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Childcare provider questions

I started providing child daycare in 2024 in my own home to supplement my husband’s income as we weren’t making ends meet. We file married filing jointly. I am not licensed and I provide childcare for a few families. I had no idea that this would require me to pay extra taxes. I am in process of filing application for EIN as have been told it really isn’t safe to give out your SS number. Does my tax responsibility go by income from each individual family, or is it a total of all families for the year? Does that even make a difference? I really don’t know how to proceed with entering my info into my turbo tax. I don’t have W-2 for myself and don’t see why I would need it. Right now I feel overwhelmed. The amount from all families for the year would be approximately $7,000. I hope you can understand my question.

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Childcare provider questions

You have self-employment income.  And....you are required to pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare, and perhaps some ordinary income tax.   You also need to prepare a Schedule C for your business expenses.   Are you spending money on food and snacks for the children?  Toys, games, craft materials, etc. etc.?  

 

Get a Tax ID  (EIN)  so that you will not need to give out your SSN to the clients whose children you cared for.  They are going want to enter the amount they paid you on their own tax returns if they were working so that they can get the childcare credit.  The amount of income you claim to have received is going to have to match the total those people report to the IRS.

 

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-to-apply-for-an-ein

 

If you have self-employment income for which you will pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare,  you will need to use online Premium software or any version of the desktop software download so that you can prepare a Schedule C for your business expenses.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922

 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/small-business-taxes/the-home-office-deduction/L1RZyYxzv

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/self-employment-taxes/self-employed-expe...

 

 

If you live in a state with a state income tax, you might need to make estimated payments to your state.

 

 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/self-employed/

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/business-taxes/discussion/self-employed-don-t-miss-these-tax-moves...

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/enter-schedule-...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/payroll-additions-deductions/qualify-qua...

 

 

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
RobertB4444
Employee Tax Expert

Childcare provider questions

You have a small business and it's a child care business.  Depending on the state that you are in licensing requirements can be a lot.  You need to find out what the license requirements are for your state.

 

You are going to need to issue statements to the parents of all of the kids that you watch in order for them to take a deduction for child care for paying you.  That's what the EIN is for.  They need that number for the deduction.  The statement needs the name of your business, the address, the EIN and the total amount paid for each child for the year.  Your social security number will work for this but like you said that can lead to problems.

 

To enter this on your taxes you'll scroll down in the 'Wages and Income' section until you get to 'Business Items'.  Click on 'start' next to 'Business Income and Expenses' (the first one).  The system will ask you questions about your business and you will answer each one carefully.  

 

@Jane4619 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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