Do you pay your nannies taxes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all of the help. She is getting a W-2. We pay her 16 an hour right now. I will talk to her about us withholding for her. To the question about why aren't we withholding...a lot of people don't withhold, and it is the responsibility of the employee.

Actually, it is the legal responsibility of the employer, not the employee, to withhold federal taxes.

Not personal income tax, which is the tax PP is referring to.