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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know… …Until You Know! American Indian/Alaska Native Income and Resources for CWICs Marsha Katz, NATA Team: VCU, Rural Institute, Griffin Hammis Assoc. July 29, 2009

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Sources of Information • Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations-CFR) • Policy (Program Operations Manual System-POMS) • Rulings (SSR)

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REGULATIONS http: //ssa. gov/regulations/ INCOME • Appendix to Subpart K of Part 416—List of Types of Income Excluded Under the SSI Program as Provided by Federal Laws Other Than the Social Security Act http: //ssa. gov/OP_Home/cfr 20/416 ap 01. htm

REGULATIONS http: //ssa. gov/regulations/ RESOURCES • http: //ssa. gov/OP_Home/cfr 20/4160000. htm • 416. 1228 Exclusion of Alaskan natives' stock in regional or village corporations. • 416. 1234 Exclusion of Indian lands. • 416. 1236 Exclusions from resources; provided by other statutes.

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POMS Home Page https: //secure. ssa. gov/app s 10/poms. nsf/aboutpoms

POMS • SSI Table of Contents • https: //secure. ssa. gov/apps 10/poms. nsf/ch apterlist!openview&restricttocategory=05 • SI 008: Income • SI 011: Resources

POMS Unearned Income • SI 00830. 099 Guide to Unearned Income Exclusions • https: //secure. ssa. gov/apps 10/poms. nsf/lnx/0500830099 • SI SEA 00830. 403 (TANF) A Description of the TANF Programs in the Four States in the Seattle Region • SI 00830. 455 Department of Education (DE 69 05 -96) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Student Assistance • SI 00830. 720 Japanese -- American and Aleutian Restitution Payments • SI 00830. 800 Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance • SI 00830. 810 Bureau of Indian Affairs Adult Custodial Care and Child Welfare Assistance Payments

POMS Unearned Income, cont. • SI 00830. 820 Individual Indian Money Accounts • SI 00830. 830 Indian-Related Exclusions • SI SEA 00830. 830 Exclusion of Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporation Distributions • SI 00830. 850 Exclusion of Income from Individual Interests in Indian Trust or Restricted Lands • SI 00830. 855 Processing Inquiries from Potential Barney Class Members • SI 00830. 880 Indian Fishing Rights Income

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SI 011: Resources https: //secure. ssa. gov/apps 10/ poms. nsf/subchapterlist!open view&restricttocategory=05011

POMS Resources • SI 01130. 150: Interests of Individual Indians in Trust or Restricted Lands • SI DEN 01130. 150: -- LAND HELD BY A MEMBER OF AN INDIAN TRIBE

POMS Resources, cont. • SI 01130. 455: Grants, Scholarships, Fellowships, and Gifts • SI 01130. 683: Japanese-American and Aleutian Restitution Payments

Additional Resources • • IRS Publication 4268 (rev. 11/08) Employment Tax Desk Guide for Tribal Governments • • Internal Revenue Code 7873 Income Derived by Indians from Exercise of Fishing Rights • • IRS Publication 3908 (rev. 8/08) Gaming Tax Law and Bank Secrecy Act Issues for Indian Tribal Governments • • IRS Publication 15 -A Employer’s 2009 Supplemental Tax Guide (Withholding on Distributions of Indian Gaming Profits to Tribal Members) • • Center for Social Development Publication American Indian Tribal Communities and Individual Development Account (IDA) Policy (April 2003)

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