FNS 305: Rules for Budgeting Income
This is the general time period used to determine representative income for an application.
What is 30 calendar days prior to the date the application/recertification?
When calculating representative income, the income is converted to this type of amount.
What is a monthly amount?
Child support belongs to this person.
Who is the child?
This percentage of monthly gross earned income is deducted for employment related expenses.
What is 20%?
FNS units generally count all non-excluded income of this type.
What is gross income?
What is the type of income?
If one or more payments are nonrepresentative, only these payments should be used to calculate and convert income.
What are the representative payments?
A vendor payment is generally not considered this.
What is countable income?
The standard deduction is based on this factor.
What is a household size?
Income belonging to an ineligible individual is generally handles using this method.
What is prorating?
Certain types of income may require a different base period according to this FNS policy.
What is FNS 315, Special Budgeting Procedures?
A new employee receives a partial first paycheck and a full second paycheck. The worker should use this paycheck to calculate ongoing income.
What is the full representative paycheck?
When representative records are available for a business operating for a least one year, allowable expenses are subtracted from gross income and the result is divided by this number.
What is 12 months?
Shelter expenses qualify for a shelter/utility deduction when they exceed this percentage of monthly income after applicable deductions.
What is 50%?
A sponsored alien is a lawful permanent resident who has this type of financial support arrangement.
What is a financial sponsor?
The purpose of establishing a base period is to determine this type of income.
What is representative income?
A partial paycheck that does not represent ongoing income is considered this.
What is nonrepresentative income?
Contributions that are reasonably anticipated during the certification period are generally counted as this type of income.
What is unearned income?
A specified person in the FNS unit is not subject to this restriction on shelter expenses.
What is the shelter cap?
Voluntary quit can result in this status.
What is disqualification?
Base period is 3/30-4/28.
What is the base period for an application/recertification received on 4/29?
If an employee receives $83.22 as a partial paycheck and $343.84 as a representative check, the $343.84 paycheck is multiplied by this factor for a biweekly monthly calculation.
What is 2.15?
A lump-sum inheritance received by an FNS unit member is not counted as income; instead it is treated as this.
What is a resource?
An ineligible student is not considered this for FNS purposes.
What is a household member?
Although a non-household member's income is not counted, money they give directly to the FNS unit is treated as this.
What is a contribution income?