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Reporting income for babysitting my grandchildren

jrhowde — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:12:08 GMT

I am trying to report my income that my daughter paid me for babysitting her children in her home while she worked in 2021. She did not issue me a W-2 or 1099. No taxes were paid by either of us. She claimed the Dependent Care credit

IRS Publication 926 seems to say that I am exempt from paying self-employment taxes on the income since I am her parent, but I still don't know how to report the income on my taxes. I have been instructed from the chat tax assistants to report the income on a Schedule C, but according to the IRS Publication 926, it doesn't seem correct.

Any help is appreciated!

Re: Reporting income for babysitting my grandchildren

FangxiaL — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:43:43 GMT

You can report it as other income. Follow these steps:

Open or continue with your return
Click on Show more next to Less Common Income under the Income & Expenses section
Click on Start/Revisit next to Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C
Click on Start next to Other reportable income.

Re: Reporting income for babysitting my grandchildren

jrhowde — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:51:11 GMT

Thank you for your response. So the information from IRS Pub. 926 was correct in the fact that I do have to pay federal taxes, but not self-employment taxes? By reporting as Misc. Income I would only be paying federal income tax, correct? I want to make sure that I am doing this correctly and will not have an audit finding in the future or that it messes up the credit that my daughter received.

Re: Reporting income for babysitting my grandchildren

Rainman12 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:32:33 GMT

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