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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 3402943" data-attributes="member: 45551">I know a woman who was working 2 jobs. Her first job layed her off in March due to COVID. She struck a deal with her second job (now her only job) to remain part-time instead of going to full-time hours, which she could have as this employer was deemed essential so never closed, so she could collect unemployment. And the $600/week. And still draw a sizeable paycheck. She has banked her unemployment and stimulus payments, and used her paycheck for living expenses since March. She took a full-time position with her only employer when her 12 weeks of unemployment ran out -- the same time the stimulus ended. She was complaining a couple days ago that she should have filed for extended unemployment.I tried to talk to her about the tax consequences of what she was doing. She said she'd never paid taxes in her life so she didn't figure she'd have to for 2020. I asked her if she understood how they actually calculated taxes. Well, no, not really. <img src="/images/smilies/disappoint.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":disappoin" title="Disappoint    :disappoin" data-shortname=":disappoin" />How someone can be smart enough to work the system like she has and NOT know the fundamentals of taxation confounds me.</blockquote>