Two questions vexing me:
1. CPAG reckons that there is no disregard in PC for voluntary & charitable payments, or student loans. I'm guessing that they base this on the fact that no disregard is included for these items in Schedule IV to the PC Regs. If PC was consructed like IS, that would be that. But, PC says that income is income only if it is specified as such. In the version of the law I have (Wood/Mesher 2003) there's no mention of these items in section 15 of the PC Act, or in PC Reg 15. I think PC Reg 17 and Schedule 4 apply only to income specified in s.15 and reg 15. Thus, the items should be completely ignored. True or false?
2. Something else mentioned nowhere in s.15 or reg 15 is rental income from a tenant. This contrasts with board & lodging income, specified in reg 15(5)(e). This time, however, there's provision for a partial disregard of rent payments in Sch IV para 9, implying that the balance would count as income. Does the latter provision have any force, if the item is nowhere mentioned as accountable income in s.15 or reg 15?
Jim
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