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Related: About this forumCan any self employed folks help with EDD question?
I filed for UI based on my NET, per my accountant, and my payments are pitiful because due to Covid I couldn't do my 2019 taxes til July, so I had to use my 2018 net, (I filed late March when I had to close my business) and in 2018 I had 2 major surgeries and lost lots of working time because I had to stay home and recover from each of them.
Lost a TON of income. I've done 2019 taxes now.
1. So how do I get them to now base my UI on 2019? Is there a place online I can put in new numbers? I can't find it.
2. Most importantly, they say that if I work, I have to put in the amount I made *when I get paid*, and they subtract that from my UI payment. But the amount I get paid would be GROSS income. I have no idea what my net would be until the end of the year...so if they subtract gross from my tiny payment I am screwed...anyone know how to proceed with this?
Thanks for any help!
stopbush
(24,396 posts)If you are earning double that amount or more in a week, you will not qualify for UI benefits that week.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)get back to work when I can open my business again!
stopbush
(24,396 posts)for self-employed to as high as $450 a week based on earnings, but it hasnt happened on the PUA extension from what I can figure.
Basically, if you earn a gross over $336 a week, you won't get any unemployment due to excessive earnings. I know, as my wife has been dealing with that. Her weekly benefit is $256.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)that's gonna pass muster later. My ex is also getting $450 after being laid off from her corporate job.
I'm wondering as a sole proprietor if getting paid by a client isn't INCOME for me until I do final accounting at the end of the year. Sole proprietor basically gets year end profit as pay, not a weekly or monthly check. So maybe I just don't report any income at all til the year is up?
Confusing.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)I filed at the end of April based on 2019 self-employment earnings of only $24,000. My weekly rate was set at $167. I was then backpaid to March 1, the last day I was paid for self employment. A few weeks later and with no explanation, my weekly rate went up to $252, and I received checks to cover the difference between $252 and $167 over those weeks that had been paid. THEN, CA EDD went back and extended an old claim I had filed in August 2018 on a W2. That claim paid $450 a week, and was exhausted after one week into 2019. I then received payments covering the difference between $450 and $252. All the while I was also receiving the $600 a week in Fed money, so at one point, I was getting $1050 a week.
That lasted through May. The 2018-19 claim extension exhausted at the beginning of June, at which point I was out on a PUA extension at $167 a week.
My problem now is that for some unknown reason, CA EDD has my work week listed as Sat - Fri, rather than Sun- Sat, and THAT causes their system to not even allow me to certify because a full week is not being reported as they have my week ending on Fri, rather than Sat. Very frustrsting.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)receiving at least $1 a week from state EDD to qualify for Fed.
So making a crummy 200 bucks , say, would basically just send me into poverty, without the Fed assistance.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)PoliWrangler
(139 posts)Percentage of 2018/2019 net vs gross, apply that ratio to any dollars coming in now? IANAA, but that seems an arguably rational approach.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)penalties and repayment claims against me like a year from now!
The problem is they tell you to state the AMOUNT YOU GOT PAID by a client, they say nothing about it being net or gross, and that makes a HUGE difference.
PoliWrangler
(139 posts)Says to report net, whether or not you actually get paid. Service biz so its hours/fees you can charge, dont see any other way to do it.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)way would be suicidal!
i have to take people to court to get my money sometimes.