An income that CEASES during the month in which a person or family FILES a NEW APPLICATION is EXCLUDED for the purpose of calculating the benefit for the FOLLOWING MONTH, regardless of the duration of income and the period during which it was obtained.
This is an EXCEPTION to the rule of PRE-EXISTING DEFICIT to prevent the same income from being CONSIDERED twice for the purpose of calculating a benefit, once for the month of application and then again for the following month.
Indeed, this income is already used to calculate benefits for the month of application, when the income is received or to be received during that month.
Income OWED during the month of application that results from an event that put an end to the income, including vacation pay (4%), are NOT CONSIDERED for the purpose of calculating the benefit for the FOLLOWING MONTH.
Income received during a month prior to the month of application are considered liquid assets, as they are not owing during the month of application.
In the case of seasonal self-employed workers, the end of a period of activity is not considered ceased income. For more information on the income of seasonal self-employed workers, see section 5.4.10.
APPLICATION
Month of application: Income received or receivable during April is taken into account. In this case, there is no income.
Next month: Work income due in April (4 days) is excluded as well as the 4%, as this is income ceasing during the month of the application.
Month of June: The last pay cheque is not taken into account nor is the 4% received in May, as this income was not due in May but in April.