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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They have to pay taxes on their stipend, educational stipend, a portion of their cell phone, a portion of their car insurance, a portion of their gas, meals out, vacations, etc. [/quote]

No AP is paying taxing on a portion of their meals out, vacations, car insurance or any of that stuff.  Give me a break.[/quote]

They don’t report it as income, nor do HF.  Therefore they don’t pay taxes on it.[/quote]

Um, yes. They do. [/quote]

Who in their right mind tracks every meal out, the percentage of car usage when AP is off the clock, AP’s portion of vacation, portion of cell phone used when off?  Come on...[/quote]

How are you rationalizing that this is not taxable as income?  Crazy.[/quote]

Unless you make it clear to the AP during matching that all extras will be taxed AND give the option to forego all the extras, I don’t think it should be taxable.  As I asked before, how do you track the percentage of the car wear and tear that is work versus free time (work isn’t taxable), the percentage of cell phone use that is work (not taxable) versus personal use, AP’s portion of vacation?  Meals out are the easiest (IMO), because all you’d have to do is request one check for AP, one for you, and hold onto the receipt for AP (if you pay it).  Of course they pay taxes on their stipend, since it’s traditional income, and the educational stipend is easiest enough to add on as well.

But I think it’s very disingenuous to list all of the above as taxable income AFTER AP has come here, with the expectation that they will be treated like part of the family (au pair=on par).  Would you really list anything more than the weekly stipend and educational amount as income for your adult child or niece/nephew?[/quote]

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