Michigan Unemployment 1099-G Statements Available Online
Taxes are one of those constants of life, on par with death, toast always falling on the buttered side and other unalterable axioms. This holds true even when you are receiving unemployment benefits. The only silver lining to this sad fact is that Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency makes declaring your taxes as painless as possible by allowing you to download your 2011 1099-G statements online.
1099-G taxes
If you are new to unemployment or haven’t had to file your own taxes before, you might be new to 1099-G statements. 1099-G statements provide unemployed workers with the total taxable unemployment compensation they have received during the previous year. These statements also include a report of any state and federal income tax deductions withheld during the same tax year. Notice however that withholding taxes from your unemployment benefits is optional and you must request the unemployment insurance agency, if you want your taxes deducted from each payment. If you wish to view your 1099-G statements you must visit the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency and click on the link for 1099 forms.
If you are more of a snail mail person, don’t worry. The Michigan UIA will also sell a hard copy of the 1099-G statement to all workers who received benefits by the end of January. Remember the IRS will also receive copies of your 1099-G statements and will expect an accounting of any differences between your tax forms and your 1099-G statements.
1099-G Issues
The 1099-G statements provide a total of taxable income and withheld taxes, but it does not include any payments to fulfill a court order or to satisfy an unemployment compensation overpayment bill. If this is the case the total income registered in the 1099-G may not reflect the income you actually received. Contact the Internal Revenue Service if you are in this situation and ask them to explain how you this affects you.
Other Services
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency offers several other online services to unemployed workers and employers through its website. For instance, if you wish to view your unemployment compensation history, file for a new claim, certify your benefits through MARVIN or solve a problem through Michigan’s UIA Virtual Problem Resolution forum, you can do it directly from the UIA website.
Specially designed tutorials are available at Michigan’s UIA website under the “Webcasts” tab for those who are struggling with the claiming and filing process of their benefits and taxes. However, if you have any questions, please feel free to leave us a message and we will publish an answer in the blog or send you a link of an article that has already dealt with the same topic.