I wish they would start arresting employers who pay nannies off the books

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am tired of our laws protecting the criminal illegal American employers.

The victim should not get punished for reporting her perpetrator to the authorities.

Perpetrators of illegal things (illegal workers) should not get free passes just to snitch on others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am tired of our laws protecting the criminal illegal American employers.

The victim should not get punished for reporting her perpetrator to the authorities.

Your "victim" is evading taxes. Thus also a criminal. It takes two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree. I wish they would arrest and send to prison all employers who hire undocumented workers.

OK, that is just dumb and will never happen.

I wish nanny's would organize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

$18 per hour seemed sufficient in a city with a lower COL than DC. Sometimes it is not the employer's fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

+ 1,000,000. You had a hard time finding a legal nanny because you were paying and "illegal" rate. Absolutely no other reason.

[Anonymous]

A lot of "out of status" nannies get paid very well -- especially since they don't have to withhold tax. A good friend pays her the same as I pay mine -- $19/hour -- but hers doesn't have to withhold tax so it ends up a lot more. Anyway, it's not fair to the nannies who have to take out taxes -- but why is everyone talking about the "criminal employers"? I get that some are being taken advantage of -- but most that I've heard of around here (NW DC) get paid more than fairly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

I pay $10 an hour on the books (in a city way less expensive than DC). I had plenty of applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

I pay $10 an hour on the books (in a city way less expensive than DC). I had plenty of applicants.

Bet you feel really great offering pennies more than minimum wage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

+ 1,000,000. You had a hard time finding a legal nanny because you were paying and "illegal" rate. Absolutely no other reason.

Did you see my previous post? We offered $18 an hour, on the books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

+ 1,000,000. You had a hard time finding a legal nanny because you were paying and "illegal" rate. Absolutely no other reason.

Did you see my previous post? We offered $18 an hour, on the books.

Offer more. What aren't you understanding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

+ 1,000,000. You had a hard time finding a legal nanny because you were paying and "illegal" rate. Absolutely no other reason.

Did you see my previous post? We offered $18 an hour, on the books.

Offer more. What aren't you understanding?

Sigh. This is why I really dislike this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Undocumented" and "paying off the books" are unrelated concepts. Many American nannies prefer to be paid under the table. Many undocumented or unauthorized workers pay taxes on their income (I certainly did when I was working illegally, and so did my employer). I am tired of assumptions that illegal workers don't pay their taxes.

Yes this. We had a terrible time finding a nanny willing to be paid on the books and ended up having to find another form of child care instead.

You should have offered more salary.

+ 1,000,000. You had a hard time finding a legal nanny because you were paying and "illegal" rate. Absolutely no other reason.

Did you see my previous post? We offered $18 an hour, on the books.

Offer more. What aren't you understanding?

If she was used to earning 20 or 25 on the books, you'd be out of luck.

[Anonymous]

How smart, you send them to prision and all the expenses will come from your packet later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of "out of status" nannies get paid very well -- especially since they don't have to withhold tax. A good friend pays her the same as I pay mine -- $19/hour -- but hers doesn't have to withhold tax so it ends up a lot more. Anyway, it's not fair to the nannies who have to take out taxes -- but why is everyone talking about the "criminal employers"? I get that some are being taken advantage of -- but most that I've heard of around here (NW DC) get paid more than fairly.

Because the employers of off-the-books nannies are breaking the law - thus making them criminal employers. The nannies are criminals too but this thread is about the employers.