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What to include as income for ACA

What income types to count in your estimate.

Micaela Daiana Caruccio avatar
Written by Micaela Daiana Caruccio
Updated this week

Count these income types:

  • Alimony from divorces and separations finalized before January 1, 2019

  • Capital gains

  • Excluded (untaxed) foreign income

  • Federal taxable wages (from your job)

  • Investment income

  • Rental and royalty income

  • Retirement or pension income

  • Self-employment income

  • Social Security

  • Social Security Disability Income (SSDI)

  • Tips

  • Unemployment compensation

Don't count these income types:

  • Alimony for divorces and separations finalized on or after January 1, 2019

  • Child support

  • Child Tax Credit checks or deposits (from the IRS)

  • Gifts

  • Proceeds from loans (like student loans, home equity loans, or bank loans)

  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

  • Veterans' disability payments

  • Worker's compensation

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