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Instead of determining the actual value of in-kind support and maintenance, we presume that its value is not more than an amount equal to one-third of the applicable FBR plus $20. Unlike the value of the one-third reduction, the presumed maximum value amount can be contested.
If you can show that the actual value of the food or shelter you receive is less than the presumed maximum value, we use the actual value in computing countable income.
The presumed maximum value rule applies whenever you receive food or shelter and the one-third-reduction rule does not apply. (See §2142.4.) Presumed maximum value situations are:
Living throughout a month in another person's household but not receiving both food and shelter from that person;
Living in your own household, but someone outside your household pays for the rent, utilities or food; or
Living in a non-medical institution.
Note: Room and board provided by anyone during a medical confinement does not count as income at all.
The value of any in-kind support and maintenance provided to you while living in a private nonprofit retirement home or similar institution is excluded, provided:
The in-kind support and maintenance is furnished by the institution itself or a nonprofit tax-exempt organization; and
The institution or private nonprofit organization does not have an express obligation to provide you with in-kind support and maintenance.
Last Revised: Mar. 21, 2005
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