SI 00815.270 Income Tax Refunds

CITATIONS:

Regulation - 20 CFR 416.1103(d)

Policy

1. General

Any amount refunded on income taxes already paid is not income.

2. Tax withheld prior to SSI application date

Income tax refunds are not income even if the income from which the tax was withheld or paid was received in a period prior to application for SSI benefits.

3. Tax refunds and blind work expenses

Income tax refunds are not income even if the income taxes were excluded as work expenses of the blind. (See SI 00820.535B.3.)

NOTE: For information on how to treat tax refunds for SSI resource purposes, see SI 01130.676.

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SI 00815.270 - Income Tax Refunds - 09/12/2011
Batch run: 11/21/2013
Rev:09/12/2011

Social Security

Program Operations Manual System (POMS)

SI 00815.270 Income Tax Refunds

Policy

1. General

2. Tax withheld prior to SSI application date

3. Tax refunds and blind work expenses