The Nanny Tax Laws seem complicated and expensive, and I really can’t afford to pay them. Don’t most people just pay “under the table” anyway? Although household employment tax laws certainly add an ...

The following is a listing of IRS Publications, Forms and Notices that contain information you may need as a Household Employer: Publications 15 (Circular E) Employer's Tax Guide 505 Tax withholding ...

How do you get forms and publications? Once you register with the IRS as a Household Employer and obtain an EIN, the IRS usually will send you most of the forms you need for the following year, but ...

Flexible-spending accounts (FSA) offered as an employee benefit by some larger companies allow people to set aside pre-tax dollars to reimburse themselves for child-care expenses. The savings equal ...

As a Household Employer, you must keep all your records on your household employee's income and employment taxes, including Social Security, Medicare, federal unemployment taxes, federal income tax ...

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 ...