I have appealed the "Redetermination" I received from WA ESD that wants to push me into a UI claim from a PUA claim (even though I have never had a W2 wage-earner job in WA state). WA ESD wants to do this so that they can make a claim against gig economy companies for compensation of benefits paid out.
Is there a difference in the way the benefits paid will be taxed between PUA and UI on my federal return?
Can PUA claim benefits be offset by business expenses that occurred during the claim?
WA claims that they consider all gig workers "employees" even though the IRS classifies them as private contractors.
