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Unemployment Compensation and Taxes
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What Is Unemployment Compensation? Who Can Qualify for Benefits? What Is a Base Period? How Are Regular Benefits Determined? What Is a Benefit Year? What Must Claimants Do to Claim Unemployment Benefits? What Are the Requirements for Receiving Payments? Can Claimants Who Quit Work Draw Benefits? Can Claimants Who Quit to Move With Their Spouse Draw Benefits? What Is a ''Voluntary'' Separation? What Is ''Good Cause Connected with the Work''? Can Claimants Who are Discharged from Their Last Work Draw Benefits? What is ''Misconduct''? Can Claimants Refuse Suitable Work and Still Draw Benefits? If a Claimant is Disqualified From Receiving Benefits, Can They Requalify? Can Employees of Schools Draw Benefits During Summer Vacation or Holidays? Can a Professional Athlete Draw Benefits Between Sport Seasons? Can Non-Citizens Draw Benefits? Can Benefits Be Denied Solely Because of Pregnancy? What Other Conditions Prevent Drawing Unemployment Benefits? What Type of Earnings Must a Claimant Report on Weekly Claims for Benefits? When is an Unemployment Compensation Overpayment Established? What Are the Penalties Assessed When an Overpayment is Established? Who Is Notified of Initial Claims Filed? Can an Employer Protest Payment of a Claim? What Notice Is Mailed in Response to an Employers Protest? Who Can Appeal a Determination? What Are Chargebacks? How Is the Base Period Employer Notified of Maximum Potential Chargebacks? Can Employers Protest Chargebacks to Their Account? How Can an Employer Protest a Chargeback? On What Basis Can an Employer Protest a Chargeback Notice? Is the Employer Notified of the Action Taken on a Protested Chargeback? What Happens When an Appeal Is Filed? What Are Extended Benefits? How Are Extended Benefits Financed? Who Is a Subject Employer? Are All Employees Covered by This Program? What Tax Rates Are Applicable to Governmental Employers? What Tax Rates Are Applicable to Employers Other than Governmental Employers? When Is an Employer Eligible for an Experience Tax Rate? When Is an Employer's Experience Transferred to a Successor Employer? How Is an Experience Tax Rate Computed? How Can Employers Reduce Their Tax Rate? How Are Employees Wages Reported? How Much Tax Is to Be Paid? How Are Taxes or Reimbursements Paid? What Are Wages? What is Meant by Staff Leasing Services and Who is Responsible for Reporting Leased Employees Wages? What Is a Reimbursing Employer? Which Employers Pay Reimbursements Instead of Taxes? How Are Reimbursements Paid? What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Paying Reimbursements? What Is a Group Account? How May Disputed Issues Involving Coverage, Taxes, or Penalties Be Resolved? Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program What Is Shared Work Compensation? How Does the Program Work? How Long Is the Plan in Effect? TWC Offices (Tele-Centers take UI claims)
What Is Unemployment Compensation? Who Can Qualify for Benefits? What Is a Base Period? How Are Regular Benefits Determined? What Is a Benefit Year? What Must Claimants Do to Claim Unemployment Benefits? What Are the Requirements for Receiving Payments? Can Claimants Who Quit Work Draw Benefits? Can Claimants Who Quit to Move With Their Spouse Draw Benefits? What Is a ''Voluntary'' Separation? What Is ''Good Cause Connected with the Work''? Can Claimants Who are Discharged from Their Last Work Draw Benefits? What is ''Misconduct''? Can Claimants Refuse Suitable Work and Still Draw Benefits? If a Claimant is Disqualified From Receiving Benefits, Can They Requalify? Can Employees of Schools Draw Benefits During Summer Vacation or Holidays? Can a Professional Athlete Draw Benefits Between Sport Seasons? Can Non-Citizens Draw Benefits? Can Benefits Be Denied Solely Because of Pregnancy? What Other Conditions Prevent Drawing Unemployment Benefits? What Type of Earnings Must a Claimant Report on Weekly Claims for Benefits? When is an Unemployment Compensation Overpayment Established? What Are the Penalties Assessed When an Overpayment is Established? Who Is Notified of Initial Claims Filed? Can an Employer Protest Payment of a Claim? What Notice Is Mailed in Response to an Employers Protest? Who Can Appeal a Determination? What Are Chargebacks? How Is the Base Period Employer Notified of Maximum Potential Chargebacks? Can Employers Protest Chargebacks to Their Account? How Can an Employer Protest a Chargeback? On What Basis Can an Employer Protest a Chargeback Notice? Is the Employer Notified of the Action Taken on a Protested Chargeback? What Happens When an Appeal Is Filed? What Are Extended Benefits? How Are Extended Benefits Financed? Who Is a Subject Employer? Are All Employees Covered by This Program? What Tax Rates Are Applicable to Governmental Employers? What Tax Rates Are Applicable to Employers Other than Governmental Employers? When Is an Employer Eligible for an Experience Tax Rate? When Is an Employer's Experience Transferred to a Successor Employer? How Is an Experience Tax Rate Computed? How Can Employers Reduce Their Tax Rate? How Are Employees Wages Reported? How Much Tax Is to Be Paid? How Are Taxes or Reimbursements Paid? What Are Wages? What is Meant by Staff Leasing Services and Who is Responsible for Reporting Leased Employees Wages? What Is a Reimbursing Employer? Which Employers Pay Reimbursements Instead of Taxes? How Are Reimbursements Paid? What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Paying Reimbursements? What Is a Group Account? How May Disputed Issues Involving Coverage, Taxes, or Penalties Be Resolved? Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program
What Is Shared Work Compensation? How Does the Program Work? How Long Is the Plan in Effect?
TWC Offices (Tele-Centers take UI claims)
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