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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, by law they don't issue a w-2 or 1099 if the amount paid is below the legal threshold. The sitter, in that case, is solely responsible for declaring and paying the taxes.[/quote]

OP here, and although I'm sure this won't satisfy you I do actually declare about 80% of my independent income on my taxes. My best friend is a lawyer and ESPECIALLY concerned with tax fraud so I try to do my part. When churches and corporations and oil companies start paying their fair share you might be able to convince me to declare 100%.

But though my question was really just "why do they need this" (I believe the answer was a tax credit of some kind) - I have my answer. And frankly, as another PP said, if everyone I babysat for wanted my SS# I'd stop babysitting. I've been the victim of identity fraud TWICE (side note: IRS handled it beautifully and I was really lucky it was proven so quickly and didn't collapse my finances in the meantime) and I am just not comfortable giving it out unnecessarily. I didn't even give it to the DMV and they like to pretend you have to!

So at this point I'm only trying to decide if I should respond and say I'm just not comfortable sharing such personal data or if I should just not respond (I'm the nanny who recently had major surgery - I posted some gratitude that my employers are paying me fully during the 8 week recovery period - and this family knows that and gave me a little out by saying if this was a bad time to just ignore their request...tempting).[/quote]

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