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[quote=Anonymous]Hi there! I nanny for a family who told me that I would have to take care of my own taxes when I started with them. They never had me fill out any paperwork and I had no idea that they wanted me to work 'under the table' because this is my first job in the US. And I just assumed that they meant that I will have to pay my taxes myself at tax time instead of them withholding for me.

Come tax time, I kept asking them for a W2 so that I could start filing but they kept brushing me off, when I kept asking they tried to convince me that I don't need a W2 but a 1099 and when I told them that I did indeed need a W2 they tried to tell me to not file ANY taxes at all! Or if anything, just a 1099 because that would be for my own good and I could save so much money and so on. They just tried pushing me into something I wasn't willing to do. They also told me that if they had to pay taxes now then they'd lower my pay. And they kept complaining how they had so many bills to pay and how they have no extra money like that  :shock:

When they finally realized that I was insisting on a W2 and I wouldn't have it any other way, they said they hired a payroll service and since it was so last minute and so much paperwork, they had to pay around $500. They showed me some receipt for that for just a quick second but I can not remember what exactly it said.

Anyway, then they said that I could continue to work for them but I would have to split the cost for the payroll service. So they want me to give them about $250 for that.
Are they right about this? They said they are because they assumed that I am working under the table and I assumed I was not. And had they known they would never have hired me because it was too costly....
What should I do? Pay the money or not? [/quote]

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