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Unemployment Compensation

Unemployment

• You must include in income
all unemployment
compensation you receive.

• You should receive a Form
1099-G showing in box 1 the Compensation
total unemployment
compensation paid to you. • If you received
• In most cases, you enter unemployment
unemployment compensation but did not
compensation on Schedule 1 receive Form 1099-G,
(Form 1040), line 7. Certain Government

Payments, through the mail,
• you may need to access
your information through
your state’s website to get
your electronic Form 1099-
G.

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