Zero Income Claimant Affidavit
Zero Income Claimant Affidavit
Zero Income Claimant Affidavit
I, _____________________________________, hereby certify under the penalties of perjury and fraud the following: (1)
I have not received any income1in the past twelve (12) months prior to this date; (2) I do not have any additional proof
of income; and (3) the information that I have provided in this affidavit is true and accurate. In addition, I authorize
state and federal agencies to verify any of this information and hereby consent to the release of my West Virginia Tax
Return for this purpose. My household living expenses have been met over the past twelve (12) months as follows:
I acknowledge that 18 U.S.C. 1001, Fraud and False Statements, provides among other things, in any matter within the
jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, anyone who knowingly and
willfully: (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious,
or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any
materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this title, and/or imprisoned for not longer than five
(5) years.
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Income means Cash Receipts earned and/or received by the applicant before taxes during applicable tax year(s). Cash Receipts include the
following: money, wages and salaries before any deductions; net receipts from non-farm self-employment (receipts from a persons own business
or from an owned or rented farm after deductions for business or farm expenses); regular payments from social security, railroad retirement,
unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, workers compensation, veterans payments, training stipends, alimony, and
military family allotments; private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity
payments; dividends and/or interest; net rental income and net royalties; periodic receipts from estates or trusts; and net gambling or lottery
winnings. V.11.2013