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If you received unemployment benefits last year and filed your 2020 tax return early, you might not have received the unemployment benefits that are now available to you as a result of the ...
The IRS has finally finished issuing refunds to taxpayers who overpaid their taxes in 2021, when stimulus relief tied to COVID-19 provided tax breaks for unemployment benefits to millions of...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
A group of workers represented by Legal Aid Arkansas filed a suit against the state on July 23 for the early termination of benefits, alleging the move runs counter to two state laws.
In December 2020, the New York State Legislature passed a state moratorium on evictions. [11] In May 2021, the legislature extended the moratorium until August 31. [12]The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the state moratorium that protected people who filed a form declaring economic hardship, rather than providing evidence in court.
For example, a number of important changes were made to UI rules during the COVID-19 pandemic that made it easier for unemployed workers to waive repaying overpaid benefits. 4.
On 11 May, it was reported that the number of people receiving the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment had slightly decreased for the first time since its establishment, though this was attributed to employees being offered the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme instead. [13] [14] A further slight fall occurred the following week. [15] [16]
Arkansas' March unemployment rate was 4.4% down from its 10% pandemic peak in April 2020, while South Carolina's and Montana's unemployment rate was 5.2% and 3.8% respectively in March down from ...