Get IRS 1040 - Schedule H 2011

Use Schedule H (Form 1040) to report household employment taxes if you paid cash wages to a household employee and the wages were subject to social security, Medicare, or FUTA taxes, or if you withheld federal income tax.

When schedule H must be filed Your tax return must include Schedule H only if you pay any single employee at least $2,000 in the current tax year, or cash wages to all household employees totaling $1,000 or more during any three-month calendar quarter during either the current or previous tax year.

Use Schedule H (Form 1040) to report household employment taxes if you paid cash wages to a household employee and the wages were subject to social security, Medicare, or FUTA taxes, or if you withheld federal income tax.

You must complete this part if you were paid to prepare Schedule H, and aren't an employee of the filing entity, and aren't attaching Schedule H to Form 1040, 1040NR, 1040-SS, or 1041. You must sign in the space provi- ded and give the filer a copy of Schedule H in addition to the copy to be filed with the IRS.

Do You Have an Employer Identification Number (EIN)? If you have household employees, you will need an EIN to file Schedule H. If you don't have an EIN, you may apply for one online by going to IRS.gov/EIN. ... Don't use a social security number (SSN) in place of an EIN.

Household employees include housekeepers, maids, babysitters, gardeners, and others who work in or around your private residence as your employee. Repairmen, plumbers, contractors, and other business people who provide their services as independent contractors, are not your employees.

Businesses are allowed to take tax deductions on their employee payroll expense. ... (The IRS considers nannies to be direct contributors to the household, which means families can deduct their nanny's wages as a childcare expense on their personal tax return).

Businesses are allowed to take tax deductions on their employee payroll expense. ... (The IRS considers nannies to be direct contributors to the household, which means families can deduct their nanny's wages as a childcare expense on their personal tax return).

The IRS requires anyone with household help, such as a nanny, babysitter, or housekeeper, to pay taxes. You'll need to pay Social Security, Medicare, FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) and federal and state income tax if their annual pay crosses over a certain threshold, which as of 2017 was $2,000.

The plumbers, electricians and babysitters you occasionally hire, for example, are independent contractors who take care of their own employment taxes. Household employees commonly include housekeepers, maids, nannies and babysitters if you control which tasks they're responsible for and how they complete them.

The 2019 nanny tax threshold remains unchanged from last year. The Social Security Administration recently released its 2019 nanny tax threshold. Next year's coverage threshold for household employees remains at $2,100, which is unchanged from 2018.

A household employee is an individual who is paid to provide a service within their employer's residence. Employers choose what kind of work a household employee does and how they will do it. Some examples of household employees (or household workers) include babysitters, nannies, and gardeners.

Independent caregivers are considered household employees, and household employees are considered non-exempt employees.

A business may pay an independent contractor and an employee for the same or similar work, but there are important legal differences between the two. For the employee, the company withholds income tax, Social Security, and Medicare from wages paid. For the independent contractor, the company does not withhold taxes.

If you have household employees, you will need an EIN to file Schedule H. If you don't have an EIN, you may apply for one online by going to IRS.gov/EIN. You may also apply for an EIN by faxing or mailing Form SS-4 to the IRS. Don't use a social security number (SSN) in place of an EIN.