"Qualified Medicaid waiver payments. Certain payments you receive for providing care to
an eligible individual in your home under a
state's Medicaid waiver program aren’t included
in your income. These payments may be excluded from your income whether or not you're related to the eligible individual receiving care.”
The wages are as a result of her being under a Medicaid waiver - to the wages are for doing her paperwork, bookkeeping and making other arrangements for work, medical care and food preparation, meal planning etc.
I was sent a W2 but don’t know the process for claiming (or excluding those wages).
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Medicaid Waiver Payments for In-Home support services are excludable from gross income and should not be includedin your earned income.
Since these payments are paid to you in box 1 of Form W-2 (they should not), first try to get a corrected Form W-2 from the payer. If you cannot get a corrected Form W-2, follow these steps:
Medicaid Waiver Payments for In-Home support services are excludable from gross income and should not be includedin your earned income.
Since these payments are paid to you in box 1 of Form W-2 (they should not), first try to get a corrected Form W-2 from the payer. If you cannot get a corrected Form W-2, follow these steps:
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