No. The IRS has strict guidelines on whether you should have received a 1099-NEC (self-employed). or a W-2 (employee). Usually, babysitters are household employees.
Here are some questions to consider in making the determination:
- Do the parents of the children you babysit set the schedule?
- Are you paid on a regular basis?
- Is your schedule set by the parents?
If the above answers are yes and the parents basically control what is done and how it is done, then you are an employee.
The IRS gives a great example of this in Publication 926. Example: You pay Betty Shore to babysit your child and do light housework 4 days a week in your home. Betty follows your specific instructions about household and child care duties. You provide the household equipment and supplies that Betty needs to do her work. Betty is your household employee.
The parents should have issued you a W-2 and need to in the future if you continue to be their employee.
Please see IRS Publication 926 for additional information.
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