I’d appreciate if you could help me. I’m a private piano teacher and teach at home.
one of my student’s parent asks me to give her my SSN since she tries to file her child’s piano lessons as “childcare expense”.
I’m not sure if piano lessons are deductible, but she says that she is going to file other activities for her child such as soccer etc.
in this case, is she going to file her expenses for piano lessons or other activities as babysitting? And, do I need to give her my SSN as a piano teacher?
Also, is there any way that I can avoid giving my SSN to her (like just giving her receipt)?
I don’t really feel comfortable with giving my SSN to my students parents.
