Hi, I've been getting unemployment for a year since covid started. I had a temporary job (paid internship) for the last 6 weeks, but it's ending, and I'd like to get back on unemployment benefits once it's done until I can find another one. I'm wondering how to certify for the weeks I was working? I don't need any benefits for those weeks. Do I just not certify for those weeks and then start certifying for the weeks after or do I still need to fill out that form for the weeks I was working, and if so, how do I answer the questions? Thanks!
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I believe you would still certify for those weeks that you were doing the internship and you‘d answer the question “did you earn any money whether or not you were paid?” With a “yes” answer. That should open up other questions for you to answer, which I would assume be about how much, where and what type of job it was and whether or not it is a permanent or temporary position.
If the stipend you received from the internship gets reported to the IRS and you don’t disclose this info when you certify for those weeks, the EDD might terminate your claim for withholding information about earnings.
Always disclose any info about jobs, schools, internships etc., especially if you’re getting paid (no matter how small the amount) , to the EDD when you certify for those weeks ( unless you’re getting paid under the table). Because the EDD and the IRS are linked up and connected to each of us by our social security numbers, the EDD already knows how much you’ve earned at a job, how long you worked there etc., (as long as that income is being reported to the IRS, which is has to be in order to qualify for UI— even in the case of PUA because of COVID those independent contractors still had to file a tax return the previous year to prove what they’re income is/was) which is why you should tell them .
More than likely they won’t pay you UI for those weeks that you made money at the internship and will restart your payments when you certify and tell them you’ve made no money during those weeks.