NHG question re: paying nanny

[ktzmoh]

I know this should be on MM, but I am kind of skeered of them.

If you have a nanny, what service do you use to pay them/ help with the tax forms and how do you like it? Anyone use Intuit?

[downtoearth]

I had a friend use Intuit to pay her nanny, but she also used it for her business, so it was a write off. Not sure how much it cost for the payroll part (she was the only employee in her business).

I also know someone who used something like payroll chex or nanny chex or chex something. I'm not sure how she liked it, we were just talking once about grammatically incorrect words and she mentioned she hated that her nanny online pay system wrote "chex" for "checks."

[heygrey]

Mm really isn't a scary place! Post on mm moms subboard, they will have lots of gret advice.

[Deleted]

Do you have a regular accountant for your normal taxes? I'd just ask them (or the payroll specialist) in their office to do. It's not as much as you think it is.

We used to do all of our own employee payroll/paperwork/taxes etc. It wasn't that complicated but it was a time suck to know end and stressful making sure the never ending tax code changes and paperwork forms were up to date.

[ktzmoh]

we don't have a regular accountant. We probably should but we were in grad school until recently and our taxes were always super straightforward. Now with the house and income it's getting more complicated, but we've been able to manage so far. But the nanny tax thing seems like it's just going too much of a headache and a PITA to do ourselves.

[ktzmoh]

Jun 25, 2013 15:46:22 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Mm really isn't a scary place! Post on mm moms subboard, they will have lots of gret advice.

I didn't actually know they had a subboard. Thanks, I posted there.

I guess I'm intimidated because I always assumed MM was filled with people that have their financial houses in order and we are still getting our feet on the ground KWIM?

[heygrey]

Jun 25, 2013 18:17:22 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

I guess I'm intimidated because I always assumed MM was filled with people that have their financial houses in order and we are still getting our feet on the ground KWIM?

lol. no. 

i'd say, give the nature of the board, most people who hang out there know *how* to have their financial house in order, but many are far, far from "perfect". on the average day there is more encouragement for frivolous spending than there is for savings. but if you have questions it is seriously the best place to ask and learn. a bunch of knowledgeable and completely unintimidating ladies, come hang out :-)