SNAP

Any portion of military pay identified as combat pay, including any portion of combat pay contributed to a household from military personnel deployed to a combat zone, is excluded.

The advisor must determine whether any funds contributed to the household by military personnel, such as through joint bank accounts or military allotments, are considered combat pay. Any portion identified as combat pay is exempt from income. The following steps should be used to determine the amount of military income to exclude as combat pay:

Steps Action 1. Verify the monthly amount of combat pay received, as required in A-1370 , Verification Requirements. 2. Determine the amount of military pay the deployed individual was making available to the household before deployment to the combat zone. If the deployed person was: a household member before deployment, the amount would be the individual's net military pay. not part of the household before deployment, then consider any amount made available from the individual's pay before deployment. 3. Determine the amount of military pay the deployed individual is making available to the household after deployment to the combat zone. 4. If the amount of contribution the household receives from the military personnel after deployment: is equal to or less than the amount the household was receiving before deployment, then none of that contribution would be considered combat pay. Count the full amount of the contribution as unearned income. exceeds the amount received before deployment, exclude the excess as combat pay (not to exceed the verified monthly amount of combat pay) and count the remainder (if any) as unearned income.