For every sponsor in the income unit whose income is deemed carry out the following steps:
- Total the sponsor and sponsor's spouses(if living in the home) countable gross unearned income from all sources AND
- Total the sponsor and sponsor's spouses(if living in the home) countable gross earned income from all sources including income from self employment AND
- Carry out Sponsor to Alien Deeming
Sponsor to Alien Deeming
The sponsor definition and sponsor deeming exception rules should be applied when deeming income - See Resource 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 Earned Income Deduction from the sponsor's and their live in spouse (if any) countable earned income AND
- Add the gross countable unearned income for the sponsor's and their live in spouse (is any) AND
- Subtract an amount equal to the monthly gross Food Assistance income eligibility limit for a household equal in size to the sponsor, the sponsor's spouse, and any other person who is claimed or could be claimed by the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse as a dependent for Federal income tax purposes AND
- Subtract any additional amounts the sponsor actually pays to persons not living in the home, but who are, or could be, claimed as dependents for federal income tax purposes AND
- The remaining amount, if any, is deemed as unearned income to the alien