Collect Unemployment

Q: My unemployment compensation is scheduled to end in the next two weeks, but I haven't been able to find a job. Is there anything else I can do to still make sure that I collect unemployment?

A: Congressional legislation has authorized the use of federal funds to extend payments for individuals once their state reaches a certain rate of unemployment. In order to see whether or not you could qualify to still collect unemployment, you must contact the local office (or examine one of the web sites that every state now operates) for the most up to date information about these statistics and whether or not they would be relevant for your own situation. Even if you know that your payments are about to be halted and even if you are sure that the elevated unemployment rate would mean extended benefits, the state office will not allow an application to collect unemployment through extensions until the course of normal payments has ended.

Q: What's going to happen to my credit score if I collect unemployment?

A: The three main credit bureaus will receive no information about a consumer's decision to collect unemployment compensation, and there should not be even the slightest change to FICO scores because of the weekly benefit checks. If the Internal Revenue Service considers collecting unemployment insurance to be a form of earned income, why should the credit ratings be any different? On the other hand, since unemployment payment collection is temporary be definition, this will not be true for any larger credit purchases such as automobile loans or, especially, home mortgages.

Q: Am I still going to be able to collect unemployment if my old employer goes out of business?

A: Even if your company itself has shuttered doors and declared bankruptcy, the employees will still collect unemployment compensation payments under the letter of the law of the United States. As a part of their overall tax structure, employers must tithe a certain percentage of their payroll into an unemployment insurance account to which only the government has access.

Q: When I collect unemployment, do I have to worry about any deductions being taken out of the benefits?

A: Yes! Unmade alimony and child support payments will be automatically deducted, and the Internal Revenue Service shall view the earnings as tantamount to ordinary wages and demand their share.

Q: I've just been downsized after working full time for the same company for six years. I'm pretty sure I'll qualify to collect unemployment payments, but I don't have much in the way of savings. When should I expect the payments to arrive?

A: You shouldn't ever just assume that you'll be able to collect unemployment insurance benefits without any hitch, but, even in the best possible scenario, it would take you two weeks to collect unemployment funds because of the waiting week that each state government office enforces. The answer's also going to depend upon whether or not you'd prefer to receive the approved funds through means of a payroll check or a direct deposit sent to their personal banking account. The direct deposit alternative generally results in funds arriving just two days after the weekly report's been made whereas the fate of checks, as one would imagine, fall to the vagaries of the United States postal service.

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