The individual whose income is deemed is determined as part of the
Household Determination rules. For every individual in the financial unit
whose income is deemed carry out the following steps:
- Total the deemor's countable gross unearned income from all
sources
- Total the deemor's countable gross earned income from all sources
including income from self employment
- If the individual is a sponsor, carry out sponsor to alien deeming
OR
- If the individual is a major parent who is not included in the
assistance unit for Cash Assistance, carry out Parent to Child Deeming
(major parent to minor parent) OR
- If the individual is the spouse of an eligible non parent caretaker
relative, carry out Spouse to Spouse Deeming
Income Deeming Exceptions
- Income of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient is
never deemed to any other individual. This applies to all income of
the SSI recipient, not just the SSI amount.
Sponsor to Alien Deeming
The sponsor definition
and sponsor deeming exception rules should be applied when deeming income.
See the Alien Sponsor chapter.
Carry out the following process if
no Sponsorship Deeming exceptions apply.
- For each sponsor, determine the amount of money to be deemed to
the alien
- From the Sponsor's and their live in spouse (if any) countable
earned Income:
- Deduct the $100 Work Allowance AND
- Add the gross countable unearned income AND
- Subtract an amount equal to 100% Standard of Need for the
number of ineligible individuals, living in the sponsor's home
AND
- The remaining amount, if any, is deemed as unearned income to
the alien
Parent to Child Deeming
From the Major
Parent(s) gross countable earned Income:
- Deduct up to $100 Work Allowance from the gross countable earned
income of each major parent AND
- Add the countable unearned income for each major parent AND
- Subtract an amount equal to 100% Standard of Need for the number
of ineligible individuals living in the home, including the major
parents but not including the minor parent AND
- Subtract any child support or alimony actually paid by each major
parent to individuals not living in the home AND
- The remaining amount, if any, is deemed as unearned income to the
minor parent
Spouse to Spouse Deeming
From the Spouse's
gross countable earned Income:
- Deduct the $100 Work Allowance AND
- Add the countable unearned income AND
- Subtract an amount equal to 100% Standard of Need for the number
of ineligible individuals, living in the home, not including the
eligible spouse AND
- Subtract any additional amounts he actually pays to persons not
living in the home, but who are, or could be, claimed as dependents
for federal income tax purposes AND
- Subtract any child support or alimony actually paid by the spouse
to individuals not living in the home AND
- The remaining amount, if any, is deemed as unearned income to the
spouse