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SI 01210.600 Special Blind Income Disregards - Recipient Only (No Spouse or Essential Person)

A. Introduction

This section provides the procedure for determining countable income (CI), and an example illustrating the computations.

B. Procedure

1. Example

A blind grandfathered recipient living in State X who continues to meet the conditions in SI 01210.100 has the following income:

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    $220 wages

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    $15 blind work expenses (BWE) under both Federal and State plan rules

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    $135 RSDI benefit

The State plan income disregards used in the chart below are typical. Actual disregards vary by State.

2. Chart: Determining CI

STEP
 1 Compute blind countable income (BCI). Apply the applicable State plan income disregards (SI 01210.500) to the recipient's income. Unearned Income
$135.00  RSDI
-  8.00   two $4 RSDI passalongs
$127.00
-  7.50   general disregard
$119.50  countable unearned income
​ ​ ​ Earned Income
$220.00  wages
- 85.00   earned income disregard
$135.00
÷   2   disregard of one-half of remainder
$ 67.50
- 15.00   BWE
$ 52.50   countable earned income
​ ​ ​ BCI
$119.50  countable unearned income
+52.50   countable earned income
$172.00  BCI
 2 Compute countable income under Federal rules (CI/FR). Apply the SSI exclusions to the recipient's income. Unearned Income
$135.00   RSDI
- 20.00   general exclusion
$115.00  countable unearned income
​ ​ The system performs this computation except for cases requiring a manual computation. Earned Income
$220.00  wages
- 65.00   earned income exclusion
$155.00
÷-    2   exclusion of one-half of remainder
$ 77.50
- 15.00   BWE
$ 62.50  countable earned income
​ ​ ​ CI/FR
$115.00  countable unearned income
+ 62.50   countable earned income
$177.50  CI/FR
 3 Determine CI Compare BCI from step 1 with CI/FR from step 2. Use the lower amount of income as CI. $172.00  CI (BCI from step 1)
​ ​ After gross income and BCI have been input, the system performs this comparison, except for cases in force pay.

C. References

BCI initial claims input, SM 01005.194

BCI posteligibility input, SM 01305.315

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SI 01210.600 - Special Blind Income Disregards - Recipient Only (No Spouse or Essential Person) - 11/06/2013
Batch run: 11/06/2013
Rev:11/06/2013