Exclusion of unemployment income in 2021?

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April 22, 2026
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For tax year 2020, 10,200 of unemployment income was able to be excluded from taxable income due to the American rescue plan act. Did that same rule apply in the 2021 tax year?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Best answer by xmasbaby0

No that rule did not apply to tax year 2021. That was for 2020 only. Why are you asking now in 2026?

xmasbaby0

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Level 15

No that rule did not apply to tax year 2021. That was for 2020 only. Why are you asking now in 2026?

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tonybeoAuthor

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Helping someone to do back taxes and they had unemployment income in 2021 and Chat GPT said that 10,200 could be excluded but I guess it was worng?

Thanks.

VolvoGirl

Level 15

It probably meant the tax return you were filing in 2021 which would have been for your 2020 tax return. The answer I got from AI was no, only for 2020.