What are you trying to do? Do you mean you paid someone to babysit in your home while you worked? If so, and you paid the babysitter over $2600 in 2023, you had a "household employee" and are supposed to issue a W-2 to them. That you think they only watched tv is irrelevant. They were there taking care of your child.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/taxation/considered-household-employee/L...
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/do-i-have-to-pay-taxes-on-what-i-pay-to-my-house...
And....in order for you to get the childcare credit on your tax return, you will need the babysitter's SSN or Tax ID.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900643-what-is-the-child-and-dependent-care-credit
Federal>Deductions and Credits>You and Your Family>Child and Dependent Care Credit
If the babysitter cared for your child in her own home, then she has self-employment income and reports it all on her own tax return and pays self-employment tax. But you still need the SSN or Tax ID.
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