Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 364.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Determining Household Eligibility and Benefit Level
Section 364.410 - Determining Deductible Expenses
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
The Department will determine which claimed expenses are deductible and their amounts.
(A) Limitations on Deductible Expenses. The allowable expenses for medical care, dependent care, shelter and child support are provided in 106 CMR 364.400. Education expenses and the cost of doing business for the self-employed are income exclusions and handled in accordance with 106 CMR 363.230(D): Student Households and (J): Self-employed Households.
(B) Types of Nondeductible Expenses.
(C) Households With Disqualified Nonhousehold Members. Deductible expenses of households with disqualified nonhousehold members shall be determined in accordance with 106 CMR 365.500: Households Living with Non-household Members.
(D) Budgeting Child Support Payments. Child support payments shall be budgeted prospectively in the following manner.
For households with a history of three or more months of paying child support, average at least three months' payments (including arrearages), taking into account any change in the legal obligation, and use this average as the household's support deduction.
For households with either no or less than a three-month child support payment history, estimate the anticipated payments (excluding arrearages) and use this estimate as the household's support deduction.