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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.

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.

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]

Every nanny employer creates a paper trail. What mother would never, ever text, email or leave notes for their babysitters? These parents are playing with fire, and are woefully ignorant.[/quote]

Even phone logs create a trail.[/quote]

Not to mention--they can ask the nanny.  Regular payments + statements from the nanny + absence of any other child care arrangements = proof.  Plus, once you falsely deny it, you've committed a federal offense--making a false statement.  Add in phone logs, emails, and texts?

People definitely get caught.  Most of the time, they aren't prosecuted--it's handled civilly, so you have to pay the taxes that you owed, plus interest and penalties (which can really add up).  [/quote]

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