<prompt> Human: So about 2 tears ago the EDD aka unemployment stated i owed them about 997.00 and started garnishing my wages. During that time they ended up deducting well over that amount while i was writing letters and attending court proceedings for this matter. When all was said and done the superior court of California made a judgement in my favor stating i didnt owe the state or fed anything and all of my money was returned to me. Now on this tax return EDD took 997.00 and about 100 in fees of my tax return even though i had already won a judgement in my favor. I attempted to contact EDD but they are nearly impossible to get ahold of and anyone i do get has no idea what to do and wont send me up the food chain to a supervisor or the like. Now i have contacted the IRS and they told me to file for a court date and go from there as there is not much they can do from their end. So my question is during the time between now and the court date about a month is there anything else i should do other than have copies of the judgement in my favor from the previous case?Assistant: Edd claimed i owed them money because i started a job and still collected unemployment, i never cashed the checks and made them aware of it multiple times via their paperwork that comes with the unemployment check, phone calls and even going into the offices to tell them to stop sending me money. Im definitely going into my phone records right now and getting all that info, i was smart enough to get a call recorder app so i can at least get that info my dumb self neglected to tell them it was a recorded line  <response>: I know California requires both parties to be aware of the recording, but not everyone realizes that if there is one of those automated recordings that says something like this call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes when you call them, that counts as them consenting to be recorded. Doesnt matter who is recording, as long as both parties are aware that they may be recordedSo, if their system said it may be recorded, you dont have to tell them youre recording. 