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What You Should Do During Your Nanny’s First Days
Here are 13 ideas for your nanny’s first days to help this transition period go smoothly, make your nanny feel at ease in your home, and lay the groundwork for a healthy work environment.
How To Conduct A Paycheck Checkup And Prevent Tax Time Surprises
Using the IRS withholding calculator can help your employee perform a quick “paycheck checkup” to help protect against having too little or too much federal income tax withheld.
Updated W-4 and Withholding Calculator Will Help Employees with Accurate Tax Withholdings
If you withhold income taxes from your domestic employee’s pay, encourage them to use the IRS’ withholding calculator and updated W-4 form to make sure they have the right amount of tax taken out of their paychecks.
Follow these Steps When Hiring In-Home Senior Care
When you hire private, in-home senior care, you may become a household employer. While this will give you more control over the employment situation, a number of tax, wage, and legal nuances come along with being an employer.
Domestic Employee Work Agreement: What to Include and When to Re-visit
The domestic employee work agreement may be the single most important document between your family and worker. It outlines the employment engagement with specific details about compensation, benefits, terms, and more.
Paying “On the Books:” How Your Nanny Benefits from Legal Pay
Your nanny benefits in a number of ways and gains protections when being paid legally. It far outweighs the small amount of money that will be taken out of their pay in taxes each week.
How Tax Reform May Impact Your Family
Recent tax reform made significant changes to income tax rates, exemptions, deductions, credits, and more. Here are the key provisions that may influence your tax liability under the new legislation.
Even Unintentional Nanny Tax Missteps Can Lead to Violations
Families who want to do nanny taxes the right way but make a mistake can still find themselves in trouble. Here are four easy – but costly – nanny tax missteps with tax, wage, and labor laws even when you’re trying to the right thing.
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