Is it unreasonable to ask that taxes be withheld for part-time sitter?
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Anonymous
| Desperately trying to hire a sitter for the school year for my two children. 12-15 hours a week. As far as as I understand, taxes should be with held after 1,800. Are we being unreasonable to think we can find someone? Yesterday I interviewed a perfect girl but the interview quickly ended when she said she wanted to be paid in cash. Any guidelines on how to go about finding this person or what is reasonable to ask/expect would be appreciated. |
Anonymous
| It's more than reasonable, but it may be more difficult to find someone. Be sure it's listed in your ad and mention it before setting up an in person interview. Finding a good sitter or nanny is hard, regardless of your specific criteria, and you should be doing a lot of weeding out. |
Anonymous
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Not unreasonable but expect to pay a slightly higher hourly rate to offset this. Your candidates are likely choosing from a variety of PT jobs, many of which will be paid under the table.
I make $2/hr more at sitting jobs where my income is taxed. |
Anonymous
| Ok. OP here. Thank you for the honest replies. The search continues... |
Anonymous
| Get a professional and offer a good rate. Every professional nanny should want to follow the law. She should be a woman, not a girl. Good luck, OP. |
Anonymous
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Agree with PP that you're going to need to be prepared to offer a higher rate. Take a look at some other PT ads for afterschool sitters and look at the rates. Those jobs are most likely under the table, and that is what you're competing with. If they're offering $15/hour cash, your $15/hour pretax isn't attractive.
If you can't/don't want to up the rate, consider offering benefits that most afterschool jobs don't, like guaranteed hours, paid holidays, some PTO, etc. |
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| Part time nannies will be looking for higher pay or perks that make it worth being taxed. |
Anonymous
| OP here again. Thanks again for the responses. So, for example, 18 per hour, taxed... too low? Maybe offer perks like guaranteed amount of hours per week, regardless of how many I need? Or part PTO? |
Anonymous
| Plus, college students get better grants if they don't have any income. That factored into my jobs when in college. |
Anonymous
| Plus, college students get better grants if they don't have any income. That factored into my jobs when in college. |
Anonymous
$18/hour taxed sounds like a good rate, along with guaranteed hours. Most afterschool jobs pay in the $13-$15/hour range, so $18 pre tax is definitely attractive. If you aren't getting bites with that, it may be something else. Make sure it is clearly stated in your ad that you require someone legal to work, and be willing to be paid legally. |
Anonymous
| I had no trouble finding a college student for $15/hr taxed. It was a little slower finding one with the right schedule, but it worked out. |
Anonymous
Its so lovely to see that there is always someone here to advocate paying caregivers less. OP is prepared to offer $18 but who cares about the caregiver? She should try to pay as little as possible! |
Anonymous
Yeah, she's the forum troll who can't afford a nanny at any price. But she keeps hoping she can convince Cinderella Nanny that getting crumbs is a fantastic deal. |
Anonymous
PP was just relaying her experience. |