OBSOLETE POLICY CHIP MANUAL |
Effective: January 1, 2011
Countable income is the gross amount of income received minus any allowable exemptions or expenses. See Section 410-8 #4 to see how the "Making Work Pay Tax Credit" affects the gross income.
Some types of income are exempt, meaning that they are not considered as countable income. See sections 401-3, 402-4, 402-10, 410-5, and 410-8 to see what income types are exempt.
Expenses are amounts which are subtracted from gross income before counting the remainder as income that is available to the individual. Only expenses that are required to make an income available to the individual are deducted from the gross income.
At renewal only, CHIP households with no other program open, have the option of using their Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) from their most current tax return as verification of their annual income. This information is provided through the Utah State Tax Commission Interface. The AGI posted from the interface is the total countable income for the household, as it includes all of the individual’s earned and unearned income. When the AGI is used, no other income posted to the case is counted. (See 704-9.)