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 the client's needs for 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 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 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.
