OAR 461-145-0120
Earned Income; Defined
(1)
Compensation for services performed, including wages, salaries, commissions, tips, sick leave, vacation pay, draws, or the sale of blood or plasma.(2)
Income from on-the-job-training, paid job experience, JOBS Plus work experience, or Welfare-to-Work work experience.(3)
In-kind income, when an individual is an employee of the person providing the in-kind income and the income is in exchange for work performed by the individual, or when received as compensation from self-employment.(4)
For self-employment, gross receipts and sales, including mileage reimbursements, before costs.(5)
In:(a)
The SNAP program, cafeteria plan (see OAR 461-001-0000 (Definitions for Chapter 461)) benefits, and funds placed in a flexible spending account.(b)
All programs except the SNAP program, cafeteria plan benefits that an employee takes as cash, and funds placed in a flexible spending account.(6)
Income from work-study.(7)
Income from profit sharing that the individual receives monthly or periodically, except as provided in OAR 461-145-0089 (Corporations and Other Business Entities; Income and Resources, Not Self-Employment; OSIP, OSIPM, QMB) in the OSIP, OSIPM, and QMB programs .(8)
The fee for acting as an individual’s representative payee, when that individual is not included in the filing group (see OAR 461-110-0310 (Filing Group; Overview)).(9)
In the SNAP program, expenditure by a business entity that substantially benefits a principal (see OAR 461-145-0088 (Corporations and Business Entities; Income and Resources; Not OSIP, OSIPM, or QMB)).(10)
The income a principal (see OAR 461-145-0089 (Corporations and Other Business Entities; Income and Resources, Not Self-Employment; OSIP, OSIPM, QMB)) earns working for a corporation, unless the individual can be considered self-employed under OAR 461-145-0910 (Self-Employment; General; Not OSIP, OSIPM, or QMB) or OAR 461-145-0915 (Self-Employment; General; OSIP, OSIPM, QMB).(11)
In the OSIP, OSIPM, and QMB programs, a non-business expenditure — including, but not limited to, a personal car or housing payment — paid by an individual’s corporation or business entity (see OAR 461-145-0089 (Corporations and Other Business Entities; Income and Resources, Not Self-Employment; OSIP, OSIPM, QMB)) that benefits the individual.
Source:
Rule 461-145-0120 — Earned Income; Defined, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=461-145-0120
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