#MAXIMUM BENEFITS PAID EDD FREE#Have a question for Michael and the 7 On Your Side team? Fill out the form HERE! 7OYS's consumer hotline is a free consumer mediation service for those in the San Francisco Bay Area. Take a look at more stories and videos by Michael Finney and 7 On Your Side. Taxpayers will have to verify their identity with EDD, which will have to determine they were not the ones who received the benefits listed on the tax form. Or, you can fill out an online form here. The EDD has one designated phone line you can use to request a corrected 1099: 1-86. I'm trying to stay cool because if I die, what?" she said. My blood pressure is about 180-something. The EDD has set up a phone line (1-86) and online form to take requests. RELATED: Bank of America addresses freezing accounts, fraud in state assembly hearing They must be reported on a taxpayer's federal tax returns, but jobless benefits are not taxed by the state. The EDD said victims should contact EDD to request a corrected 1099G, the form government agencies send out. "Unfortunately these very unscrupulous scammers were waiting to pounce on unemployment insurance programs across the country in ways we've never seen before," EDD spokesperson Loree Levy said during a question and answer period on ABC7. "You're gonna be flooded with Californians who are gonna see what their taxes are gonna look like." "I have received countless calls from people in the district who are scared to death,'' state Assemblymember Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) said at a hearing in Sacramento questioning EDD officials about the auditor's findings. Those investigations might have stopped payments to scammers. The auditor also said the EDD investigated fewer than 2 percent of the fraud reports submitted to the agency last year - like Renee's. I was still working in March," said Hollins. But when she filed for unemployment, she found out somebody else had already claimed her benefits - back in March. She was laid off from her accounting job in August. "They think I have been the one getting the money since March," said Renee Hollins of Compton. RELATED: CA EDD admits paying as much as $31 billion in unemployment funds to criminals Now they are getting a 1099 from the EDD, saying, "You have to pay income taxes on the money the scammer got." We're already hearing from folks across the state - someone stole their identity to file a claim. Now in the latest twist, millions of Californians who never got benefits are getting hit with a tax bill - to pay taxes on benefits the scammers got. (KGO) - We've heard the astronomical numbers: as much as $30 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits paid by the EDD. Now, those whose identities were stolen are victimized again as the IRS sends tax bills for money they're never seen.ĬOMPTON, Calif. Billions of dollars have been lost in unemployment benefit fraud.
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