Deemed Income – TAFDC

A deemor is a member of the filing unit, not applying for or receiving TAFDC, whose income must be considered when determining eligibility and the benefit amount. Any income from this individual is considered Deemed Income.

Prior to entering information about a deemor, you must establish the relationship of the deemor to the other members of the filing unit. During the application process, enter all household members, including potential deemors, in the Household Composition page.

In the AU Mandatory/Responsible page:

1. select the Householder Member to be designated as a deemor
2. select the No radio button in the Applying field for the member
3. select the Yes radio button in the Mandatory inclusion field for the member
4. select the Inclusion reason of Deemor, and
5. select the Responsibility that describes the deemor from the drop-down list 

See Household Composition page for information about entering household members in addition to the applicant.

To enter additional information about the deemor you must:

1. go to the Deemor page in the Assessed Person Income and Expenses workflow in Case Maintenance
2. enter the number of tax dependents for the deemor
   1.  ExampleExampleBEACON automatically counts the deemor as a tax dependent. A deemor and two children with only one child applying for TAFDC means you would enter 1 in the deemor’s tax dependents field.
3. click Next to save your entries, and
4. complete the Interview Wrapup

Note: Once information about the deemor has been entered, you must enter the deemor’s income and all other application information as you would for any other client. Verify all application information as you would for any other client. Always remember to complete an Interview Wrapup. The deemed income amounts will be determined in the Eligibility and Benefit Calculation (EBC).

The automated deeming calculation is as follows:

• The gross monthly income of the deemor is used from the Income pages
• The following are deducted:
  • the work-related expense deduction, if the deemor is employed,
  • the Need Standard for a family composed of the deemor and those individuals living in the household who are or could be claimed as dependents for the deemor’s federal income tax liability, and who are not required to be in the filing unit,
  • the monthly amounts actually paid by the deemor to individuals not living in the household, if the deemor claimed, or could have claimed the individuals as dependents for federal income tax liability,
  • the actual monthly payments by the deemor of alimony or child support, to individuals not living in the same household, if the payments do not duplicate the amounts above; and
• the difference is counted as unearned income to the filing unit

The information you have entered on the AU Mandatory/Responsibility page, the Household page and the appropriate Income pages is used in the calculation.

Verifications of the deemor’s income are the same verifications required for TAFDC clients.