1099-G Tax FormPublished on Virginia Employment Commission (https://www.vec.virginia.gov)

1099-G Tax Form [1]

Am I required to report Unemployment or CARES Act payments on my taxes?Payments received under the UI, PEUC, EB, FPUC, MEUC, LWA, TRA, RTAA and PUA areconsidered taxable income and are required to be reported on your income taxes. You will bemailed a 1099-G form to your address of record with the VEC by January 31, 2022. How can I get my 2021 1099-G? * prior year response below- update to reflect CSS ifapplicableYou will be mailed a 1099-G form to your address of record with the VEC by February 4, 2022.You should receive your 1099-G by February 16, 2022. 1099-G forms will be available online forself-printing. If you had a change of address and you did not update your address before the endof the year, you will need to fax a change of address request. The fax should include your name,signature, date, old and new address, and at least the last 4 digits of your social securitynumber. This information can be faxed to 804-786-6434. Please note that if you change youraddress online, that will not update your address for the 1099-G. Once the address update hasbeen received, we will mail a copy to your new address. You must also request the 1099-G beresent. The VEC will not mail you a copy of this document if your address has not been updatedwithin our system. If your address has been changed on your unemployment claim after12-30-21 and you have not received the original mailed copy by 2-14-22, please call866-832-2363 to request a copy be mailed to your newly updated address. I received a 1099-G for Unemployment Insurance but I did not file for benefits.If you did not file or receive Unemployment Insurance and have not completed the Fraud EZform on our website, please do so immediately. You will also want to submit in writing a requestfor a review for correction of your 1099-G using the document provided in the link

Fraud/Theft/Overpayment Form [2]1099 review request [3]

I reported that a claim was fraudulently filed with my name and social securitynumber but I received a 1099-G for benefits paid.While we attempted to correct all reported fraudulent claims and ensure that 1099-G’s were notsent to victims of fraud, unfortunately we were not able to correct all. Please submit in writingthe request for review of a correction of 1099-G.

1099 review request [3]

For victims of identity theft relating to unemployment benefits, here is a link to theIRS website which outlines details on filing your tax return:

www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/identity-theft-and-unemployment-benefits [4]

When I filed my claim I said I wanted taxes withheld, they weren’t and now I have topay all of these taxes. Why were the taxes not taken out?We can confirm that taxes were withheld from regular UI benefits and PEUC benefits ifrequested. We were not able to withhold taxes from PUA, LWA, or MEUC benefits. Are state taxes withheld from UI, PEUC, EB, FPUC, MEUC, LWA, TRA, RTAA or PUAbenefits?No they are not. I was sent a notice that I am overpaid my benefits and owe them back. Now I received

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1099-G Tax FormPublished on Virginia Employment Commission (https://www.vec.virginia.gov)

a 1099-G for the full amount, why do I owe taxes if I am overpaid?You were paid the full amount of benefits, therefore you are required to report those paymentson your income taxes. As the overpayment of benefits are repaid you will receive 1099-G formsfor each future tax year with the amount repaid during that tax year reported in IRS Box 2 forreporting on your taxes. What does the dollar amount on the line “State or Local Tax Refunds, Credits orOffset line (IRS Box 2)”This box provides the amount of benefit overpayment you repaid to the VEC in the calendar year2021 The dollar amount of benefits I was paid does not match the dollar amount stated onmy 1099-G. How do I get this corrected?Any withholding such as child support or federal taxes will still count as taxable payments in full,even though you do not receive those funds.If you feel there is another error in payment please complete this form for a review of your1099-G for correction.

1099 review request [3]

My tax preparer needs the FEIN for the VEC.The Virginia Employment Commission FEIN is 54-6001795

Source URL: https://www.vec.virginia.gov/1099

Links:[1] https://www.vec.virginia.gov/1099[2] https://employer.vec.virginia.gov/eForms/ff04[3] https://www.vec.virginia.gov/node/12663[4] https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/identity-theft-and-unemployment-benefits#:~:text=Taxpayers%20who%20were%20victims%20of,names%20of%20identity%20theft%20victims

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