Last year, I filed for my mom's unemployment on the NY website for unemployment. During the process, I mistakingly inputted my social security number instead of hers. After months of trying to contact the dept. of labor and fix the issue, we finally received a message through their database saying they would make a note on her account to adjust the ssn to her own. Come tax time, she receives her 1099-g and of course, it has my ssn listed instead of hers. I have once again tried contacting the labor department multiple times (and have filled out a form requesting the 1099 be corrected), however I do not know if and when they will actually fix this issue. I do not want any problems when I file my taxes. My mom will obviously be claiming the 1099g on her taxes as unemployment earned, but I am afraid to file my taxes in case the IRS thinks I am trying to get out of paying taxes on unemployment since the 1099g is associated with my SSN. Does anyone have any advice? At this point, I'd rather pay the taxes on my account then deal with any IRS issues.
