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An Act to Amend Titles 19, 29 and 30 of the Delaware Code Relating to Covid-19 Related Unemployment Benefits, Assessments and Rulemaking Authority.

It became law on Jan 27, 2022.

DE HB 285 · House Bill · 151

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Became law
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Sponsors
22
Latest action
Jan 27, 2022

What it does

This bill provides COVID-19 related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes, and extends the end date of the Secretary of Labor’s COVID-19 related rulemaking authority. Section 1 exempts unemployment compensation benefits received in 2021 from the calculation of Delaware adjusted gross income so that unemployment claimants will not have to pay state taxes on the benefits they received during the continuation of the pandemic into 2021. This exemption was previously granted for 2020 state taxes. Section 2 holds the 2022 new employer assessment rate, average industry assessment rate and average construction industry assessment…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Jan 27, 2022

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 19, 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVID-19 RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, ASSESSMENTS AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. | 52