Unemployment tax information available online

Recipients of Tennessee unemployment benefits during 2011 can now access the information they need for income tax purposes on the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development homepage.

The homepage is at https://tdlwd.tn.gov/ui1099/.

Benefit recipients can also go straight to the log-in page at https://tdlwd.tn.gov/ui1099/
login.aspx.

“By entering their birth date or the same PIN they used to certify or inquire on their unemployment claim, claimants can view a summary of total unemployment benefits paid to them, view the total amount of federal income tax withheld, and print a summary of this information,” said Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis.

The department also began mailing the IRS Form 1099-G to more than 293,000 benefit recipients on Jan. 18.

Forms were due to reach claimants no later than Jan. 31. The U.S. Postal Service will not forward 1099-G forms.

Recipients of unemployment benefits are not required to submit a copy of their 1099-G form with their income tax return.

If claimants do not receive their form in the mail and do not have access to the Internet, any Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Career Center allows use of a computer to print the needed form.

The Tennessee Career Center in Roane County is at 1082 N. Gateway Ave., Rockwood. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Call 376-3082 for information.

Claimants unable to visit a Career Center and not having Internet access may send a written request, including their name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, and phone number, with signature, to Special Services Unit, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 220 French Landing Drive, Nashville, TN 37243-1002.