Is it unreasonable to ask that taxes be withheld for part-time sitter?

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I wouldn't work so few hours unless it was cash. Just being honest.

I love how MBs get all the vitriol from the resident nanny crusaders for not paying legally, yet when you get someone who insists on paying legally, she's being subjected to a weird requirement that it has to be all cash, or that she has to offer enough hours to make it worth the nanny's while to pay taxes. Hypocrisy unleashed.

So true. The nannies here are awful.

I wouldn't have a problem with that income being taxed, all that I have said is that OP is competing with mostly cash offers, and if she offers the same dollar amount she will not be competitive. These are simply facts of the market you all love to worship. If you're paying me $15/hour pretax, I'm taking home $11-$13/hour. Sorry that I'm not interested in giving up my Saturday night for 30 bucks. If a family wanted a sitting job to be above board, which I see no fault in, they'd have to be competitive about it. That means paying closer to $18-$20/hour, and offering a minimum number of hours (3 or 4).

[Anonymous]

Why would you want to tax your babysitters income? That's just dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want to tax your babysitters income? That's just dumb.

Because it's against the law not to if you pay your sitter more than $1900 over the course of the year, and OP may have a government job that requires that he/she abide by the law (or may just want to do follow the law, regardless).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you want to tax your babysitters income? That's just dumb.

Because it's against the law not to if you pay your sitter more than $1900 over the course of the year, and OP may have a government job that requires that he/she abide by the law (or may just want to do follow the law, regardless).

That's really terrific and appreciated by most professional nannies, but you have to offer a fair wage in the first place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want to tax your babysitters income? That's just dumb.

Because it's against the law not to if you pay your sitter more than $1900 over the course of the year, and OP may have a government job that requires that he/she abide by the law (or may just want to do follow the law, regardless).

That's really terrific and appreciated by most professional nannies, but you have to offer a fair wage in the first place.

OP is offering $18 an hour, which is very fair in my area for afterschool care of school-aged children. YMMV if you live elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want to tax your babysitters income? That's just dumb.

Because it's against the law not to if you pay your sitter more than $1900 over the course of the year, and OP may have a government job that requires that he/she abide by the law (or may just want to do follow the law, regardless).

That's really terrific and appreciated by most professional nannies, but you have to offer a fair wage in the first place.

OP is offering $18 an hour, which is very fair in my area for afterschool care of school-aged children. YMMV if you live elsewhere.

Not in my area, especially for PT.

[Anonymous]

This thread is equating a college after school babysitter with a professional nanny. We paid our professional nanny who worked 50 hours a week a guaranteed salary, vacation, sick days etc. a much higher wage than we pay our after school sitters who worked 15 or so hours a week. You are looking in two completely different pools of applicants. We did take taxes out of both salaries. We do not for a Saturday night sitters because we never hit the threshold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is equating a college after school babysitter with a professional nanny. We paid our professional nanny who worked 50 hours a week a guaranteed salary, vacation, sick days etc. a much higher wage than we pay our after school sitters who worked 15 or so hours a week. You are looking in two completely different pools of applicants. We did take taxes out of both salaries. We do not for a Saturday night sitters because we never hit the threshold.

This is a high school or college student, I presume, based on OP's original post. $18 would be low for a PT professional nanny, but very reasonable for a student, in most urban areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is equating a college after school babysitter with a professional nanny. We paid our professional nanny who worked 50 hours a week a guaranteed salary, vacation, sick days etc. a much higher wage than we pay our after school sitters who worked 15 or so hours a week. You are looking in two completely different pools of applicants. We did take taxes out of both salaries. We do not for a Saturday night sitters because we never hit the threshold.

This is a high school or college student, I presume, based on OP's original post. $18 would be low for a PT professional nanny, but very reasonable for a student, in most urban areas.

Students have other things to do after school, at least sometimes. If OP wants a firm commitment for the school year, she'll have to pay more than $18. If she wants to juggle a bunch of students, that might work.

[Anonymous]

I'd have happily worked for $18/hr gross in college. All the other jobs that fit my hours were offering significantly less than that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd have happily worked for $18/hr gross in college. All the other jobs that fit my hours were offering significantly less than that...

Know anyone?

[Anonymous]

We're paying $30+ for after school. Experienced nanny.

[Anonymous]

I get $20/hr taxed with guaranteed hours for 2.