Archive for December, 2008

When the Going Gets Tough, Some People Lay Off the Nanny as seen in the Wall Street Journal by Miriam Jordan

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

For over eight years, Dolores Jacobo earned her place as an integral member of an affluent Malibu, Calif., household, where her workplace is a six-bedroom, nine-bath beachfront home with a private movie theater.
Hired to be the nanny of twin 3-month-olds, she stayed with the family after the girls started school. She transitioned from pushing strollers [...]

Pay your nanny tax nominated or not Kayce T. Ataiyero | Consumerland

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Nancy Killefer’s decision Tuesday to withdraw her candidacy to join the Obama administration over her failure to pay taxes for household help puts the spotlight on a dirty little open secret in the home-help industry nearly everybody does it. Or, in this case, doesn’t do it.
The problem of neglecting to pay taxes for household employees [...]