Oh! Horrors! Nanny Tax Dept. 0
And this surprises us how?
My guess is that, in many cases, this happens through ignorance and laziness, not through cupidity.
Anyone who has a profession tax advisor, though, has no excuse:
That means that, at a minimum, tens of thousands of Americans fail to pay the tax – but experts in the field say that the number is probably much higher.
“It’s hard to estimate how many nannies are working, because the vast majority are paid off the books,” said Michelle LaRowe Conover of the International Nanny Association, the umbrella organization for in-home child care.