kramer1234
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland
I wait tables at a restaurant in a resort town. So for last few years I get partial benefits in the spring/fall and full benefits in winter months. Benefit amount of $430.
I am currently completely unemployed as of Oct. 20th, 2011. I recently had a phone interview last week that my earnings were different from what my employer reported. He said it was from wage crossmatch audit. and they were contacting my empoyer for weekly wages. When I had my interview he said I was reporting too much income. He thinks that my employer only sent them my hourly pay when they requested my earnings and my tips werent showing. Then he said that they would have to re-contact my employer for the right earnings.
I know that some weeks during the year when I worked I might have not reported the right amount. Sometimes I forgot to right down tips/hrs so I had to go by memory. I'm thinking that I could be off by maybe $500 to 1,000 at the most over the course of 16 partial weeks. I always answered the "did u work" question yes. And I always reported earnings but sometimes went by memory. I think even like 3 or 4 of those weeks I claimed too much. I probably only remembered to write everything down correct like 4or5 of those weeks.
I'm just concerned that they could find this fraudulent and deny me for a year? As of this wkend they'll owe me for 4 wks. I'm hoping any overpayment will just come out of those benefits and this will be seen as negligent/careless. Is this sort of careless in reporting seen as fraudulent especially when dealing with a claimant that reports hrs and tips? If I didn't report any income I could see being fraudulent but if anything I was just being careless and lazy with my recording.
I wait tables at a restaurant in a resort town. So for last few years I get partial benefits in the spring/fall and full benefits in winter months. Benefit amount of $430.
I am currently completely unemployed as of Oct. 20th, 2011. I recently had a phone interview last week that my earnings were different from what my employer reported. He said it was from wage crossmatch audit. and they were contacting my empoyer for weekly wages. When I had my interview he said I was reporting too much income. He thinks that my employer only sent them my hourly pay when they requested my earnings and my tips werent showing. Then he said that they would have to re-contact my employer for the right earnings.
I know that some weeks during the year when I worked I might have not reported the right amount. Sometimes I forgot to right down tips/hrs so I had to go by memory. I'm thinking that I could be off by maybe $500 to 1,000 at the most over the course of 16 partial weeks. I always answered the "did u work" question yes. And I always reported earnings but sometimes went by memory. I think even like 3 or 4 of those weeks I claimed too much. I probably only remembered to write everything down correct like 4or5 of those weeks.
I'm just concerned that they could find this fraudulent and deny me for a year? As of this wkend they'll owe me for 4 wks. I'm hoping any overpayment will just come out of those benefits and this will be seen as negligent/careless. Is this sort of careless in reporting seen as fraudulent especially when dealing with a claimant that reports hrs and tips? If I didn't report any income I could see being fraudulent but if anything I was just being careless and lazy with my recording.