The original poster was asking if their dog walker/pet sitter is a household employee.
Clearly if the dog walker/pet sitter has their own business, thats a different question. But in the original post it was simply mentioned that they paid over $3000 in one year to the person they hired to pet sit walk their dog. Based on this basic information, it can be gleaned that:
*the hiring person controls the work
*the work takes place in their home
*the home/pet owner supplies the leash, collar etc
Unless the OP says differently, the pet sitter is an employee. Full stop.
Furthermore, Intuit tax professionals shouldn’t be giving the wrong information, as one of the previous repliers did. (Lena H is the Intuit tax professional employee who gave bad information).
