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[quote=Anonymous]Hello Everyone,  my husband and I would love to get an advice from you on how to handle the situation we are in.

We pay our nanny who has been with us for 2 years on the books.   We gave her W-2 in January.  We paid her $37K in 2012 for one child.  WE also decided to pay her share of Social Security taxes on top of our share which adds up to what we pay for child care.  We did not withhold income tax and now she needs to pay it.   Starting in March she started talking about collecting this sum of money, mentioning she sent money to her home country to pay her property tax there, talking to my mother when she was in town about how she does not have the money, etc

Last sunday she called me asking me to change her status on W-2 to statutory employee believing this will help her not to pay taxes.  Since it is illegal, we did not do it.  I had to explain to her though that this is illegal, would not serve any purpose, etc.   Then she was asking us to reissue her W-2 with a smaller amount which we again did not do.   Since she is a good nanny to our kids and I feel sorry for her, last friday I gave her a sum of money which I believe will cover about 30% of her tax liability telling her it was a bonus for her work.   Tonight she calls telling us she does not have the money to pay the IRS and asking me to give her $3,000 tomorrow (MOnday) so that she can do it.  she was saying that she will work for free for the next month or so until she covers the debt.

My husband is quite irritated saying she can just take the money and run.  I do not think she would do such a thing.  However, I am pissed that she is trying to make this our responsibility and at the last moment while we are trying to come up with what we will be paying to IRS for her share of SSN.   I also do not like the fact that she was able to pay her property taxes in Bulgaria but trying to make her income tax our responsibility.

Am I being petty or am I being taken advantage of?  Need a reality  check here

I also should add in fairness that she is a pretty good nanny

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