Recommend your nanny payroll/tax service

Zista · January 2011

For those with nannies on the up-and-up...

Do you use a service? Which one? How much? Likes/dislikes?

Thanks!!!

Irishsapphire · January 2011

I did it myself. It was a lot of work and a lot of googling. We had a part-time nanny for July and August.

I had the government send me W-4 forms, and I had the nanny fill it out. There is also an I-9 form for employment verification.

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

Publication 926 was the most helpful.

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

I used the paycheck calculator to figure out withholding taxes on this website and print out a paycheck stub.

https://www.4nannytaxes.com/calculator/taxcalc.cfm

I ordered W-2 and W-3 forms from the government. I just sent in my W-2 and W-3 to the government at the end of the year. And I sent my previous nanny a copy of the W-2.

I set up a master business license with Dept. of Licensing so that I could pay quarterly state unemployment taxes. I went to an office close to downtown, and they helped me fill it out. It cost me $15.

https://www.dol.wa.gov/business/file.html?homebox

Last step for us is Schedule H for our taxes.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sh.pdf

There are different websites out there that will do nanny payroll/tax service. I am thinking that www.4nannytaxes.com has a service.

https://www.4nannytaxes.com/services/

Zista · January 2011

Wow, thank you! Especially for the state unemployement tax.

I've seen a couple services out there, but really don't know how to compare. If I don't find one soon, this will save me a TON of work. Thanks!

kaskade · January 2011

IrishSapphire:

I did it myself. It was a lot of work and a lot of googling. We had a part-time nanny for July and August.

I had the government send me W-4 forms, and I had the nanny fill it out. There is also an I-9 form for employment verification.

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

Publication 926 was the most helpful.

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

I used the paycheck calculator to figure out withholding taxes on this website and print out a paycheck stub.

https://www.4nannytaxes.com/calculator/taxcalc.cfm

I ordered W-2 and W-3 forms from the government. I just sent in my W-2 and W-3 to the government at the end of the year. And I sent my previous nanny a copy of the W-2.

I set up a master business license with Dept. of Licensing so that I could pay quarterly state unemployment taxes. I went to an office close to downtown, and they helped me fill it out. It cost me $15.

https://www.dol.wa.gov/business/file.html?homebox

Last step for us is Schedule H for our taxes.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sh.pdf

There are different websites out there that will do nanny payroll/tax service. I am thinking that www.4nannytaxes.com has a service.

https://www.4nannytaxes.com/services/

Good resources. We got a license with the state and did it all ourself..of course now we have an in-home employee business license but no nanny We were able to do everything online or by fax, and avoided going in to any offices.

seattlestef · January 2011

We also got our business license and do it ourself. My husband met with our accountant for a few hours to make sure we set it all up right, but now we have it in a spreadsheet so we just have to enter in the hours and it calculates everything for us.

The payroll services I found seem to run around $1200/year so this has definitely been a huge area of savings for us!

Zista · January 2011

Thanks all, I'm going to attempt it myself. Wish me luck!

EKrish · July 2011

GTM is a great company! If you end up needing a place to call, try them - they've been a lifesaver to my family.

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