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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We pay our cleaners with a check.  I have no idea whether they report the income but I don't see it as my problem any more so than when I hire people for repairs or other work on the house.[/quote]

Wrong.  A house cleaner needs to be on the books if they earn $2,400 or more in any given year.

We file social security, Medicare and unemployment taxes for our cleaner, plus maintain a worker’s comp policy.[/quote]

I think we are just under that at $180 once per month.  Not sure I see the distinction though between a house cleaner or a repair person I hire for a big job (over 2400) and no one puts a repair person or company on payroll.  The housekeepers don't seem like they would pass the employee test because they don't take direction from us (they dont even talk to us) and they supply their own tools.  [/quote]

The distinction is between hiring people who are employees of another company (cleaning company, plumbing company, HVAC company) and hiring an individual.  If you are hiring an individual who does not work for a company that is providing them a W2, then the $2500 limit comes into effect.  If you are really only paying $180/month, you are under that amount and don’t have to pay on the books.  Most people will go over that amount for a regular housecleaner.  Most people with security clearances will not even engage in such an arrangement if they will get close to the limit because a mistake could cost them their clearance. [/quote]

In the case of a cleaner though wouldn't it only be a 1099?  They come when they want (once per month but they pick the day and time), take no direction from me (they are firm that their services encompass xyz and that's it), provide their own tools.  When I look at the IRS test everything points to a contractor or just doesn't apply at all.  [/quote]

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