HOME > FAQ

 ELDERCARE faqs
 Preguntas frecuentes de la niñera

Frequently Asked Questions about the Nanny Taxes

Click the question to reach the answer.

1. I have a domestic (nanny, elder care giver, housekeeper) working in my home. What taxes do I need to pay?
   
   
2. What taxes does my employee pay?
   
   
3. How are the employee's payroll taxes paid?
   
   
4. How often do I need to pay these taxes?
   
   
5. Congress simplified the "nanny taxes." What does that mean to me?
   
   
6. My employee is not a legal resident. What should I do about employment taxes?
   
   
7. Am I required to hire U.S. citizens?
   
   
8. My domestic (nanny, elder care giver, housekeeper) wants to be treated as a "contractor." Can I do that?
   
   
9. Do I have to pay taxes for the cleaning lady that comes weekly?
   
   
10. Nannies are non-exempt employees of the family they work for. What does this mean?
    
    
11. Do I need to pay minimum wage? What about overtime?
    
    
12. How frequently do I need to pay my household worker? My nanny wants to be paid weekly. Do I need to do that?
    
    
13. What about tracking the nanny's hours? What is required?
    
    
14. How do I calculate overtime for my salaried nanny? What about compensation for occasional overnights?
    
    
15. Am I required to offer my nanny benefits such as vacation time, sick time, or paid time off?
    
    
16. Do I need a written agreement or contract with my nanny?
    
    
17. What about worker's compensation and disability insurance?
    
    
18. We are hiring a live-in nanny. How do you figure her room and board for tax purposes?
    
    
19. Our former nanny applied for unemployment benefits? She was fired due to poor attendence - will she get benefits?
    
    
20. What is "New Hire Reporting"?
    
    
21. Can I pay my nanny on my business payroll?
    
    
22. I have heard that I can get a personal tax break for child care? Is that true?
    
    
23. Is health insurance for my domestic (nanny, elder care giver, housekeeper) taxable?
    
    
24. How can I help my nanny build a tax-deferred retirement savings account?
    
    
25. How do we handle the taxes if we share a nanny with another family?
    
    
26. Our wonderful nanny will be leaving in September when our son begins full time school. How do we help her with a letter of recommendation?
    
    
27. What may happen if I don't pay the taxes?
    
    
28. Do the rules ever change?

For More Information contact HomeWork Solutions, Inc.
at 1-800-NaniTax or e-mail and submit a question.