Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Income is anything a client receives in
cash or in-kind that can be used to meet his/her needs for food or shelter.
Income can be earned or unearned.
(2) Some receipts are not income because they
do not meet the definition of income above. Some types of receipts that are not
income are:
(a) Cash or in-kind assistance
from federal, state, or local government programs whose purpose is to provide
medical care or services;
(b) Some
in-kind payments that are not food or shelter coming from nongovernmental
programs whose purposes are to provide medical care or medical
services;
(c) Payments for repair
or replacement of an exempt resource;
(d) Refunds or rebates for money already
paid;
(e) Receipts from sale of a
resource;
(f) Replacement of income
already received (see
20 C.F.R.
416.1103 for a more complete list of receipts
that are not income); and
(g)
Receipts from extraction of exempt resources for a member of a federally
recognized tribe.
(3)
Earned income includes the following types of payments:
(a) Gross wages and salaries, including
garnished amounts;
(b) Commissions
and bonuses;
(c) Severance
pay;
(d) Other special payments
received because of employment;
(e)
Net earnings from self-employment (WAC
182-512-0840
describes earnings exclusions);
(f)
Self-employment income of tribal members unless the income is specifically
exempted by treaty;
(g) Payments
for services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities
center;
(h) Royalties earned by a
client in connection with any publication of their work and any honoraria
received for services rendered; and
(i) In-kind payments made in lieu of cash
wages, including the value of food or shelter.
(4) Unearned income is all income that is not
earned income. Some types of unearned income are:
(a) Annuities, pensions, and other periodic
payments;
(b) Alimony and support
payments;
(c) Voluntary or
court-ordered child support payments, including arrears, received from a
noncustodial parent for the benefit of a child are the income of the
child;
(d) Dividends and
interest;
(e) Royalties (except for
royalties earned by a client in connection with any publication of their work
and any honoraria received for services rendered which would be earned
income);
(f) Capital
gains;
(g) Rents;
(h) Benefits received as the result of
another's death to the extent that the total amount exceeds the expenses of the
deceased person's last illness and burial paid by the recipient;
(i) Gifts;
(j) Inheritances;
(k) Prizes and awards; and
(l) Amounts received by tribal members from
gaming revenues with the exceptions cited in WAC
182-512-0770(3).
(5) Some items which may be
withheld from income, but which the agency considers as received income are:
(a) Federal, state, or local income
taxes;
(b) Health or life insurance
premiums;
(c) SMI
premiums;
(d) Union dues;
(e) Penalty deductions for failure to report
changes;
(f) Loan
payments;
(g)
Garnishments;
(h) Child support
payments, court ordered or voluntary (WAC
182-512-0900
has an exception for deemors);
(i)
Service fees charged on interest-bearing checking accounts;
(j) Inheritance taxes; and
(k) Guardianship fees if presence of a
guardian is not a requirement for receiving the income.
(6) Countable income, for the purposes of
this chapter, means all income that is available to the client:
(a) If it cannot be excluded; and
(b) After deducting all allowable disregards
and deductions.
11-24-018, recodified as WAC 182-512-0600, filed 11/29/11,
effective 12/1/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.08.090 and ARRA of 2009 (Recovery Act),
Public Law
111-5,
Section
5006 (b);
42 C.F.R.
435.601, EEOICPA of 2000, Public Law 106398,
Sec. 1, app., Title XXXVI (Oct. 30, 2000) (section 1 adopting as Appendix H.R.
5408), Section 3646 of the Appendix. 10-15-069, § 388-475-0600, filed
7/16/10, effective 8/16/10. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.08.090. 04-09-004, §
388-475-0600, filed 4/7/04, effective
6/1/04.
