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Congress has considered partial exclusions tied to income thresholds. Temporary COVID-19 UI programs under the CARES Act add benefits such as PEUC, PUA, FPUC, and MEUC, which also remain federally taxable. 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For the purposes of federal income taxation, the definition of UI benefits includes regular state Unemployment Compensation (UC)benefits, Extended Benefits (EB), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), as well as railroad unemployment benefits. For 2009, Congress provided an exclusion for up to $2,400 in UI benefits. An exclusion of up to $10,200, for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income (AGI) of less than $150,000, is being considered as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319, as amended).  \nCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Temporary UI Programs  \nThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136, as amended) provided four additional temporary UI benefits, each of which is also subject to federal income taxation. These are  \n􀁸 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC),  \n􀁸 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA),  \n􀁸 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and  \n􀁸 Mixed-Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) . Additionally, Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) payments are subject to federal income taxation. (On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum creating LWA, a grant programthat supplemented the weekly benefits of certain eligible UI claimants through September 5, 2020.)  \nState UC Agencies Must Inform Beneficiaries That Payments Are Taxable  \nThe tax code treatsUI benefits like other ordinary income, such as wages. States are required to informbeneficiaries that state UC payments are included in the individual’s gross income for federal income taxpurposes and that the individual will receive Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1099-G to file with their income tax return.  \nIncome Tax Withholding from UI Payments  \nIndividuals may have the option to elect to have states withhold federal (and in some cases, state) income taxfrom some types of UI benefits. Alternatively, individuals may opt to pay estimated federal taxes on UI benefits using IRS Form 1040-ES or pay such taxes when filing a federal income tax return.  \nAccording to theU.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 2112-UI Financial Transaction Summary Report data, states reported that approximately 4.5% of all UI benefits ($1.2 billion out of $27.4 billion) were withheld for the payment of federal taxes in 2019. (During 2019, these UI benefits predominately would have been UC payments.) In contrast, the percentage withheld decreased to approximately 3.7% of all UI benefits ($19.9 billion out of $532.4 billion) from April 2020 through December 2020 (when CARES Act benefits were available). These data imply that CARES Act UI claimants may be less likely to have taxes withheld than claimants of permanent-law UI benefits.  \nFederal Tax Withholding: Regular UCand EB  \nSince 1997, federal tax law (26 U.S.C. §3304(a)(18)) has required state UC agencies to offer regular UCand EB beneficiaries the opportunity to elect federal income tax withholding at the time the claimant first files for UC benefits. Claimants who elect to have federal income tax withheld fromtheir regular UC benefits must file IRS Form W-4V, Voluntary Withholding Request unless the state agency has its own formfor requesting federal income tax withholding; if so, the claimant should use that state form. The current withholding rate for federal income taxis 10% of the gross UI payment.  \nFederal Tax Withholding: PEUC  \nStates also must offer PEUC recipients the opportunity to elect federal income tax withholding. DOLbases this requirement on Section 2107(a)(4)(B) of the CARES Act , which requires that state and federal UC","cbCaigNQXzYBOJP4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigNQXzYBOJP4","pdf",499554,"English","# Federal taxation of UI benefits\n## Unemployment insurance benefits are taxable income\n## Temporary COVID-19 UI programs (CARES Act)\n## State obligations to inform beneficiaries\n## Federal income tax withholding options\n## Withholding rules by benefit type","[{\"question\":\"Are unemployment insurance (UI) benefits taxable for federal income tax purposes?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. UI benefits are subject to federal income taxation, including regular state unemployment compensation and multiple federal program categories mentioned in the text.\"},{\"question\":\"Which CARES Act temporary UI benefits are identified as federally taxable?\",\"answer\":\"The text lists PEUC, PUA, FPUC, and MEUC as additional temporary UI benefits provided under the CARES Act, each subject to federal income taxation.\"},{\"question\":\"What must state agencies do regarding informing beneficiaries about taxes and tax forms?\",\"answer\":\"States are required to inform beneficiaries that state UC payments are included in gross income for federal tax purposes and that they will receive IRS Form 1099-G to file with their tax return.\"}]","Federal Taxation of Unemployment Insurance Benefits - Unemployment Insurance Benefits Are Taxable Income | PDF"]