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Alert: PASSes (Yours and Spouse's) Higher than Available Income

You and your spouse can not include in your Plans for Achieving Self-Support (PASSes) more than the amount of income that you and your spouse have available to set aside for employability investments and work expenses.

Your SSI cash benefit is not considered by SSA to be available for your spouse’s PASS. Earnings and unearned income, other than your SSI benefits, are considered available.

Any amount that you have included in an IRWE or BWE is not available.

If you and your spouse are receiving in-kind support, you may or may not be able to include that support amount in a PASS. It depends on the rule under which your in-kind support is determined.

· The 1/3rd Reduction Rule is used if you do not contribute your share of household food or rent expenses. The in-kind support amount (called the Value of the Reduction or VTR) is not available for use in a PASS.

· The Presumed Maximum Value (PMV) rule is used if you do contribute your share of the food or rent expenses. The in-kind support amount under this rule is considered available for use in a PASS.

The amount shown in the Alert is the amount available for your PASS if your spouse’s PASS is not reduced. A similar alert should show the amount available to your spouse if you do not reduce your PASS.

NOTE: You or your spouse’s PASS must be reduced to an amount that does not exceed the income you and your spouse have available or WorkWORLD will not calculate correct results!

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