Section 7 AAC 100.170 - Lump-sum earned income(a) If an applicant or recipient works for more than one month before receiving a single payment in full settlement for the work performed, regardless of whether that person is an employee or self-employed, working with or without a contract, the department will (1) prorate the income over the number of months the payment is intended to cover; and(2) in each of the months the applicant or recipient actually works, but not in other prorated or contract months, allow the applicant or recipient the earned income deductions under 7 AAC 100.184 and the incapacitated-parent and child-care disregards under 7 AAC 100.186.(b) The department will prorate the income of a seasonally self-employed applicant or recipient in accordance with 7 AAC 100.174, regardless of whether the person obtains earned income monthly during the season of work.(c) The department will not prorate income received as a draw, receipt of sales, a payment on contract, or any other self-employment income that is, or can be, regularly received at least once a month during a 12-month period or longer. After the nonpersonal costs of doing business are subtracted in accordance with 7 AAC 100.172, the remainder will be budgeted on a monthly basis and treated the same as an employee's wages under this chapter.Eff. 7/20/2007, Register 183Authority:AS 47.05.010
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