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by toast0 782 days ago
The IRS seems to think a babysitter is a household employee [1], which makes mkrisc a household employer and subject to various requirements. Withholding for federal income tax is voluntary, but employment tax isn't assuming the total pay is over the thresholds.

[1] https://www.irs.gov/publications/p926#en_US_2024_publink1000...

1 comments

Wow. I did not know that.

It's likely 90% of the population don't follow this tax law.