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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the only way you can get in trouble is if you leave any type of paper trail.

If you pay your nanny in personal checks, but still do not report it on your taxes, then that may come back to bite you in the ass, most esp. if your bank shows you wrote out these checks to a certain person on a regular basis.

Also if you have a verified written contract that is signed by both you and your nanny.

[b]However, in reality no one really ever gets caught and thus prosecuted by the IRS for paying a nanny off the books, except those in the limelight. I.e., politicians, celebrities, athletes, etc.[/b]

Even if you were to be audited by the IRS, it would be tough for them to prove that you were paying someone under the table as a working nanny unless you has a signed contract. Just the regular personal checks would not be sufficient proof that you were paying a nanny unless you actually wrote "Childcare" on the checks themselves.[/quote]

That is absolutely untrue. People get "caught" all the time, it's just that it isn't newsworthy. Being caught has mostly financial implications. The employer becomes responsible for 100% of FICA (whereas if they had been withholding, it would be split 50/50 between the employer and employee), back unemployment taxes, fines, etc. 
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