Services

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Children

Everyday care
2. Stimulate children through age appropriate activities.
3. Work with children to achieve fullest developmental potential.
4. Clean up after children and self.
5. Children’s laundry
6. Maintain children’s bedrooms
7. Prepare nutritious meals and snacks for the children.
8. Transport children to outside activities.

     B. Household (Depends on the workload.
         (Children always come first!)

1. Light housekeeping, dusting, and vacuuming.
2. Some meal preparation for the family.
3. Errands/Grocery shopping

     C. Care of other children

1. Inviting other children over to play for the day is expected.
2. If out of town guests or stepchildren will be staying for more than three days and the nanny is expected to care for the children full-time, the nanny should be compensated.

Tax info

You will be quoted a net wage (i.e. the amount you will actually receive in your hand at the end of the pay period) by your nanny agency or employer. However, whether you have been quoted net or gross, it is important to understand that in reality you are always being paid a gross wage. It is advantageous to both you and your employer to agree to a gross wage (or at least to establish in your contract that your salary consists of a net wage plus employee Social Security and Medicare tax contributions and possibly income tax contributions). MANY MANY times you, the nanny, think the net payment you receive every week is after all of your tax obligations, including income taxes, while the family believes, rightly so, that they are only legally responsible for the Social Security/Medicare taxes. It is an unpleasant experience when you receive your W-2 in January to find that no income taxes have been paid in. A single nanny being paid net $400 per week would owe, at the end of the year, $1500 - $2500 in income taxes! Another important advantage of agreeing to a gross wage is that if tax rates are cut, as they have been several times since 2000, you automatically get the benefit, rather than getting the benefit (or not) at your employer's discretion.

What Happens if Your Employer Doesn't Pay the Taxes?

If you are not sure whether your employer is paying your Social Security and Medicare taxes, make some inquiries. Ask your employer for their Federal Employer Identification Number [FEIN] and a written statement of your quarterly earnings. The employer needs to report quarterly earnings to taxing authorities anyway, so this information should be readily available. Employers using a nanny tax service, HomeWork Solutions for example, can obtain quarterly earnings reports from the nanny tax service. If they don't have an FEIN they can't be paying your tax!

If you've just recently started working for them and they haven't employed before they may be in the process of setting up employer accounts. This will take 4-6 weeks, a little longer if the employers are not US citizens. Meanwhile, they will remain responsible for reporting all wages, even those paid before accounts were established, and remitting all taxes.

If you leave a job during the year, particularly if it was not on good terms, you should request, in writing, a wage and tax statement from the family. The family is legally obligated to provide separated employees with W-2 summary information, including the family's FEIN, within 30 days of a request. Bear in mind that the official form W-2 is often not available until late fall, so a written statement with all of the appropriate information will suffice. Make sure the family has your forwarding address so they can deliver the official W-2 statement in January.

Where to go for help?

There are many resources available to help the nanny understand her tax obligations. A good place to start is by calling the IRS forms office at 1-800-TAX FORM and request a copy of Publication 926. On the web, information can be found at www.4nannytaxes.com. If you worked with an agency, ask your agency representative for assistance, particularly if it involves the work agreement. Most importantly, communicate your concerns and questions with your employer. If you like your job and your employer is happy with your performance, open communication about pay matters can prevent a misunderstanding from turning into a major issue.

Information provided as a courtesy by Home/Work Solutions, Inc., The "Nanny Tax Experts." To request a free information about the "Nanny Taxes", call 1-800-NANITAX.

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