Year-end tax information

1. Login to your online account.
2. Select View and Maintain My Account.
3. Select My 1099-G.
   (If this link is not available yet, check back in a few days. If any 1099-G forms are available for you, you will see the link My 1099-G.)
   
   
   

Once your 1099-G has been mailed, you will see a link to view your 2024 1099-G on your My 1099-G page. This is how your 2024 1099-G form will look:

Your 1099-G will be viewable as a PDF file, which is formatted so you can easily print it yourself.  If you received unemployment benefits in Minnesota before 2024, you also have the option to view your previous 1099-G forms.

1. Call the automated phone system:
   1. Twin Cities area: 651-296-3644
   2. Greater Minnesota:1-877-898-9090
   3. Teletypewriter (TTY) users: 1-866-814-1252
2. Select a language: English, Spanish, Hmong, or Somali. If you need another language, you can request an interpreter when you speak to a representative.
3. Enter your Social Security number.
4. Enter your password and then press the # key.
5. You may hear important messages about your account. After any messages, listen to your options and follow these steps:
   1. Press 2 for either Other Options or Other account information (what you will hear depends on your account status).
   2. Listen to your options:
      • Press 2 for Other account information; and then,
      • Press 3 for Information needed to file your income taxes.

The IRS tells us what to include on Line 1 of your 1099-G. It MUST include the total/GROSS amount of ALL payments that were made to you during the year. Here are detailed instructions on how you can reproduce this calculation.

The IRS requires that we include all the following in your TOTAL, GROSS payments:

• Federal tax withholding: federal tax withholding is optional. If we withheld any federal taxes on your behalf, it is because you elected to have us to do so.
• Minnesota state tax withholding: Minnesota state tax withholding is optional. If we withheld any Minnesota state income taxes on your behalf, it is because you elected to have us to do so.
• Child support payments: if you have a child support enforcement order, we are legally required to redirect a portion of your benefits toward child support payments.
• Overpayment offsets: if you have an overpayment on your account, we may have offset some or all your unemployment benefits to repay that overpayment. We may have done this at your direction or because it was legally required.

When you were adding up all your payments, if you saw amounts in the Other Distributions column, you could click on the dollar amounts to see what kinds of distributions took place. Child Support and Overpayment Offsets are required by law. Unemployment benefits are taxable under federal and state laws, but you decide whether you want any withholding done.

Unemployment benefits are considered taxable income under federal and Minnesota state law. When you applied for your unemployment benefit account, we gave you three options for tax withholding:

• 15% (federal and Minnesota state taxes) 
• 10% (federal tax only) 
• 0% (no tax withholding)

You also had the option to change your tax withholding preferences within your online account. 

If you chose to have us withhold taxes from your benefit payments, we withheld taxes from any benefit payments you received.

In a few weeks, we will make a link available within your online account so you can request a paper replacement of your 1099-G.

We cannot provide a replacement copy prior to that, but you can follow the instructions above to access your 1099-G online.

You should also update your address as soon as possible by following the instructions below.

1. Log in to your account
2. On My Home Page, select View and Maintain My Account (in the left navigation bar). 
3. Select My Contact Information from the list. 
4. View your address. If it is not correct, select Update. 
5. Enter your correct address, select Submit. The Address Verification page will display. 
6. Confirm your address is correct.

1099-Gs are mailed in batches, so some people will receive their 1099-Gs before others. If your 1099-G is not posted within your online account by January 31, 2025, you can call Customer Service.

Both the IRS and Minnesota Department of Revenue provide specific instructions on how to report income from unemployment insurance on your personal income tax returns. 

If you use tax filing software, it will walk you through how to report unemployment insurance benefits.

We cannot give you tax advice. You can contact the agencies below with your tax questions:

• Federal income tax related questions: contact the Internal Revenue Service at www.irs.gov or 1-800-829-1040.
• Minnesota state income tax related questions: contact the Minnesota Department of Revenue at www.revenue.state.mn.us
  or 651-296-3781.

Line 1 of your 1099-G is a total of all unemployment benefit payments made to you. If you repaid benefits you previously received, the amount you repaid will NOT be subtracted from Line 1.

However, you will need to report your repayments on your taxes. We will give you a summary of your repayments on your 1099-G form. That section of the 1099-G form reads:

You can find the latest instructions on how to adjust your taxes to reflect repayments through IRS Publication 525. On that page, look for the section regarding “repayment of unemployment compensation”.

1. Login to your online account.
2. Select View and Maintain My Account.
3. Select My repayments.
   
   
   
   
4. On this page, you can view each repayment you made (and the date the payment was posted to your account).

We cannot give you tax advice. You can contact the agencies below with your tax questions:

• Federal income tax related questions: contact the Internal Revenue Service at www.irs.gov or 1-800-829-1040.
• Minnesota state income tax related questions: contact the Minnesota Department of Revenue at www.revenue.state.mn.us
  or 651-296-3781.

If you believe you may have been a victim of identity theft, you can report that to us online. Make sure that you include in your report that you received an incorrect 1099-G form. 

If we verify that someone else applied for unemployment benefits using your information, we will issue a corrected 1099-G form to you.