Quality control and other management information show income is the most frequent area in which program errors and wrong allotments are made. Clients usually can provide documentary verification of earned income such as pay stubs, W-2 forms, and income tax returns. Bookkeeping records, tax forms, or sales and expenditure records may be used as verification for self-employed persons.
Clients usually can provide documents to verify their other income.
Verification from other sources includes social security district office files, SVES, employer's records, union records, workmen's compensation records, Veterans' Administration, insurance company records, tax records, and Railroad Retirement Board records, Vital Statistics Records, obituaries, etc. Clients who cannot give acceptable documentary proof of income must identify a collateral source the worker can use to get the needed information. IEVS is defined as a system of information acquisition and exchange for purposes of income and eligibility verification. If information exists which makes the IEVS information questionable, it shall be considered unverified and shall be verified according to 6221.3 . On-line wage and unemployment queries should be completed for all adult household members at application, recertification, and to verify questionable wage information.