I've been waiting for the unemployment tax refund and finally requested my tax transcript by mail since I was locked out of my online account. Just got it today and I'm totally confused by what I'm seeing. There's a bunch of dates and codes that I don't understand: 846 Refund issued 01-04-2021 $2,300.00 290 Additional tax assessed 20205302 01-18-2021 $0.00 766 Credit to your account 04-15-2021 -$1,091.00 766 Credit to your account 04-15-2021 -$1,200.00 768 Earned income credit 04-15-2021 -$4,650.00 846 Refund issued 02-22-2021 $8,458.00 290 Additional tax assessed 20212705 07-26-2021 $0.00 This shows refunds from February and January, some credits in April, and then something about "additional tax assessed" from July with $0.00 listed. Does this mean my unemployment tax refund hasn't been processed yet? Or maybe it was processed before this transcript was printed? I have 3 kids as dependents which should affect the amount - I see there's an Earned Income Credit line showing -$4,650.00 from April 15th, is that related to my dependents? I also see two different "Credit to your account" entries on the same day (April 15th) for -$1,091.00 and -$1,200.00. Could one of these be the unemployment tax refund? I'm especially confused about the "Additional tax assessed" entries from January 18th and July 26th that both show $0.00. What does that mean? And what are those number sequences next to some of the entries (like 17254-588-05043-1)? I've tried calling the tax office like 20 times but can't get through to an actual person who can explain this to me. Has anyone else figured out how to read these transcripts or know when the unemployment tax refunds are actually happening? I feel like the information is right in front of me but I just don't know how to interpret it.

So I just found out there might be a tax refund for unemployment benefits I received last year. I filed my taxes back in April and I included all my unemployment income like I was supposed to. But now I'm hearing some people are getting money back because of a change in how unemployment is taxed? Does anyone know how I can find out if I'm eligible for this refund? I tried looking on the ny unemployment website but couldn't find anything specific. I tried calling the tax department but was on hold for almost 2 hours before I gave up. Really need this money if I qualify - anyone gone through this process already?

This week when I certified for my unemployment I noticed something different on my confirmation page. After submitting my weekly claim it showed a message saying I've exhausted all unemployment benefits on my claim. This is weird because I thought benefits were supposed to continue until September 4th. Has anyone else had this message show up recently? I was certifying for the week of 7/25/2021-7/31/2021, and after I submitted everything, instead of the normal confirmation, I got a Confirmation Page with this message: "Your claim for the week of 7/25/2021-7/31/2021 has been entered for processing. Important Information You have exhausted all unemployment benefits on your claim. We encourage you to use the job search resources available on our Career Services resource page. To find out if you are eligible for assistance provided by other New York State programs and services, go to www.mybenefits.ny.gov." There was also something about Direct Deposit Option saying "You may choose to have your weekly benefits directly deposited into your checking account. You must have a..." This was on the Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Benefits Online portal. Will I still get paid for this week that I just certified for? I'm really confused because I don't think I've used up all my benefits yet and I was counting on this money through early September. I thought the federal extension was supposed to last until September 4th. Has anyone else in New York seen this message recently? I don't usually pay much attention to this confirmation page other than to check that my claim went through successfully, but this message about exhausting benefits really caught me off guard.

I've gone back to work recently and I know I'm working more than 4 days a week so I shouldn't get any benefits. But I was expecting my claim to be active until early September. When I called the certification line yesterday, the automated system told me my unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. I thought benefits were supposed to end on September 5th? I did certify for the last two weeks (even though I knew I wouldn't get paid due to working full time). Did claiming those weeks somehow use up my remaining balance? I'm worried because what if my hours get cut again and I need to use the remaining weeks I thought I had until September? Anyone understand why my benefits show as exhausted now?

I recently saw a post on Facebook claiming NY unemployment will be sending out additional refunds starting around April 17th. Supposedly these are for people who paid taxes on benefits from 2022 and are getting some money back? I haven't received any official notification about this but a couple friends mentioned getting emails. Has anyone else heard about this or know if it's actually happening? I'm trying to figure out if this is legit or just another rumor floating around.