Until 1994, if you paid a nanny, babysitter, a gardener, or any other household employee more than $50 in any calendar quarter, you were obligated to withhold FICA contributions from that person's ...

Filing Schedule H and Paying the Federal Government Typically, household employers are required to report to the federal government once a year at tax time (April 15th) by filing a Schedule H ...

By no later than January 30th, you are required to give a Form W-2 ("Wage and Tax Statement") to each household employee you hired the previous year. You are required to give each employee a W-2, ...

If your household employee will earn $2,800 or more this year (as of 2025), you must withhold Medicare and Social Security taxes, commonly referred to as FICA. If you will pay your household employee ...

Although the issue of compensation is generally between you and your household employee, the government sets certain minimum standards. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum ...

Once you have verified that your household employee can legally work for you, your next step is to register with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a Household Employer. You do this by completing ...

Can your household employee legally work for you? This issue is all too often overlooked but should be one of the first questions you ask a potential employee. It is unlawful to employ, or continue to ...

How Can NannyPay Help Me? Since 1997, NannyPay remains the leading payroll software tool specifically created by household employers for household employers. Whether you chose the desktop or "c ...

NannyPay Has Been Helping Families For Over Two Decades If you are a first-time household employer, you've probably already learned that finding the "right" nanny or other household employee is a ...