FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
MILITARY
PAY
3430 - MILITARY PAY
REQUIREMENT Military pay such as housing allowances, subsistence allowances and
other entitlements are considered when determining eligibility for
assistance.
BASIC Military pay is income received by anyone in any branch of the
CONSIDERATIONS military-Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National
Guard and Reserves.
Military pay is treated as earned income when the individual in the
military is an AU member.
When an individual in the military is not in the AU but gives money
to the AU or authorizes money to be sent to the AU, that money is
counted as an unearned income contribution.
PROCEDURES Verify all military pay. Use the Leave and Earnings Statement (LES)
to verify the type and amount of military income.
Chart 3430.1 on the following page provides information on the
treatment of military pay.
Determine if there are any debt repayments listed on the LES and
treat as follows:
if a debt repayment is for Advance Pay then deduct the
repayment from the gross income
if a debt repayment, listed as FININ or Debt Repayment on
the LES, is for a personal loan, such as for a car, count the
repayment as part of the gross income.
Do not allow federal tax, FICA, SGLI, Soldiers Home, or Insurance
as deductions or exclusions from income.
Allotments withheld for dependents not in the AU may be allowed as
a child support deduction. Refer to Section 3615, Deductions.
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MILITARY
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Use the chart below to determine treatment of military pay:
CHART 3430.1 TREATMENT OF MILITARY PAY
BENEFIT TREATMENT OF INCOME
Amount Brought Forward Disregard amounts brought forward from a previous month.
Advance Pay/Casual Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received.
Base Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received.
Basic Allowance for Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
Housing (BAH) intended.
Basic Allowance for Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
Subsistence (BAS) intended.
Career Sea Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
Clothing Maintenance Do not count as income. Consider it as a reimbursement. Deduct the
Allowance (CMA) CMA from the total gross earned income.
Cost-of-Living Allowance Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
(COLA) or HOUSE intended.
Fly Pay/Fly Pay-non Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
FSSA (Family Subsistence Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received.
Supplemental Allowances)
Jump Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
Leave or Separate Rations Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
National Guard Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
Pro-Di Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended.
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Reenlistment Bonus Treat the gross amount as a non-recurring lump sum payment.
EXCEPTION: If paid in installments, count as unearned income in the
month received
.
CHART 3430.1 TREATMENT OF MILITARY PAY
BENEFIT TREATMENT OF INCOME
Regular Sea Pay Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is
intended
Exclude additional or special payments received by a member of the US
Combat Pay Armed Forces due to deployment to a designated combat zone for the
duration of the member’s deployment to or service in a combat zone.
Determine if any of the allotment/monies made available to the food
stamp AU is combat pay. If yes, exclude as income, that portion of the
allotment /money. The additional or special pay may be identified as
“incentive pay for hazardous duty” or “special pay for duty” or “special
pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger”.
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