Oregon Employment Department finds errors in 12,000 jobless benefit 1099-G tax forms, issuing corrected ones
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Employment Department said Thursday it identified errors with some 1099-G tax forms it issued in January regarding Unemployment Insurance benefits paid in 2024. As a result, about 5 percent or 12,000 1099-G forms needed to be updated. OED is issuing corrected 1099-G tax forms this week.
“We are very sorry for the inconvenience this caused some people,” OED director David Gerstenfeld said. “The Employment Department is committed to providing people with accurate information as quickly as possible, which is why our employees are working hard to follow up with each impacted person with more specific information about their situation.”
The 1099-Gs are tax forms that show how much a government agency has paid to a person and are used when that person files federal and state income taxes.
The agency is going through a process to identify all errors, validate the forms claimants should use for the 2024 tax year, and provide updates to impacted customers.
OED said will post detailed information for affected claimants, including updates on the situation and answers to frequently asked questions, on its Unemployment Insurance 1099-G information page.
During the 2024 calendar year, benefit payments were paid out through both OED's legacy system and Frances Online, which launched on March 4, 2024. This is the first time that 1099-G tax forms were created for the Unemployment Insurance program using Frances Online. This is the only time that the new system will have to issue 1099G forms covering payments made from both the new, and the legacy, systems.
OED implemented an update to Frances Online overnight on Monday to address the errors, generate corrected 1099-G forms and make them available to claimants in Frances Online. Impacted claimants received an automated message in their Frances Online accounts with the corrected form, and those were also mailed to impacted individuals.
OED said it is now validating those forms and following up with each impacted person about next steps, if any, they may need to take.
