I hired my mother as a household employee, and paid her $X in all of 2024, via Zelle payments every month. She also has some interest income from her foreign accounts. She is not taking care of any children. As I understand it, since she is my parent, I don't have to deduct SS or Medicare from the wages I paid her monthly, and nor do I have to issue her a W2. But now, how does she report the wages ? She tried reporting it as "self employment", but that shoots up the tax owed, and based on the discussions I have seen here, I understand that she has to report it as "wages not reported on w2". But where in TurboTax does she report these wages ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated !
