Countable income is determined by totalling gross income from
all the following sources, less all applicable exclusions and exemptions.
Applicable exclusions/exemptions are specified in §48.2904 and §48.2905
of this title (relating to Income from Excludable Sources and Income
from Exempt Sources).
(1) Total gross earnings. This includes money, wages,
commissions, tips, piece-rate payments, cash bonuses, or salary received
for work performed as an employee. This also encompasses pay for members
of the armed forces (including allotments from any armed forces pay
received by a member of the family group from a person not living
in the household).
(2) Self-employment income (including farm income).
For earned income to be considered self-employment, either the client
or spouse must be actively involved or materially participating in
producing the income.
(3) Social security and railroad retirement benefits.
(4) Dividends. This consists of dividends from stocks
or membership in associations, and periodic receipts from estates
of trust funds. These payments are averaged over a 12-month period.
(5) Rental income. This includes payments to the individual
from the rent of housing, store, or other property, as well as from
boarders or lodgers.
(6) Net income derived from oil, gas, or mineral rights.
This can include both lease and royalty payments. These payments are
averaged over a 12-month period.
(7) Income from mortgages or contracts.
(8) Public assistance or welfare payments. Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, and general
assistance (cash payments from a county or city) are included.
(9) Veterans' pensions and compensation checks. This
may include money paid periodically by the Veterans Administration
to disabled members of the armed forces or to survivors of deceased
veterans, subsistence allowances paid to veterans for education and
on-the-job training, and refunds paid to ex-servicemen as GI insurance
premiums.
(10) Educational loans, grants, fellowships, and scholarships.
(11) Unemployment compensation. Unemployment compensation
may be received from government employment insurance agencies or
private companies during periods of unemployment, and includes any
strike benefits received from union funds.
(12) Workers compensation and disability payments.
This includes compensation received periodically from private or public
insurance companies for injuries incurred at work.
(13) Alimony.
(14) Regular monthly cash support payments from friends
or relatives.
(15) Pensions, annuities, and irrevocable trust funds.
Payments may be paid to a retired person or his survivors by a former
employer or by a union, either directly or through an insurance company.
Periodic payments from annuities, insurance, irrevocable trust fund
payments, and civil service pensions are included.
(16) Income from the client's share of a life estate.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §271.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 12544; transferred effective September 15, 2023, as published in the August 18, 2023, issue of the Texas Register, 48 TexReg 4523 |
