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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]ok, thanks all. 
Ideally, we'd be able to find people with similar hours because I don't want it to be a situation where there's weirdness over who pays more in taxes and all that.  But I consider 38 hours "part time" just because I know a nanny's week is more than 40 hours!

Trying to figure this all out is difficult! [/quote]

There are nannies who would LOVE to have a 40 hour work week, OP.

And since you and your share partners will be paying nanny separately and filing nanny taxes separately, there should be no issues at all over taxes.

I think, since you may very well have fewer hours than the other parents, that you will be less likely to host. It would be annoying after a while for nanny to have to drag the 2nd family's kid back to their home every day. So you will be facing the am and pm task of getting your child to care.

In your shoes, I would ask for a 5 day week/short days schedule at your work, and then consider whether you want to have nanny care to also cover some hours in addition to work so that you can, for example, go grocery shopping/run errands without your child. Of course, that all depends on what your childcare budget is  - what are you looking to pay for 40 hours of care?

Ultimately, the weekly rate will determine, in great part, how much experience your potential nanny will have - not many nannies who are self-supporting with 10 years experience will agree to a $15/hour 2 family nanny share. But a novice nanny with limited formal childcare experience might be willing to accept that wage.[/quote]

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