Current through September 24, 2024
Assistance Group income shall mean all monies from whatever
source, earned or unearned, except the exclusions listed in
1240-1-50-.11.
(1) Earned Income.
Earned income is income which is derived from the work efforts of an individual
as wages, salaries, commissions, or as profits from self-employment enterprise,
including farming, carried on either alone or jointly. It includes bonuses,
vacation pay, pay received while on maternity leave and sick pay when mandatory
deductions are made. Garnished or diverted wages, etc. are also considered in
determining gross earned income. The following types of income are considered
earned income:
(a) Wages, salaries,
commissions;
(b) Profit from
self-employment enterprise such as:
1.
Farming;
2. Small business
enterprises;
3.
Roomers/boarders;
4. Rental
receipts. Receipts from rental property owned/being purchased by an individual
when he/she is actively engaged in the production of the income are earned
income.
5. Total gains of any
capital goods or equipment related to the business, excluding the costs of
doing business.
(c)
Training and rehabilitation allowances. Any wages paid for on-the-job training
or public service employment;
(d)
Severance pay;
(e) Vacation, sick,
longevity and bonus pay, when mandatory deductions are made;
(f) Allowances and other benefits under the
National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
(2) Unearned Income. Unearned income is any
income which does not meet the definition of earned income. No earned income
exclusions or deductions may be applied to unearned income. Unearned income
includes, but is not limited to:
(a)
Unemployment compensation.
(b)
Workman's (workers) compensation.
(c) Vacation, sick, longevity and bonus pay
when mandatory deductions are not made.
(d) Interest, dividends, royalties and all
other direct money payments which can be construed to be a gain or
benefit.
(e) Assistance payments or
other need based payments not otherwise excluded.
(f) Pensions and benefits such as annuities,
retirement, veterans, disability, Social Security, military or Job Corps
allotments.
(g) Child support and
alimony.
(h) Regular cash
contributions.
(i) Money withdrawn
from the body of a trust or interest/dividends paid to an A/R.
(j) Non-IV-E foster care board payments made
on behalf of a minor mother who receives Families First for her own child. If
the child of the minor parent is also in foster care on non-IV-E funds, his/her
board payment must also be counted as unearned income.
(k) Rehabilitation payments made under
Services to the Blind or Vocational Rehabilitation or other such programs are
unearned income. Costs directly associated with a rehabilitation program and
borne by a participant are deducted from the gross payment and the remainder is
income.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-201 et seq., 71-1-105, Public
Acts of 1996, Chapter 950, and
45 C.F.R.
233.20.
