Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 120.370 - Recognized Employment Expenses
a) MANG(AABD)
The following recognized expenses of employment shall be exempt from consideration for MANG(AABD):
1) Withholding taxes (Federal and
State);
2) Social Security
Tax;
3) Transportation at most
reasonable rate. If the individual's own car is the most economical means of
transportation, 19 cents per mile shall be allowed as transportation
expense;
4) Lunch supplementation:
A) If carried from home, 15 cents per working
day to a maximum of $3.00 per month;
B) If purchased at work, 45 cents per working
day to a maximum of $9.00 per month;
5) Special tools and uniforms required by
employment;
* 6) Union
dues;
* 7) Group life insurance
premiums;
* 8) Group health
insurance premiums;
* 9) Retirement
plan withholding; and
10) The
reasonable cost of items and services which are needed and used to enable a
disabled person to work.
*Agency Note: Only if mandatory as a condition of employment
b)
MANG(C)
1) For employment expenses, $90.00
shall be deducted from the gross earned income of each employed
individual.
2) For earnings from
self-employment and rental property, an amount equal to the expenses directly
attributable to producing goods or services or an amount equal to the expenses
of rental shall be deducted from income.
3) The employment expense allowance is not
available to an individual for any month in the following situations:
A) The individual terminated employment or
reduced earned income without good cause within the period of 30 days preceding
such month;
B) The individual
refused without good cause, within the period of 30 days preceding such month,
to accept employment in which the individual was able to engage and which has
been determined to be a suitable, available offer of employment;
C) The individual fails without good cause to
report income in a timely manner; or
D) The individual voluntarily requests AFDC
assistance to be terminated to avoid receiving the 30 + 1/3 exemption for four
consecutive months. (See Section
120.362
through 120.365 ).
4)
Child Care
A) Expenses of child care shall be
deducted from income up to a maximum of $200 per child for each child under the
age of two (2) and $175 for each child age two (2) and over.
B) The child care deduction is not allowed
when the child care provider is a responsible relative (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code
103.10(b)
) of the child receiving care.
Notes
Amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11973, effective August 12, 1991
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