b'Legalpayfornanniescontinuestobeahottopicinourindustry.Formanyyears,therewasalackofinformation4 W A Y S T O Add a little bit of body textabout nanny taxes, and it was easy for this topic to simply beswept under the rug. E N S U R E Y O U Asin-homechildcareevolves,legalpayfornanniesissomething that can no longer be ignored. Being paid legally issomething every nanny should expect, but it is not somethingthat every family offers.A R E P A I D are some concrete ways that you can ensure that youHere are paid legally.L E G A L L Y Project a professional image during your interview so thatyour potential employer knows that you are serious aboutyour work. Be sure to make it clear that you expect to bepaid legally. If your potential employer doesnt want to payBY GLENDA PROPST you legally, this is your opportunity to educate them on whydoing so is not optional. Educateyourselfaboutwhyitisimportanttobepaidlegally. You dont have to know every tax law, but you doneedtoknowthatitisthelawthatyouremployerwithholds your taxes. You need to understand that eventhough having extra cash in hand seems like a great ideaon payday, as a professional, you should be making a livingwage and you should be making enough money to live onafter your taxes are withheld. Paying legally is the very firstthing an employer can do to show that they respect whatyou bring to their family. You also need to remember thatsooner or later, not paying your taxes is going to catch upwith you. It might catch up with you when you lose your joband cant collect unemployment, or when you go to buy ahouse or a car and you dont have a paper trail to proveyou are credit-worthy. If you have been paid off the booksfor a long time, it might smack you in the face when youcan no longer work and there is no Social Security for youR E M E M B E R T H A T I T I S P A R T O F O U R to draw from. Cheating the system will catch up with you.R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A S A P R O F E S S I O N A L You can count on it.T O H E L P E D U C A T E N E W P A R E N T S Haveapositiveattitude.Asaprofessional,itcanbeA B O U T E V E R Y T H I N G R E L A T E D T O insulting that employers think we dont deserve to be paidF I N D I N G A N D H I R I N G A N A N N Y F O R legally.Insteadofgettingmad,taketheopportunitytoT H E I R C H I L D . E V E R Y T I M E W E D O educate a potential employer about why it is important forT H I S , W E R A I S E T H E B A R O F you to be paid legally. It is important to remember thatP R O F E S S I O N A L I S M I N O U R I N D U S T R Y . many times, parents simply dont know the law about nannyI F A L L N A N N I E S D I D T H I S I N E V E R Y taxes until they are told. S I N G L E I N T E R V I E W , P A Y I N G N A N N I E SSharetaxinformationwiththem.TherearesomanyL E G A L L Y W O U L D B E C O M E T H E N O R M . resourcesonline,andmostofthemajornannytaxcompanieshavehelpfulprintoutsavailableontheirwebsites. Download this information and keep a printedGLENDA PROPST copy in your portfolio so that you can have it available toGlenda Propst retired in 2015 after serving as a professional share during your interviews to resolve the question of whynanny for 31 years. Although she no longer works as a nanny, it is illegal not to withhold your taxes. In addition to sharingthe industry she loves continues to look to her for wisdom, information,rememberthatmanyofthebignannytaxadvice, and leadership on all industry-related topics. Glenda companies give back to the nanny industry in a huge way.dispensesdailydosesofsupportassheguidesnannies Sharingthenamesofnannytaxcompanieswithyourthrough grief and self-care as they process the emotional employer is one way that you can make it easier for themexperience of leaving a family and moving onto a new one to pay you legally.at her popular site, Nanny Transitions.'