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California's unemployment benefits are based on the 12 months beginning 15 - 17 months ago and the amount is based on the earnings in the highest paid week in the base period. See the Related Link below for more details.

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The California Unemployment taxes that employers pay is 3.4% on new employees and ranges from 1.5 to 6.2 % for all others. This is on the employee's first $7,000 wages. More information on this can be found in the Related Link below.

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Can California garnish unemployment payments for back taxes?

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Can I use the 1040ez to file my taxes if I was on unemployment?

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