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NY unemployment shows 14 effective days remaining after BYE date (8/15/2021) - should I still certify after receiving payment?

My benefit year officially ended on 8/15/2021 but my payment history screen is showing I still have 14 effective days remaining. My BYE date clearly says 08/15/2021 and today is 8/16. My weekly benefit amount is $153.00, with a maximum payable amount of $3,978.00. I just certified for the week ending 8/15/2021 and the system accepted it. The payment was even released today (8/16/2021) according to the transaction history which shows "Your payment for the week ending 8/15/2021 was released on 08/16/2021." Now I'm confused... if my benefit year ended, why am I still able to certify and get paid? And should I keep certifying as long as I have effective days left? I'm afraid of accidentally committing fraud or something if I'm not supposed to be claiming anymore. My Start/Effective Date was 08/10/2020, and I still have those 14 effective days remaining according to my account. The system shows "Latest Transaction(s) as of 08/16/2021" and it says "You last certified for benefits for the week ending 08/15/2021." The page also explains that "Each day in a week (Monday through Sunday) that you qualify for benefits is called an effective day. There is a maximum of 4 effective days each week, and you must qualify for all 4 effective days in order to receive your total weekly benefit rate. For each day in the week that you are not eligible to receive benefits, you will receive one less effective day, which is equivalent to one fourth of your weekly benefit rate." There's also a note about FPUC payments: "Weekly payments for $600 showing 'O' under the 'Effective Days' column, and Debit Card or Direct Deposit under the 'Type' column, are the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments." Anyone else experience this weird situation with effective days remaining after your BYE date passed? Not sure what to do.

Dealing with NY unemployment is LITERALLY the worst part of being unemployed 💀 More stressful than not having a job tbh

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FACTS. Finding a job is easier than dealing with their system 😂

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I'd rather work at mcdonalds than spend another day tryna figure out their website

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Just adding another confirmation - this happened to me too and I used up all my remaining days after my BYE date with no issues. Just keep certifying as normal until you hit zero days.

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NY unemployment tax transcript confusion - $2,472 refund showing Aug 18 but $2,448 being taken back Aug 30?

I just checked my tax transcript and I'm super confused about what's going on with my NY unemployment taxes. According to what I'm seeing, I'm supposed to get a refund of $2,472.06 on August 18th, but then on August 30th they're taking $2,448.00 back from me?? Can someone make sense of this for me? My transcript shows my adjusted gross income was $68,654.00 with taxable income of $43,854.00. It shows my original tax return was filed in April 12, 2021, and I had about $7,672.00 in withholding. My tax per return is $3,318.00. There's an entry for 'Additional tax assessed' from April 27, 2020 that shows $0.00, and another one from January 18, 2021 that also shows $0.00. I already received a refund of $4,354.00 back on March 25, 2021. But what's confusing me is these new entries: - August 18, 2021: Refund issued $2,472.06 - August 30, 2021: Interest credited to your account -$24.06 - August 30, 2021: Reduced or removed prior tax assessed -$2,448.00 - August 30, 2021: Notice issued $0.00 The transcript has all these codes like "150 Tax return filed" with cycle numbers like "20211201" and "16211-476-17932-1" for the withholding. My return due date was April 15, 2021 but they received it on April 12, 2021. The processing date was also April 12, 2021. I don't have any self-employment income - it shows SE Taxable Income Taxpayer: $0.00, SE Taxable Income Spouse: $0.00, and Total Self Employment Tax: $0.00. I don't understand if I'm getting money or if they're taking money away? Please only answer if you actually know how to read these transcripts, not just guessing!

everyone saying these are automatic adjustments is right but MAKE SURE THE IRS HAS YOUR CORRECT BANK INFO. My sister's refund got sent to a closed account and it took her MONTHS to straighten it out. Check your account info on the IRS website if you can access it.

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Thanks for the heads up! I should have the same account as when I filed, but I'll double check.

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Mei Liu

This whole unemployment tax nightmare been a mess since day 1. first they tax all of it, then they untax some of it, then they take forever to process the refunds, and then they send out confusing transcripts that make ppl think theyre in trouble when really theyre gettin money back. its like they WANT us to be confused 🤦‍♂️

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check ur payment history and see what it says for "type" on the last payment. if it says UI, then u used up regular benefits. If it says PEUC, then something else is wrong

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sounds like u need to switch over to PEUC

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They're supposed to do that automatically but with NY unemployment nothing is actually automatic 🙄

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has anyone tried emailing instead of calling? what's the best email address to reach them?

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I've emailed like 5 times over the past month about a different issue and never got a response. calling is your only real option unfortunately

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Emailing is useless, tried it multiple times. You need to call or use a service like claimyr.com to reach an actual person

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Check the news! Just saw on channel 4 that there's a technical glitch with the $300 payments affecting multiple states. NY labor department said all payments should be processed by end of week. No need to call or do anything.

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finally some official confirmation! wish they would put this on their website

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Amina Sow

The benefit amount increase is actually good news! I had something similar happen last year - got a random increase of about $2000. Turns out they did a review of my wages and found additional earnings they hadn't counted before. You'll probably get more weekly benefits going forward too!

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That would be amazing! Fingers crossed that's what's happening here.

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has anyone figured out whats going on???? same thing happened to me and i need this money for rent asap 😭😭😭

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Based on what people are saying, it seems like a system glitch affecting multiple people. The other half of your payment should come through in a few days. If you need to talk to someone ASAP, try claimyr.com - it's the only way I've been able to reach a human at unemployment lately.

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thank u!! gonna try that now cause I cant wait days when rents due tomorrow

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