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[-] june@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Yes I own the property.

And yes I know that I am taxed on the rent.

None of that is the point of my comment. The rent I collect isn’t treated as income by a wing of the government.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Only because you aren't reporting it correctly.

[-] june@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I specifically called and asked the unemployment office… I didn’t just guess at this

I’m not an idiot.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's entirely possible there's a loophole or threshold on reportable income in this particular situation, but saying the "government" instead of "unemployment benefits" or whatever is a bit misleading.

[-] june@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

The unemployment office is a wing of the government… the department of labor if you need me to be specific

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"The government doesn’t even consider landlord income to be employment income."

But it does, actually, once you start tripping certain thresholds. Which you presumably don't meet, fortunately or unfortunately for you.

It'd be interesting if you owned a whole apartment building and were collecting unemployment but I don't think the system's that broken yet.

What's potentially interesting about your situation is that if you were to be doing gig economy work for the same pay it might well deduct 1:1 from unemployment benefits, but then the people who read your comment are right back to wondering if your situation is due to the actual law or a misfiling because of a speech error in describing the situation.

And obviously this is all complicated by the fact that US unemployment is usually enacted on a state level, so one state government might allow this and another might not.

[-] june@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I looked into gig work to supplement my unemployment and it deducts 75:1 in my state. It’s definitely not worth all the extra work to potentially get another $250 so I’m not doing it. Gig work is my fallback if I can’t find work before the insurance payments run out in June.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

In my state, your tenant would not be able to claim renter's credit on their state income taxes because its all being done off the books.

[-] june@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It’s not being done off the books? We have a lease agreement and it’s all above board.

Yall are wildin with your assumptions

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Off the books means you aren't reporting it.

[-] june@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I’m reporting it on my taxes.

I called the unemployment office to specifically ask about how rent impacts the insurance payout, and they were explicit that it doesn’t.

It is above board

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