Jan
11
2011
By Guest (not verified)
My child has been declared disabled by the disability determination services. However, they are at a loss as to how to treat my income which is;
1.) Adult disabled foster care
2.) Non-taxable by Federal or State government
3.) I am not considered an employee, therefore recieve no benefits.
4.) Does not count towards my Social Security retirement, on my statement it shows I earned $0 dollars.
SSA wants to count the whole thing as unearned income, or self-employment income to be deemed to my child. I believe POMS excludes this income from the provider, however am having problems getting anyone at SSA to give me a definitive answer.
Insights?
What is income for SSI "deemed income" purposes
Yes, I don't see a definitive answer, however, here may a useful resource.
Here is the general POMS page on income :
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/subchapterlist!openview&restrictt...
Some Federal laws other than the Social Security Act prohibit counting some income for SSI purposes. See SI 00830.055 and SI 00830.099.
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0500810007
SI 00830.099 lists a number of unearned income exclusions. Of these, Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) seems to be similar to your case :
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0500830099