You should have had a clear meeting of the minds before you started paying this babysitter and should have gotten the SSN or Tax ID at the beginning. Did you just spring the news that you are entering her earnings on your tax return---and she had not planned for it for her own taxes?
That being said....you can enter the amount that you paid for childcare and the sitter will be responsible for reporting that income on her own tax return. She will pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare, and perhaps ordinary income tax.
Or....did the sitter come to YOUR home? If the sitter came to your home, she was a household employee if you paid her more than $2600 in 2023 and you were supposed to withhold tax and issue a W-2 to her.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/considered-household-employee/L...
https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/pay-taxes-pay-household-emp...
If the child care was provided in the babysitter's home (or somewhere other than your own home)
When a childcare provider will not give you a SSN or Tax ID
If they still refuse to provide an EIN or SSN, send your provider a W-10 (Request for Taxpayer Information and Identification Number). You can get a copy of the W-10 by clicking here: W-10 Form & Instructions Complete as much of the form as you can and send it via certified mail (after making copies for yourself).
If the provider does not respond within 10 business days, you can still file your return. However, you won't be able to e-file. Print and mail in your return, along with an explanation and a copy of the W-10 you sent your provider.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin
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