WAC 388-450-0162 The department uses countable income to determine if you are eligible and the amount of your cash and food assistance benefits.

1. Countable income is all income that remains after we subtract the following:

   1. Excluded or disregarded income under WAC 388-450-0015; 

   2. Deductions or earned income incentives under WAC 388-450-0170 through WAC 388-450-0200.

   3. Allocations to someone outside of the assistance unit under WAC 388-450-0095 through 388-450-0160.

2. Countable income includes all income that must be deemed or allocated from financially responsible persons who are not members of your assistance unit.

3. For cash assistance:

   1. We compare your countable income to the payment standards in WAC 388-478-0020 and WAC 388-478-0030.

   2. You are not eligible for benefits when your assistance unit's countable income is equal to or greater than the payment standard plus any authorized additional requirements.

   3. Your benefit level is the payment standard and authorized additional requirements.

   4. Your benefit level is the payment standard and authorized additional requirements minus your assistance unit's countable income.

4. For food assistance:

   1. We compare your countable income to the monthly net income standard specified in WAC 388-478-0060.

   2. You are not eligible for benefits when your assistance unit's income is equal to or greater than the monthly net income standards.

   3. Your benefit level is the maximum allotment in WAC 388-478-0060 minus thirty percent of your countable income.