(D) Commissions;
(E) Tips;
(F) Piece-rate payments; and
(G) Cash bonuses earned;
(2) Social security pensions and survivors'
benefits prior to deductions for medical insurance, including:
(A) Railroad retirement insurance checks from
the U. S. government; and
(B)
Permanent disability insurance payments made by the Social Security
Administration;
(3)
Unemployment insurance benefits such as:
(A)
Compensation received from government unemployment insurance agencies or
private insurance companies during periods of unemployment; and
(B) Any strike benefits received from union
funds;
(4) Worker's
compensation benefits.
(A) Worker's
compensation benefits include compensation received from private or public
insurance companies for injuries incurred at work.
(B) The cost of the insurance shall have been
paid by the employer and not by the employee;
(5) Pensions and annuities, including
pensions or retirement benefits paid to a retired person or the person's
survivors by a former, employer or by a union, either directly or by an
insurance company;
(6) Veteran's
pensions which include:
(A) Money paid
periodically by the Veteran's Administration to:
(i) Survivors of deceased veterans;
or
(ii) Disabled members of the
armed forces;
(B)
Subsistance allowances paid to veterans for:
(i) Education; or
(ii) On-the-job training; and
(C) "Refunds" paid to former
members of the armed forces as GI insurance premiums;
(7) An allotment of a member of the armed
forces;
(8) Alimony;
(9) Child support;
(10) Public assistance payments from another
state;
(11) Hawaii welfare
check;
(12) Dividends from
stockholdings or memberships in associations;
(13) Periodic interest on savings or
bonds;
(14) Receipts from estates
or trust funds;
(15) Net income
from:
(A) Rental of a house;
(B) Rental of a store;
(C) Rental of other property to others;
and
(D) Receipts from boarders or
lodgers;
(16) Net
royalties; and
(17) Net income
received from self-employment.
(A) To be
considered self-employed, the individual shall:
(i) Not be discharged from the job by another
person;
(ii) Report income to the
Internal Revenue Service and the State as a self-employed person;
(iii) Meet social security requirements as a
self-employed person and pay employer's and employee's share of social security
taxes;
(iv) Not be considered an
employee of an agency or organization; and
(v) Be licensed by the State to operate a
business.
(B) Net income
received from non-farm self-employment means the gross receipts minus expenses
for an individual's own business, professional enterprise, or partnerships.
(i) Gross-receipts shall include the value of
all goods sold and services rendered,
(ii) Expenses shall include the costs of
goods purchased, rent, heat, light, power, depreciation charges, wages and
salaries paid, business taxes, and other similar costs,
(iii) The value of salable merchandise
consumed by the proprietors of retail stores shall not be included as part of
net income.
(C) Net
income received from farm self-employment means the gross receipts minus
operating expenses from the operation of a farm by a person on the person's own
account, as an owner, renter, or sharecropper.
(i) Gross receipts shall include the value of
all products sold, government crop loans, money received from the rental of
farm equipment to others, and incidental receipts from the sale of wood, sand,
gravel, and similar items.
(ii)
Operating expenses shall include the cost of feed, fertilizer, seed, and other
farming supplies, cash wages paid to farmhands, depreciation charges, cash
rent, interest on farm mortgages, farm building repairs, farm taxes (not state
and federal income-taxes), and other similar expenses.
(iii) The value of fuel, foods, or other farm
products used for family living shall not be included as part of net
income.
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