The Covid-19 $1,000 Handouts? :)

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Originally Posted by AxelWolf

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Originally Posted by mcap

I’m pretty sure you don’t get unemployment if you voluntarily quit it’s if you lose your job not by choice. So Tasha couldn’t just quit and collect unemployment+600/wk.

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I always thought you had to be laid off in order to collect unemployment? Perhaps it's a state-by-state thing?

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I don't think it applies to the current situation but I have some experience with filing for and drawing unemployment. I filed in Alaska a few times over the years. If you lose your job through no fault of your own you are eligible for unemployment from day one. If you quit your job there is a six week penalty and then you are eligible. Sometimes I would have to wait out the six weeks before getting the checks. What this means is that instead of being eligible for 6 months of unemployment I was eligible for just 4.5 months.

One year I quit a job in Alaska. And I filed for unemployment in Washington. Their laws were different. If you lose your job through no fault of your own you are eligible from day one. But if you quit your job you are not eligible for unemployment at all. They told me I had to go back to work for 7 weeks to be eligible for unemployment again.

WHEN FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT YOU ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE YOU FILED IN. I never made the mistake of quiting a job, no matter which state I worked in, then filing for unemployment in Washington again. Sometimes I worked in Washington then filed for the unemployment in Alaska. They couldn't deny me because I was under Alaska law.

I found out about 1992 that Nevada had the same law as Alaska. It was just a six week penalty. So I started filing in Nevada too.

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

TASHA - Did you read my post #82, because I really wrote that with you in mind. I am assuming Walgreens isn't paying you $40 - $50 thousand dollars a year and that you are probably closer to the $10 and hour example. Forgive me if I am wrong, but if that is the case, you could probably receive much more than you currently earn by not working AND even more important, would not be risking your health and/or the health of your family members that you recently stated you live with. Normally I would never suggest someone would be better off not working and getting unemployment, but these are anything but normal times. You are risking your health for that small amount that Walgreens is currently paying you to stay on the front line dealing with customers.

Moving on, I will now address AndrewG, aka Alan M, even though Alan refuses to be honest enough to use his real identity. Alan is trying to play his usual gottchya games with his question and doesn't deserve an answer, but I will do so, as it may benefit anyone else trying to file a claim. The hard part is really just getting through to the unemployment site, or at least it was difficult earlier in the week. Today, I got on with little problem. As you would expect I guess they are having tremendous volume filing.

So you have to go through the process of creating an online account. After you do so and click the file a new claim, you begin entering all your information. Several pages in, the earnings that they have for you will show. Then they ask if this is all of your earnings. They ask if you have been self employed since 2018 and if you answer yes, there is a place for a manual entry. It has been a few days so I am trying to remember, but I think this is where it initially said, I was ineligible. don't let that stop you.

Next you click on continue with claim (despite that initial ineligible declaration). The next set of questions asks if you are filing due to being unable to work because of the coronavirus or covid-19 outbreak. I believe this is where there is again a place for you to claim that you are self employed and write in the appropriate information. then just keep going and complete the claim.

The website says they process each claim on the same day it is received, which would be amazing under these circumstances. I actually didn't check back the following day, but 2 days later, my claim had been processed. It said something to the effect that I would separately receive a debit card and information on when it would be funded.

So there Alan....take your gottchya moment and shove it up your ass. AND I will no longer respond to you as AndrewG. If you cant be honest enough to stop attempting (and a bad attempt it was) hiding behind a second name, I am not interested in any kind of interaction with you. But take care of yourself. I imagine with your age and medical history, you are high risk. Seriously....be careful.

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I have doubts that AndrewG is Alan.

Another unemployment snafu you can run into is were you sick. When putting in your claim every two weeks you may run into questions about whether you were sick or not in that two week period. YOU ALWAYS ANSWER NO. If you were sick enough that you would have stayed home from work then you are not eligible for unemployment for those days you were sick. You have to be able to work in that two week period to be able to draw unemployment for it.

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

Ok, so I just received an email from someone claiming my information may not be correct. I wish he, or she would have posted here, as I have no problem with someone correcting my information. I am just going through this for the first time and trying to learn, as well.

So this person claims that just because my online status is approved, don't mean that my claim has been approved. I don't get that. :confused: But he says it isn't officially approved until I receive a notice in the mail saying so, with an amount that I will get each week and further instructions. Ok, so I'll wait and see what I get in the mail. :rolleyes:

The guy also says the week that you file doesn't count. That the clock starts running next week and at the end of the week, you go back to your account and re-affirm that you did not work that week. I was thinking I would just start getting money, apparently on this unemployment debit card, but apparently it isn't that simple, instead you have to keep re-applying each week. Ok, whatever. Sorry if I mislead anyone, like I said, I am just trying to figure this out myself. My real purpose in going public was to inform other professional AP's that we are supposed to be eligible for unemployment. The casinos are closed and we can't earn a living just like everyone else.

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In hindsight, that "Free," $1,000 did seem to good to be true. Like you and MOST other Americans I assumed that $1,000 checks were just going to be automatically given with no legwork. Having to actually do effort to claim that $1,000 and wait to be approved actually DOES make a lot of sense considering the fact that there are MANY people who do not actually deserve that $1,000 such as people who weren't laid off from work. Like me. Technically I do not deserve that extra $1,000 since I didn't lose my job. The lazy 25 year old who is Leeching off of his Working Parents doesn't deserve the $1,000. I said "Lazy," not "Traumatized ?, Sick or Disabled(Someone who has PTSD and has trouble working has a valuable reason not to be working and someone who has Severe Mental issues such as Schizophrenia or someone who has severe Medical issues such as Cancer or is wheelchair bound, etc have valid reasobs to not be working)does NOT deserve the $1,000 because he is just a Leech willingly living off of his Working Parents. People who absolutely deserve the $1,000 are people who were suddenly Unemployed due to Covid-19 forcing their Workplaces to be shut down.

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Originally Posted by Tasha

In hindsight, that "Free," $1,000 did seem to good to be true. Like you and MOST other Americans I assumed that $1,000 checks were just going to be automatically given with no legwork. Having to actually do effort to claim that $1,000 and wait to be approved actually DOES make a lot of sense considering the fact that there are MANY people who do not actually deserve that $1,000 such as people who weren't laid off from work. Like me. Technically I do not deserve that extra $1,000 since I didn't lose my job. The lazy 25 year old who is Leeching off of his Working Parents doesn't deserve the $1,000. I said "Lazy," not "Traumatized ?, Sick or Disabled(Someone who has PTSD and has trouble working has a valuable reason not to be working and someone who has Severe Mental issues such as Schizophrenia or someone who has severe Medical issues such as Cancer or is wheelchair bound, etc have valid reasobs to not be working)does NOT deserve the $1,000 because he is just a Leech willingly living off of his Working Parents. People who absolutely deserve the $1,000 are people who were suddenly Unemployed due to Covid-19 forcing their Workplaces to be shut down.

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Tasha you are confusing two things, the $1200 (originally proposed at $1000) direct payment to all adult citizens and expanded unemployment benefits. They are separate things but both part of the same Coronavirus relief package recently passed.

Expanded unemployment is just that. Expanded eligibility and benefits amounts for the first 4 months for people effected by the coronavirus, meaning can no longer work. The $1200 direct payments go to every citizen, who has a social security number, whether you continue to work or not. The only qualification is earning less than $75,000 (or 99,000 for reduced direct payment).

So YOU should qualify for the $1200 direct payment no matter what. And if you filed a tax return in either 2019 or 2018, you don't have to do anything at all to get that money. If your income is so low that you are not required to file taxes, you still qualify, but it becomes a problem for the government finding you and getting the money to you, so if that is your situation, you may want to go ahead and quickly file your 2019 taxes. This is the group of people that if there is no tax info on hand, may have to wait longer to get a check by mail. But YOU should get that direct payment no matter what.

This brings up another situation that I have been wondering about (no longer related to Tasha). Homeless people and people that have dropped off the grid like that are eligible for the $1200 direct payment, as long as they are a citizen and have a social security number. I wonder how the government is going to go about finding such people and getting a check to them?

Mr Kewlj you answered your own question about the homeless. If they are off the grid they don't get a check. There are homeless people with SS numbers and even bank accounts and cell phones.

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Originally Posted by tableplay

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I ain't even trying to get it and it looks like I'm going to get it.

AARP taking credit for SS recipients getting direct deposits on the Economic Impact Payments.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrU...RVvA8AVemO38c-

MN for unemployment had to be employed by employer for 90 days and laid off/fired through no fault to be eligible. In markets where labor is easy to find people who an employer has any question whatsoever about get canned at about 80 days all the time as a result.

I get that this is a unique situation but allowing anyone who still has a job and says they feel concerned about safety to quit voluntarily and collect is ripe for unintended consequences dwarfing any possible benefit, especially since a good chunk of blue collar and retail people can make more money not being employed than being employed with the supplement. Should any nurse or doctor who wants to be able to quit voluntarily and collect unemployment until this is over when they’re in more demand than ever?

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Originally Posted by Tasha

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

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Originally Posted by mcap

I’m pretty sure you don’t get unemployment if you voluntarily quit it’s if you lose your job not by choice. So Tasha couldn’t just quit and collect unemployment+600/wk.

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This is a good point mcap, under normal circumstances, which these are not. I have never filed for or dealt with unemployment before, so I am just going but what I have heard or learned from....I don't even know where I might have heard or learned this from. But I believe (maybe wrong) that if you quit a job you have to have a good reason. probably some sort of list of acceptable reasons. And I would think if you feel in danger by this crisis, that would qualify. Nobody should be forced to continue to work with the public, putting not only themselves by their family at risk, for a low paying job.

I would think under normal circumstances if you can prove that your job puts you in danger, that would be an acceptable reason. In this circumstances, I would think that wont even be questioned.

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Yeah like the public literally breathing in your face as you ring them up.

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Lol.

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Originally Posted by mcap

MN for unemployment had to be employed by employer for 90 days and laid off/fired through no fault to be eligible. In markets where labor is easy to find people who an employer has any question whatsoever about get canned at about 80 days all the time as a result.

I get that this is a unique situation but allowing anyone who still has a job and says they feel concerned about safety to quit voluntarily and collect is ripe for unintended consequences dwarfing any possible benefit, especially since a good chunk of blue collar and retail people can make more money not being employed than being employed with the supplement. Should any nurse or doctor who wants to be able to quit voluntarily and collect unemployment until this is over when they’re in more demand than ever?

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Believe me a doctor or nurse makes much more working than on unemployment. Most states say if you quit you get nothing. Besides this is only for something like 6 weeks. What are you going to do then?

Of course doctors and nurses make more that, that is not what I said at all. They’re not blue collar and retail jobs. If they were able to collect unemployment just because, and wanted to, they would also easily be able to find a job at another medical facility always plenty of demand.

According to my news Source, the people on here who were saying that everyone who filed income taxes in 2018 will be getting money back on Direct Deposit, were right. My news source says the $1200 handouts will. E starting next week. :)starting next week. Hopefully, the $1200 does not go on the Account that received the return in 2018 since the Bank Account I got my refund on in 2018 is now a closed Bank Account. :/ Hopefully, the $1200 will go on the Account where the 2020 Refund money was received since that Bank Account is still open for me. :)
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Originally Posted by Midwest Player

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Originally Posted by mcap

MN for unemployment had to be employed by employer for 90 days and laid off/fired through no fault to be eligible. In markets where labor is easy to find people who an employer has any question whatsoever about get canned at about 80 days all the time as a result.

I get that this is a unique situation but allowing anyone who still has a job and says they feel concerned about safety to quit voluntarily and collect is ripe for unintended consequences dwarfing any possible benefit, especially since a good chunk of blue collar and retail people can make more money not being employed than being employed with the supplement. Should any nurse or doctor who wants to be able to quit voluntarily and collect unemployment until this is over when they’re in more demand than ever?

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Believe me a doctor or nurse makes much more working than on unemployment. Most states say if you quit you get nothing. Besides this is only for something like 6 weeks. What are you going to do then?

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Unemployment is for six months. And there can be extensions. When Bill Clinton first took office they passed two extensions so some people drew unemployment for a year and a half.

so the IRS started sending out the $1200 relief/stimulous payments yesterday. I have not received mine yet. Just wondering if anyone here did?

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

so the IRS started sending out the $1200 relief/stimulous payments yesterday. I have not received mine yet. Just wondering if anyone here did?

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My SS won't be deposited until Wednesday. I'll know something then.

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

so the IRS started sending out the $1200 relief/stimulous payments yesterday. I have not received mine yet. Just wondering if anyone here did?

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So you didn’t make $75k last year or in 18 of you didn’t file 2019 yet? Or are you getting a prorated amount because you fell between $75-99k?

Not taking sides, but playing the same game you did with Singer.

And yes, it’s none of my business.

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Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

so the IRS started sending out the $1200 relief/stimulous payments yesterday. I have not received mine yet. Just wondering if anyone here did?

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My SS won't be deposited until Wednesday. I'll know something then.

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Im thinking they will be dropped as separate deposits. But I didn’t read anything either way. I personally lost out because I filed my 2019 return early due to selling the business. If it went on 2018 I would have gotten something by being married and a joint income.

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Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

so the IRS started sending out the $1200 relief/stimulous payments yesterday. I have not received mine yet. Just wondering if anyone here did?

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My SS won't be deposited until Wednesday. I'll know something then.

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I don't think you will get the relief payment the same day as your regular SS. I am pretty sure it will be separate.

And if Wednesdays are a day that SS payments are received for some people (what is it the third wed of the month?) then that is probably a day that the relief payments will not be going out to anyone. So those of us looking for a payment next week, my money is on Monday or Tuesday or not until the end of the week. Wednesday will be reserved for normal SS payments