I would like to pay my mother for babysitting my kids. I know I need to give her w 2 not 1099. need to pay for her health insurance since she is considered as my employee

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I would like to pay my mother for babysitting my kids. I know I need to give her w 2 not 1099. need to pay for her health insurance since she is considered as my employee

See IRS Pub 926 on household employees.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p926.pdf

For most cases the household wage reporting limit and W-2 requirement does not apply if the employee is a parent (page 6).

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

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