- Jurisdiction
- California
I have been self-employed continuously, without pause since 1970s to present. While initially I did consulting and teaching, due to age, health and economic conditions I became a one-person, home office author and publisher -- marketing my self-published books and papers via a website. As such and given the volume involved I operated sort of informally -- "dba some name".
The pandemic devastated the business and I have been struggling to rebuild without yet succeeding. As self-employed I applied for unemployment, was approved and received benefits until the end of that year.
At some point during 2021 I was notified to provide proof of self-employment for April-December 2020. Looking through the EDD list of acceptable proofs, I chose "signed affidavit of self-employment", so I did. I stated that I have been continuously self-employed since 2022 including the specific period and linked to my website, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Amazon author, and publications pages, all of which state that I have been an independent consultant, author and publisher for a long time.
Today I received an ineligibility NOD without any explanation as to why. I do intend to appeal, but without an explanation I don't know what is the best strategy.
Having not ever been not self-employed, it did not occur to me that I would have one day to prove it for some specific period beyond just saying it. Any idea what the problem might be and what is the best way to handle this? Any help would be appreciated.
The pandemic devastated the business and I have been struggling to rebuild without yet succeeding. As self-employed I applied for unemployment, was approved and received benefits until the end of that year.
At some point during 2021 I was notified to provide proof of self-employment for April-December 2020. Looking through the EDD list of acceptable proofs, I chose "signed affidavit of self-employment", so I did. I stated that I have been continuously self-employed since 2022 including the specific period and linked to my website, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Amazon author, and publications pages, all of which state that I have been an independent consultant, author and publisher for a long time.
Today I received an ineligibility NOD without any explanation as to why. I do intend to appeal, but without an explanation I don't know what is the best strategy.
Having not ever been not self-employed, it did not occur to me that I would have one day to prove it for some specific period beyond just saying it. Any idea what the problem might be and what is the best way to handle this? Any help would be appreciated.