This is happening despite multiple people saying they did everything possible last year to alert the state that unemployment claims filed in their names were fraudulent.
BOSTON People across Massachusetts are facing a new unemployment problem after the state sent them a surprise tax bill for unemployment benefits they never received. This is happening despite multiple people saying they did everything possible last year to alert the state that unemployment claims filed in their names were fraudulent.
Melinda Cashman could not believe it when she received a 1099-G from Massachusetts this week, telling her she owed taxes on $10,555 in unemployment. The problem: she never received that unemployment income. I ve had enough. Enough! And this shouldn t even be an issue because I dealt with it immediately after I got the letter. I just don t get it, Cashman said. What you are supposed to do?