In-kind income is something you get free, such as free rent, utilities or food. DTA no longer counts in-kind income. DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2019-63 (Aug. 22, 2019). This change was effective July 1, 2019.
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DTA made a number of changes and suspended a number of rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guide notes in red when a rule was suspended during the pandemic.
Produced by Deborah Harris and Betsy Gwin, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Reviewed December 2022
Reviewed December 2022
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