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VA Question: Spouse Unearned Income

Answer YES if your spouse receives any "unearned income" during the month.

The DSS Medicaid Policy Manual defines "unearned income" as all income that is not earned; that is, income that is not wages, salaries or net earnings from self-employment. (Earned income includes payments for services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities center.)

Examples of unearned income are:

·             Annuities, pensions, and other periodic payments;

·             Alimony and support payments;

·             Dividends, interest;

·             Royalties and Honorarium that are not for published work or services rendered (such as travel expenses);

·             Rents

·             Benefits received as the result of another's death to the extent that the total amount exceeds the expenses of the deceased person's last illness and burial paid by the recipient;

·             Prizes and awards.

Note, however, that there are a number of kinds of income that are defined in the manual as "Not Income."

Source:

Information for this topic was drawn from Section S0810.015 Types of Income of the Department of Social Services (DSS) Medicaid Manual.

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