Net Payroll is another good option for tracking things. Nice app that you upload all information to and then they do the hard work of obtaining any tax ID numbers, paying quarterly payroll taxes, etc. You can easily edit any week if hours are more or less and see what you need to write your weekly check for (you withhold the taxes and the IRA automatically debits your checking account).

Anonymous wrote:You’ll also want to include the cost of having the nanny in the house. We just hired one and with eating, drinking and using things in our house (toilet paper, paper towels, coffee) I’m spending another $200/month.

That figure it totally overblown and insane.

Soda for nanny? I would not hire nanny who drinks soda, haha. Don't want my child to see someone with bad health habits.

Highly recommend poppins payroll. I did our nanny taxes and withholdings for 3 years of our full time nanny using Intuit for calculating the withholdings (and used schedule H for annual taxes) and it was $30 a month and still a giant PITA. Switched to Poppins ($39 a month, I think?) when we got a part time summer sitter and they did everything--spit out a schedule h I give to our accountant. They pay everything and file all the forms. Seamless. Easy.

OP here. Thank you! All really helpful

Anonymous wrote:You’ll also want to include the cost of having the nanny in the house. We just hired one and with eating, drinking and using things in our house (toilet paper, paper towels, coffee) I’m spending another $200/month.

This is crazy.

We have seen no noticeable uptick in expenses like this. Now, our nanny does bring her own food. If we were providing her with lunch, snacks and sodas every day, yes, that could be a significant expense, but I don’t think that’s standard. She has a cup of coffee a couple time a week, that’s it.

Does your nanny wipe with dollar bills??

Anonymous wrote:Now that that is settled, a part-time nanny is very hard to find especially for those hours, OP. Good luck.

Exactly. These are the types of hours (along with the "daily after school pickup for 2-3 hours") that everyone wants to hire for and no one wants to work on a reliable, ongoing basis. Expect to pay a premium price.

You’ll also want to include the cost of having the nanny in the house. We just hired one and with eating, drinking and using things in our house (toilet paper, paper towels, coffee) I’m spending another $200/month.

Now that that is settled, a part-time nanny is very hard to find especially for those hours, OP. Good luck.