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Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic thrown a wrench into our everyday lives, but its impact will also be felt by many as they file their 2020 tax returns next year. Unemployment, freelancing/gig-workers and the many federal stimulus payments will present challenges to millions of Americans when it comes to …
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (NV DETR) administers the unemployment compensation program for the state. The DETR is responsible for processing unemployment compensation claims and paying out benefits, including the federally funded enhanced unemployment benefits. As many claimants realized, NV DETR had struggled to pay pandemic related …
At this stage Congress is getting close to agree on a $900 billion stimulus package that does include extensions to unemployment and an extra $300 supplementary UI payment. There is also provision for a $600 one time stimulus payment. It is expected that Congress will pass the new stimulus along …
Getting a letter in the mail from your state unemployment agency that you need to repay unemployment benefits improperly sent to you can mean a lot of mental and financial stress for claimants. This is an especially dreaded prospect for many who collected standard and/or the now expired pandemic unemployment …
With unemployment claims reaching historic highs, an increase in fraud followed close behind, adding to the woes of unemployed Americans’ still waiting for their benefits. The hardest hit is the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program which was extended further in 2021. PUA was created as part of the CARES Act …
Congressional leaders have reached an agreement to continue funding the government until December 11th, to ensure this does not become an election issue and required agencies are in place to support outcomes. Unfortunately the short term spending bill passed did not include anything on funding additional stimulus payments or unemployment …
The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) manages the state’s unemployment administration systems which covers standard and enhanced unemployment payments. You can see the updates below for the latest news on processing of the various unemployment programs that are currently in place for local residents and jobless workers. Alabamans To Lose …
The Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI), which is under the MD Dept. of Labor and manages the state unemployment programs. This includes processing unemployment compensation claims and paying out benefits, including the now defunct federally funded enhanced pandemic benefit programs. Currently only state unemployment benefits are available. The maximum …
[Updated for $300 FPUC payment in 2021] – The updates below are related to the original $300 LWA program which has now been paid out. See this article for the new $300 FPUC payment and state tracker, approved under the 2021 extensions. You can also see this article for updates …
The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) administers the unemployment compensation program for the Commonwealth. This includes the now expired pandemic enhanced unemployment benefits, for which all current and retroactive payments have now been issued, other than those under appeal or litigation. Fortunately, the lessons learned from and system upgrades as a …
Updated Feb 2022] The National Association of State Workforce Agencies, which represents all unemployment agencies, has requested that states UI agencies be held harmless for unrecoverable LWA overpayments as long as good faith efforts are being made to recoup improper payments. Given how rapidly the LWA program, administered by the …
[Update for PEUC claimants] Regardless of when claims started and how many weeks of PEUC claimed (up to the 75 week maximum), ALL enhanced benefit programs ended on September 6th, 2021. PEUC claimants will transition to regular state unemployment (if eligible). Unfortunately, because states did not extend regular state unemployment …
The IRS has announced that approximately nine million Americans who typically don’t file federal income tax returns may be eligible for, but have not registered to claim their 2020 stimulus. They are still encouraging people to file a tax return (see free options at TurboTax) or register on the IRS …
[Update from approved $900 billion stimulus package] Congressional leaders have now extended rental assistance and eviction moratoriums in the latest $900 billion COVID relief package. This is welcome news for millions of Americans at risk over the next 4 months. In addition to additional stimulus checks, the new stimulus bill …