Deductions & credits

You do not withhold or pay social security and Medicare taxes from wages you pay to:

  1. Your spouse,
  2. Your child who is under age 21,
  3. Your parent, unless an exception is met, or
  4. An employee who is under age 18 at any time during the year, unless performing household work is the employee's principal occupation. If the employee is a student, providing household work is not considered to be his or her principal occupation.

Since sister is not listed as an exception, you must withhold Soc Sec and Medicare.

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc756.html

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