Please explain six month look back?

[Diesel73L]

I know that the six month look back does just that-it looks at the six months prior to the month you file (ie: we are planning to file September 1st so lookback is August, July, June, May, April, March), but what about your income during the month that you file? We want to file September 1st so that the two months my wife does not receive income (August and July-she is teacher) are counted in our lookback. However, in September she receives her full normal monthly salary, which, combined with mine, puts us way over median. Neither of us get paid until later in the month though, so if we file on the first does that income count since it comes after filing?

[Flamingo]

Please see my reply to your other posting asking about your tax refund....