Gross Income Calculations

Using the financial unit previously determined in the household composition rules for Cash Assistance, carry out the following steps for the gross income test.

Gross Countable Income

For every individual in the financial unit whose income is counted, carry out the following steps:

  1. Calculate individual's countable gross unearned income from all sources
  2. Add deemable income, if any, to the individual's unearned income
  3. Add individual's countable gross unearned income to other household member's countable gross unearned income
  4. Calculate the individual's countable gross earned income from all sources including income from self employment
  5. Add individual's countable gross earned income to other household member's countable gross earned income
  6. Combine the household's total gross unearned income and the total gross earned income to determine the household's total gross income
Parent topic: Cash Assistance Calculations