Can A Self Employed Person Collect Unemployment Benefits?
I have never heard of someone who is self employed drawing unemployment unless it was a corporation and you were paid a salary and the unemployment benefit was paid into the state by the corporation. A sole proprietor (schedule C) income means that you would have to pay in unemployment benefits for yourself and in the Schedule C, I have never paid unemployment taxes and I don’t think anyone else does. If you had someone working for you and you would pay on them but I have been schedule c at different times and never paid the tax. To draw benefits the employer for which you worked has to pay in the unemployment benefits and allows you to collect the benefits if your case meets certain questions. Unless something has changed that I don’t know about. Under certain circumstances you can draw off you nearest employer if they paid in the tax and you did not quit your job but was laid off….I could be wrong but this is what I know.
