SNAP: Self-Employment Income

Last Updated February 8, 2024

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The client has two separate sole proprietorships: a lawn business and a fence repair business. For the lawn business, the Schedule C shows a gross income of $1,000. The Schedule C for the fence repair business shows a gross income of $28,000. The client claims business expenses for both businesses. What is the correct amount to be used to calculate the countable SNAP income?

A $0 for the lawn business and $6,000 per year for the fence business.
B $42 monthly for lawn business and $1167 monthly for the fence repair
C $1,000 (50% of $2,000 as the loss from the lawn business can be used to offset the profit from the fence business)
D $2,000 (as the loss of the lawn business can be used to offset the profit from the fence

The client is a self-employed contract laborer. She applied for SNAP benefits on September 1st. She began her job on August 15th. She declared no expenses. The client’s employer stated that she will work 25 hours per week at $12 per hour. What income would we consider for the SNAP benefits?

A $1020: the average of July and August
B $1290 since this is new contract labor self-employment
C $1500
D None

The client owns a home in another state and is renting it out for $1,000 per month. The client hired a property management to maintain the property and pays them $100 per month. The client also has a mortgage amount of $500 per month. How is this income considered?

A Unearned income with no business expense deduction
B Unearned self-employment allowing 50% deduction for business expenses
C Earned income
D Earned self-employment income allowing the actual costs of the business expenses

The client has not filed taxes for 2023 yet. The worker has his 2022 1040 and is trying to reach him to see if it is still representative. The worker can’t get in touch with him. The client has also submitted monthly 2023 wages. According to his 2023-2024 income documents, he made less in the last 12 months than in 2022. Can the worker use the 1040 from 2022 or does the worker need to wait for the client to call back before processing his SNAP recertification?

A The worker should use the 2022 1040 since it’s the most current government approved document verifying income.
B The worker should send the client an Adm-92 and not process the recertification until the client comes to the office to verify actual self-employment income.
C The worker should deny the application on reason 45 since the client has failed to provide verification necessary to process the SNAP recertification.
D The worker should use the 2023 monthly income provided since it is the most current as well as most beneficial to the client since it appears he has had a reduction in business.

The client works for a trucking company. The company doesn’t hold out taxes so the worker is figuring them as self-employed. The client didn’t claim expenses at certification in July, but now claims them. She states she is a contractor and goes from place to place signing contracts with clients and has to drive her own car and use her own gas. She does not get reimbursed for mileage. She has to use her own personal track phone for work purposes, and she does not get any kind of reimbursement for that either. Do these expenses count as valid work expenses since she is paying for these expenditures out-of-pocket and does not get reimbursed for them?

A Only the cost of the track phone can be counted as a business expense
B She can count the cost of her gas as a business expense, but not the cell phone
C Neither of these are countable business expenses
D Both of these are countable business expenses

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