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I paid my babysitter less than $2000 in 2017. Does that mean I do not have to give her a W-2?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
June 5, 2019
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I paid our babysitter less than $2000 cash in 2017. Does that mean I do not have to submit a W-2?

Do I have to pay any taxes on what I paid her? Again, it was less than $2000.

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Best answer by Hal_Al

Yes. If you pay a "household employee", such as a baby sitter, less than $2000, you are exempt from the "nanny tax". You do not have to pay any tax or file schedule H.

The baby sitter is also exempt from FICA (social security and medicare) tax, but not income tax.

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Yes. If you pay a "household employee", such as a baby sitter, less than $2000, you are exempt from the "nanny tax". You do not have to pay any tax or file schedule H.

The baby sitter is also exempt from FICA (social security and medicare) tax, but not income tax.

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Anonymous

No, you will not be required to issue your babysitter a W-2.

You must provide a Form W-2 if one of these is true:

You paid the employee at least $2,000 in 2017.
You paid the employee wages of any amount, and you withheld federal tax.

If you meet one of those rules, you must issue a W2 regardless of the age of the babysitter.

Level 2

With this situation, if we dont give a w2, can we still claim the<2000.00 as childcare expenses for our taxes?