Whereas before it was quite uncommon to get unemployment benefits as a freelancer, with COVID-19 I am able to receive them. It requires that I report all self-employed income in the week that I earn it, not the week that I did the work. As a gig-worker, sometimes I'm on a Net60-day or Net90-day pay, so I am just getting paid for some of the work that I've done before everything was shut down. I understand that W2 employees that work part-time need to report their income in the week they did the work because those W2's end up getting sent to the government by the employers and get cross-checked.
But I only get 1099's and I send W9's to the companies that I do work for, which doesn't indicate WHEN I got paid. Technically, could I report any income I get towards the END of my unemployment run or when work starts picking back up, so I don't have to have a deduction in my benefits during this critical time?
For example, I got paid $700 recently for something I did as a 1099 contractor awhile ago. Can I report this income later on, perhaps in 6-10 more weeks, when the prospect of getting gig-work becomes a little more likely?
But I only get 1099's and I send W9's to the companies that I do work for, which doesn't indicate WHEN I got paid. Technically, could I report any income I get towards the END of my unemployment run or when work starts picking back up, so I don't have to have a deduction in my benefits during this critical time?
For example, I got paid $700 recently for something I did as a 1099 contractor awhile ago. Can I report this income later on, perhaps in 6-10 more weeks, when the prospect of getting gig-work becomes a little more likely?
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