Unemployment Claims You Were Overpaid
Many people have received bills from Colorado Unemployment demanding repayment of benefits paid during or just after the COVID pandemic. There is typically no explanation why the bills are due. We recently figured out for a client what is happening. Thankfully, this information should help many perfectly innocent people. Unemployment stated that the codes for pandemic era claims had changed from Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) file to a PEUC (pandemic emergency unemployment compensation). This change is coding caused a bill to be generated. Our client was assured that the once the new code is properly updated on her account, no amount is owed.
It took hours of telephone holds to get this information, but the time spent was well worth it. Do not pay these bills from old pandemic era claims. Spend some time getting a human being on the line, and you can probably avoid repayment.