When one member of an eligible couple is receiving in-kind support and maintenance while living in the house­hold of another throughout a month (see SI 00835.000 ff.). A special quarterly computation is required. All quarterly income received by the couple in the quarter is used in computing the couple payment amount. However, the full couple payment is apportioned in a special way.

1. 1. 

   Determine the appropriate FBR for the quarter for living arrangement A (see SI 02001.020).

2. 2. 

   Determine all the countable income received by the couple within the quarter. Include as unearned income any in-kind support and maintenance received by the member of the couple for a partial month in which they lived in the household of another. (See SI 00835.500.)

3. 3. 

   Subtract the couple's quarterly countable income from the couple's quarterly FBR. The remainder is the amount due the couple for the quarter.

4. 4. 

   Divide the quarterly amount due by three to obtain the monthly amount due the couple.

5. 5. 

   For any month(s) within the quarter that both mem­bers of the eligible couple are in their own household (LA "A") divide the monthly amount due the couple (step 4) in half to determine the payment amount for each mem­ber of the couple.

6. 6. 

   For any month(s) within the quarter that one mem­ber of the eligible couple is living in the household of an­other throughout the month. The payment to the member of the couple living in their own household is 2/3 of the couple's monthly amount as determined at step 4. The member living in the household of another is paid the re­maining 1/3 of the couple's monthly amount minus the value of support and maintenance received during the full month(s) in which they were living in the household of an­other . (The monthly value of this support and maintenance is presumed to be 1/6 of the couple's monthly FBR (see SI 02001.020.); unless rebutted by evidence showing the actual value to be less. This is a special presumed maximum value and differs from the amount used in step 2. In addition, if the general income exclusion ($60.00) was not completely used to re­duce the couple's countable income to zero (step 3), apply the unused general income exclusion to reduce the monthly value of the support and maintenance received by the member living in the household of another.)

   NOTE: If for a past month (in the current or a prior quar­ter) a member of a couple received more than their pro­portional share of the couple's benefits, retroactive adjustment is not required as long as the quarterly total amount of payment to the couple is correct. If the quarterly total amount is not correct, consider the amounts actually paid to the couplet as a unit, to decide if an over payment or underpayment exists.