Hello:

We have a nanny beginning soon who lives in MD but will be working at our home in DC. We will be paying on the books through a service provider. Our service provider told us this is very common and that we need to apply for a MD income tax withholding ID (which we have done) and a DC unemployment ID number (via the FR-500 form). As expected, applying for a DC unemployment ID number is confusing. Has anyone ever navigated this process (registering as a sole proprietorship through DC Tax to get an unemployment ID number)? I would be curious what you selected as the NAICS code (I believe Private Household) and, on the account registration screen, if you selected "Yes" to anything other than "Will you own or hold in trust any tangible property located or available for use in DC?" I just need an unemployment ID number, but naturally DC makes it much more complicated!

I have called DC Tax and there is always an hour plus long wait to talk to someone, so hoping someone here has experience with this.

Thanks.