Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised, in this government, security clearance, political, town- how many people are paying their nannies in cash without withholding taxes. I'm surprised, if I search through Care.com that care allows nannies to say they are 'willing to have taxes withheld,' and numerous candidates are not. This is mostly just a vent- I'm getting tired of contacting nannies who have great references and then when I say that we pay legally they are not interested.
You are only legally required to withhold taxes for social security and medicare. Withholding taxes for state and federal income is optional under the law. And it is left up to the employee, not the employer to request withholding.
You should read up on how this works before ranting about it being illegal. It's not.
I think we all understand OP is talking about people paying under the table without remitting either the employee or employer side of the payroll taxes. That's clearly illegal. And no, your nanny is definitely NOT an independent contractor that you can issue a 1099.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised, in this government, security clearance, political, town- how many people are paying their nannies in cash without withholding taxes. I'm surprised, if I search through Care.com that care allows nannies to say they are 'willing to have taxes withheld,' and numerous candidates are not. This is mostly just a vent- I'm getting tired of contacting nannies who have great references and then when I say that we pay legally they are not interested.
You are only legally required to withhold taxes for social security and medicare. Withholding taxes for state and federal income is optional under the law. And it is left up to the employee, not the employer to request withholding.
You should read up on how this works before ranting about it being illegal. It's not.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised, in this government, security clearance, political, town- how many people are paying their nannies in cash without withholding taxes. I'm surprised, if I search through Care.com that care allows nannies to say they are 'willing to have taxes withheld,' and numerous candidates are not. This is mostly just a vent- I'm getting tired of contacting nannies who have great references and then when I say that we pay legally they are not interested.
You are only legally required to withhold taxes for social security and medicare. Withholding taxes for state and federal income is optional under the law. And it is left up to the employee, not the employer to request withholding.
You should read up on how this works before ranting about it being illegal. It's not.
Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised, in this government, security clearance, political, town- how many people are paying their nannies in cash without withholding taxes. I'm surprised, if I search through Care.com that care allows nannies to say they are 'willing to have taxes withheld,' and numerous candidates are not. This is mostly just a vent- I'm getting tired of contacting nannies who have great references and then when I say that we pay legally they are not interested.