#UNEMPLOYMENT TAX FORMS UPDATE#

Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a federal-state program jointly financed through Federal and state employer payroll taxes (federal/state UI tax). If you received benefits from more than one claim during the calendar year, you must view each claim separately.Unemployment Insurance Tax Topic Unemployment Insurance Taxes You can view a history of your unemployment benefit payments on Unemployment Benefits Services by selecting Claim and Payment Status. You must indicate on your tax return the amount you repaid to TWC. The 1099-G shows the total benefit amount we paid to you in that calendar year but does not show the amount you repaid to us.

We cannot deduct the refund from the total amount shown on your 1099-G.

Overpayment: You had an overpayment in March and repaid it by sending a check to us in November.

We report the income for the year we pay the benefits, not when you request the payment.

Payment Date: You submitted payment requests for weeks in one calendar year, and we issued the payments in the next calendar year.

We cannot change amounts reported on any 1099-G form. The amount is based on the payment date, not the period covered by the payment request. The amount may be the total of benefits from more than one claim.

Payments issued in the reporting year that were canceled in the next year.

Delayed payments issued for a prior claim.

Debit card payments voided because you did not activate the debit card within one year of the deposit.

Benefits we absorbed or withheld to reduce an overpayment.

Overpayment, even if you repaid all or part.Your 1099-G will show the amount we paid you, even if you received less than that total amount due to: Be sure to correct your address before you request the duplicate form. Enter your Social Security number, and follow the prompts. Call Tele-Serv at 80, select your preferred language, and then select Option 2 to request a duplicate 1099-G.

#UNEMPLOYMENT TAX FORMS UPDATE#

Log on to Unemployment Benefits Services, select My Contact Information from the Change My Profile menu, and update your address.

You can change your address and then request that we mail a duplicate 1099-G form by completing the following steps. If you do not receive your 1099-G for the prior calendar year by February 1, we may not have your correct address. You do not need a paper copy of Form 1099-G to file your federal tax return the IRS only needs the total amount of benefits TWC paid you during the previous calendar year and the amount of taxes withheld.

We cannot process requests for duplicate 1099-G forms until after February 1 because throughout January we are still mailing the original forms. Select your preferred language then select Option 2 and follow the prompts.If you do not receive your Form 1099-G by February 1, and you received unemployment benefits during the prior calendar year, you may request a duplicate 1099-G form by phone:

Unemployment tax forms