The Lamonica v. Safe Hurricane Shutters Inc. (11th Cir., 11-15743, 3/6/2013) ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court confirmed that a worker's immigration status has no bearing on the worker's right to sue to recover unpaid overtime pay. The decision affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the undocumented workers that awarded unpaid overtime and damages.
Topics: domestic employer legal responsibilities, nanny overtime
Parents of younger school-aged children dread the summer holiday. Mom and Dad still need to go to work - what are their summer child care options?
Topics: summer nanny
Topics: nanny work agreement, nanny contract
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the new I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form March 8, 2013. This immediately replaces the prior version with an expiration date of August 2012.
Topics: nanny payroll, employment authorization
Personal finance expert Jane Bryant Quinn recently discussed the "nanny taxes" on the popular TV show The Street - stressing that these are not just for nannies! We have posted often about the obligations of families who hire cleaning ladies, maids, and senior caregivers to report and pay the employment taxes. The IRS recently announced an IRS Nanny Tax amnesty program, promising stepped up enforcement going forward.
Topics: elder care, senior caregivers, babysitter nanny tax, housekeeper, cleaning lady, maid, nanny, companionship services
Nanny taxes are due with the family's personal income tax filing - April 15th this year. The Associated Press recently published this primer for families who employ household workers, consulting with HomeWork Solutions in the preparation of the article.
Direct hiring of senior caregivers by families continues to increase, and families have questions about minimum wage, overtime and whether to pay the elder caregiver when they are sleeping. US News and World Report recently noted that "by a 9-to-1 ratio, people prefer to stay in their homes as they get older rather than moving into an institution." They often become household employers as they hire individual home-care workers to help them age in place.
Topics: elder care, senior caregivers, companionship services, companionship exemption, senior home-care workers
There is good news for household employers who pay their nanny or senior caregiver "on the books." These employers are often eligible for tax savings on their personal income tax returns. And these tax savings often go a long way towards offsetting the household employer taxes they paid!
Topics: nanny payroll tax, nanny tax, nanny taxes, nanny health insurance
Federal legislators are scrambling to raise revenues and lower expenses to reduce deficits, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is under considerable pressure to improve tax collections. Employment taxes, including the "nanny taxes", are estimated to be undercollected by $73 -78 Billion per year.
Topics: babysitter nanny tax, nanny payroll tax, nanny tax, household payroll tax
You are responsible to file and pay household employment taxes for all individuals to whom you paid $1800 or more last year in conjuction with your personal income tax return.
