self-employed and stimulus package?

[keziak]

I tried to look up whether we can get a stipend from the stimulus package. What I read seemed to be saying we need to file for unemployment. Is there something else we should be doing, do you know? Do we have to reach the point of no sales to be eligible?

[chapeau-noir]

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@namele365 wrote:

"BTW this threshold of $75k means a totally different thing if you live in LA or NYC vs living in GA. "

Of course.  People pay to live in those places for the perks.   For those making more than 75K in those perky places,  seems to me $1200 bucks isn't going to make a world of difference anyway.

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If you're in certain industries (tech, medical research for instance) that's where the jobs are.

[tereshand_86]

the way I understand it,   since you are  self-employed  it will be based on taxes paid this year and  next ,  unless you all paid taxes on your earnings,  because they are basing  self employed on wages paid taxes paid and social security paid,  

[tereshand_86]

 just so you all know,  YOU,  probably will not get  stimulus,, for these  reasons,   you have to had paid taxes, wages and social security and self  employed will get 6.2 percent back of loss,  and will get in 2021,  for self employed.     

[jackieb9455]

Yes,

Sole Prioptiators may file for unemployment just file your 2019 returns before filing so no delay or confusion.

Regardless of what UE you are eligible for you will receive the $600.00 weekly stim. for 14 weeks on top of whatever you qualify for.

For covid-19 UE is extended to Sole Prioptiators and gig workers

[jackieb9455]

But you may have been impacted from covid-19 in ways such as reduced sales because vendors unable to provide product or not getting imported goods also consumer is worrying about essential goods right now has neg. impact. Even if you qualify for the min 50 dollars you will still get the 600 weekly for 14 weeks

[tereshand_86]

yep, not sure about how this stimus package work for those who havent work long at possession , but I know all these that think they gonna get easy money from govt because they now say they are paying for self employed, you had to have paid wages, ss and taxes in 2019,,, you will get one in 2021 if you paid those items in 2021

[cynthealee2]

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@the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth wrote:

The cheapest I’ve seen a house here in my town is $500k and it was in bad shape. People who don’t live in the coastal metro areas have no idea what living here is like. Food is more expensive along with everything else.

Fortunately the salaries compensate. For instance $75k is an engineering starting salary.  The point is that someone can be just as poor on $75k in areas of the country than they can be on $30-40k elsewhere.

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Wait... 40k is poor?   whoahhhhhh

So what does that make 19k or less a year?

[3eyedfishcatcher]

Workers would need to file for unemployment, for businesses to aide they would need to keep all employees on the payroll. The assistance for businesses sounds like several banking institutions would give a 6 month loan. I imagine they might not see individuals welling for them self on eBay as a candidate for assistance unless you are a larger company with a good amount of employees working fulltime.

[lacey294]

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@jackieb9455 wrote:

Yes,

Sole Prioptiators may file for unemployment just file your 2019 returns before filing so no delay or confusion.

Regardless of what UE you are eligible for you will receive the $600.00 weekly stim. for 14 weeks on top of whatever you qualify for.

For covid-19 UE is extended to Sole Prioptiators and gig workers

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Because of my own situation, I've searched to try and find more details on this, and wasn't able to find anything definite or even close.  I thought they were still working it.  Can you link me to where you read about this? 

[antiquevintageusa]

I understand exactly where you're coming from here...if someone/anyone doesn't work for something then they don't generally appreciate it, and then it goes wasted, thrown aside and taken for granted.

[kittykat.949]

19k makes you HOMELESS---GOOD LUCK

[home2thesea]

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@kittykat.949 wrote:
19k makes you HOMELESS---GOOD LUCK

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That depends on where you live. In flyover country, 19K will get you through if you are really careful and have modest expectations. I've been living on less than that for the past few years, only because I'm a fulltime caregiver and am limited in the ways I can make a living while still caring for a parent in her 80s. Our household doesn't have a car. We don't have cable. Our phones are the cheapie prepaids. I buy our clothes at the thrift store for $3 max. We don't have credit cards. We do without the things many families take for granted. Life isn't the greatest, but we get by.

[going*going*gone]

ditto...we live on less than 18,000 a year.  We have a $200 house payment and very low taxes. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@home2thesea wrote:

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@kittykat.949 wrote:
19k makes you HOMELESS---GOOD LUCK

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That depends on where you live. In flyover country, 19K will get you through if you are really careful and have modest expectations. I've been living on less than that for the past few years, only because I'm a fulltime caregiver and am limited in the ways I can make a living while still caring for a parent in her 80s. Our household doesn't have a car. We don't have cable. Our phones are the cheapie prepaids. I buy our clothes at the thrift store for $3 max. We don't have credit cards. We do without the things many families take for granted. Life isn't the greatest, but we get by.

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I kinda live that way by choice.  I just don't have a lot of material desires.  Bless you for caring for your elder parent!

[cynthealee2]

At 40k we were living "high on the hog" compared to the 19k years.

I raised 5 kids on 19k or there abouts... some years we got all the way back up to 30k (they got good Christmases that year).  It can be done depending on where you live and HOW you live.

19k -25k is what most of my family makes a year and while they will never travel to Paris on a whim... they aren't starving or homeless yet.  They are food service, grocery store clerks, waitresses, Wal-mart stockers, convenient store clerks, ect.