S.D. Admin. R. 67:15:01:18

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 57, November 12, 2024

Section 67:15:01:18 - Income exclusions

In computing a household's income, the department excludes the following:

(1) Earned income of a household member who is under the age of 18 or, if still in high school, under the age of 19;

(2) Cash which is administratively difficult to compute and verify;

(3) Tax refunds, earned income tax credits, and advanced earned income tax credits;

(4) Reimbursement for expenses, such as medical expenses, mileage incurred in connection with employment, and other employment-related expense, incurred by the household;

(5) Payments made to others on behalf of household members;

(6) Money derived from programs established under Title III or Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, such as experience works (formerly green thumb), foster grandparents, retired senior volunteer programs, older Americans community service programs, VISTA program, and senior companion program;

(7) Money borrowed by the household;

(8) Educational benefits, including grants, scholarships, work study, and loans;

(9) WIA educational and employment training expense reimbursements;

(10) Insurance settlements replacing personal or real property;

(11) Adoption subsidies received by the household;

(12) Deductions from social security benefit payments for Medicare;

(13) The portion of a social security lump-sum death benefit designated for funeral expenses;

(14) Capital gains;

(15) Proceeds from the sale of a home or farm, a liquidation auction, or the sale of property not normally sold in the household's regular course of doing business;

(16) One-time payments from a welfare agency;

(17) Cash gifts for recurring occasions such as birthdays and Christmas;

(18) Earnings from community work experience programs, tribal work experience programs, and Job Corps programs;

(19) Money earned from taking the census, unless it is the individual's full-time job;

(20) Income used to pay child support;

(21) Income withheld by other entitlement programs to recover overpayments made to a household member by the other program; and

(22) Utility allowances.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:15:01:18

8 SDR 95, effective 2/18/1982; 10 SDR 30, effective 10/3/1983; 11 SDR 96, effective 1/27/1985; 12 SDR 73, effective 11/4/1985; 17 SDR 66, effective 11/12/1990; 23 SDR 101, effective 12/22/1996; 29 SDR 116, effective 2/23/2003; 31 SDR 192, effective 6/8/2005; 36 SDR 103, effective 12/21/2009; 41 SDR218, effective 6/30/2015.

General Authority: SDCL 28-1-50.

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-1-46.