The Department of Workforce Development announced Wednesday that Wisconsin residents who received Unemployment Insurance benefits in 2020 must report UI benefits as taxable income on their 2020 tax returns.
Initial unemployment benefit claims reach two-week high in N C journalnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journalnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated: 8:32 AM EST Jan 21, 2021 By Tom Lehman WGAL News 8 has received many calls and emails from viewers who are wondering: Where are my unemployment benefits?Funding for two federal programs, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), expired in late December.New funding for those programs was part of the most recent federal stimulus package, but the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said there is a hitch.The federal government has new requirements for PUA and PEUC, including increased verification of benefits.A spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said the state has to revamp the computer system that issues benefits for the programs, and that could also delay the extra $300 per week that people might be expecting with those benefits.State officials said there is no timetable for when PUA and PEUC payments will resume.People who have questions should email uchelp@pa.gov.UPD
Frustration sets in for those awaiting stimulus benefits in Lehigh Valley, elsewhere in Pa.
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
First, Pennsylvania residents couldn’t get through to Pennsylvania’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance by phone or email. Now, the state is struggling to pay the hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians anxiously awaiting their extended benefits.
Residents in the Lehigh Valley and elsewhere in Pennsylvania say the delay is jeopardizing their ability to stay afloat. They’re looking for answers.
One looming question: Is there even a timeline for when residents will receive the extended unemployment assistance plus the $300 supplemental payment that is part of the most recent federal stimulus package? Pennsylvania is among the states that has yet to receive payments and one of the only states with no known payout date.