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[quote=Anonymous]The thing I would worry about is when something goes wrong. If you're paying off the books, you're also presumably not paying Workers Comp insurance, which is required in DC. Well, what happens when the nanny falls and breaks a bone? Not exactly out of the realm of possibility when you're taking care of kids all day. Particularly if she doesn't have health insurance, she's going to report this as an injury on the job, and they're going to come to YOU for the money, and then can get you on all sorts of things.

What if she decides to file for unemployment after you no longer need her? Again, they're going to come after YOU the employer for this stuff, NOT her. Paying your employees off the books is a much more serious crime than accepting payment off the books, and there are lots of situations where it would be advantageous for her to essentially rat you out.

That being said, it's not uncommon for people to give "discount" so to speak for people who will pay off the books because they avoid the taxes. But I'd insist. 
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