What Georgia unemployment insurance pays each week, how the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) works out your benefit, how long it lasts, how it is taxed, and where to apply.
| Maximum weekly benefit | $365 |
|---|---|
| Minimum weekly benefit | $55 |
| Maximum duration | 14 to 26 weeks (by unemployment rate) |
| Federal income tax | Taxable |
| Georgia income tax | Taxable |
GDOL adds the wages in the two highest-paid quarters of your base period and divides by 42, within the $55 to $365 range. If you do not qualify that way, it divides your highest-quarter wages by 21 instead.
The unemployment benefits calculator models California, Texas, New York, Florida and Ohio; for Georgia, use the rules above or the agency's own estimate.
By law the maximum number of weeks ranges from 14 to 26, depending on Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in use when you file: claims filed July through December use the previous April's rate, claims filed January through June the previous October's. The total is the lesser of those weeks times your weekly benefit or one-fourth of your base-period wages, and your benefit determination letter states the rate used for your claim.
No Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) claimant page we checked states whether Georgia has an unpaid waiting week, so this page does not state one. Your benefit determination shows when your first payable week starts.
State: Georgia taxes unemployment benefits: GDOL states that UI benefits are taxable by both the federal and state government, and you can choose to have tax withheld in your MyUI account.
Federal: Unemployment compensation is taxable on your federal return: the IRS says you generally must include in income all unemployment compensation you receive. Your state sends Form 1099-G showing what it paid, and you can choose to have federal income tax withheld by filing Form W-4V.
Federal tax is withheld only if you ask for it, so a year of benefits can leave a tax bill: the quarterly estimated tax calculator shows what to set aside.
File your claim with the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL). The notice it sends you with your weekly benefit amount is the official figure for your claim.
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