it is a taxpayer number like your ssn, but for a business. you really dont need one if you are a sole proprietor. the duns number is a dunn and brastreet number for credit reporting for a business. you dont need this unless you want business credit. be prepared to pay $500 or more for it. they have free ones but they dont report those.
Unemployment benefits usually cover about 40 percent of the former worker's earnings, up to the state maximum. Depending on the state, the average ranges from 30 to 50 percent, again dependent on the benefit maximum.Beneficiaries must pay federal taxes on unemployment compensation.nemployment benefits usually cover about 40 percent of the former worker's earnings, up to the state maximum. Depending on the state, the average ranges from 30 to 50 percent, again dependent on the benefit maximum.
Employees first hired in 1984 and after generally are in the Federal Employees Retirement System. They earn the same Social Security benefit and pay the same Social Security contribution as other workers. Typically that is 6.2 percent of salary, although in 2011 and 2012 (now that a full-year extension has been signed) it is 4.2 percent.