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[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]

You're talking past everyone. A housekeeper and a cleaning person aren't the same thing. Housekeepers are more like Alice on the Brady Bunch and are in the same situation as nannies. They take direction from their employer, the family. It's like a full time gardener vs a lawn mowing service once a week.

The IRS does look into how nannies are paid and whether employment taxes are being paid.[/quote]

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