Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0055 - Tax Refund to Elderly & Disabled › Chapter 1 - RULES FOR TAX REFUNDS FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED › Section 1-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following shall
				  apply:
(a) "Abandoned." To leave with
				no intent to return.
(b) "Actual
				income" includes, but is not limited to, pre-tax wages, earnings from
				self-employment, interest, dividends, annuities, trusts, pensions, alimony,
				support payments (Child Support or AFDC/POWER/TANF), benefits received by any
				member of the household, including children (SSI, SSDI, SSA, State SSI), public
				assistance payments, unemployment compensation, federal Social Security
				payments, Veteran's benefits and disability payments, Native American Per
				Capita payments, rental income or net income from other qualified income, as
				determined by the Department;
(c)
				"Applicant." Individual applying for the tax refund program.
(d) "Earned Income" is money received (wages,
				salary, self-employment earnings, etc.) for which a person has performed a
				service.
(e) "Equity Value" means
				the current market value less any legal debts against the property, such as
				mortgages and encumbrances.
(f)
				"Foster Grandparents Program." The Program's purpose is to provide
				opportunities for low income persons aged sixty (60) or over to provide
				supportive, person-to-person services in health, education, welfare, or related
				settings to help alleviate the physical, mental, or emotional problems of
				children having special needs.
(g)
				"Household assets" means real property, which is land and the buildings and
				structures placed on that land; and personal property, including, but not
				limited to: money and cash on hand, including currency, gold, silver, and other
				coins, including money on deposit in savings, checking accounts, and IRAs;
				bonds, promissory notes and debentures; shares of stock, pensions, mutual funds
				and other investments; and annuities and annuity contracts.
(h) "Income year" is the full calendar year
				proceeding January 1 of the year during which the application is made. For
				example, if it is now 2008, the income year is 2007.
(i) "IRAs." Individual Retirement
				Accounts.
(j) "Joint Applicant." An
				individual who was legally married on December 31 of the income year to a
				living person.
(k) "LIEAP." Low
				Income Energy Assistance Program.
(l) "Qualification Criteria." Age,
				Disability, Residency, Income (see Section
				3
				).
(m) "SEPs." Simplified Employee
				Pensions.
(n) "SCP." Senior
				Companion Program.
(o) "SSAN."
				Social Security Account Number.
(p)
				"State/County/City/Federal funded institutions." Wyoming Penitentiary, Wyoming
				Pioneer Home, Wyoming Retirement Center, Wyoming Veteran's Home, Wyoming State
				Hospital, Wyoming State Training School, County/City/State/Federal Detention
				Centers.
(q) "Substantial gainful
				employment." A person who has earned income (wages, salary, and
				self-employment) of under five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) a year is not
				"substantially" employed for this purpose.
(r) "Suspended application." An application
				missing information, incorrect, or without required documentation which has
				been stopped temporarily by the Department.
(s) "Title 19." Medicaid.
(t) "Third-party payments." Payments made on
				an individual's bills by sources other than the individual's income.