---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1120"
title: "20"
number: "416.1120"
heading: "What is unearned income."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1120"
---

# §416.1120. What is unearned income.


Unearned income is all income that is not earned income. We describe some of the types of unearned income in [§ 416.1121](/cfr/20/416.1121.md). We consider all of these items as unearned income, whether you receive them in cash or in kind.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1381a, 1382, 1382a, 1382b, 1382c(f), 1382j, 1383, and 1383b; sec. 211, Pub. L. 93-66, 87 Stat. 154 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 65547, Oct. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted.