Post Messenger Recorder -

The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is reminding state residents who received Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits last year that they must report UI benefits as taxable income on their 2020 tax returns, and that their 1099-G income tax statements for the year are easily accessible through UI’s secure and confidential online system.

All UI benefits, including Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Lost Wages Assistance (LWA), and Extended Benefits (EB), are considered taxable...