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. Military pay is income received by anyone in any branch of the 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.
BASIC CONSIDERATIONS
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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Use the chart below to determine treatment of military pay:
CHART 3430.1 TREATMENT OF MILITARY PAY BENEFIT Amount Brought Forward Advance Pay/Casual Pay Base Pay Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) Career Sea Pay Clothing Maintenance Allowance (CMA) Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) or HOUSE Fly Pay/Fly Pay-non FSSA (Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowances) Jump Pay Leave or Separate Rations National Guard Pay Pro-Di TREATMENT OF INCOME Disregard amounts brought forward from a previous month. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Do not count as income. Consider it as a reimbursement. Deduct the CMA from the total gross earned income. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month received. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended. 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 Regular Sea Pay TREATMENT OF INCOME Count the gross amount as earned income in the month for which it is intended
Combat Pay
Exclude additional or special payments received by a member of the US 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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