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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Do I Have To Pay Nanny Taxes?
Do I have to pay taxes on my household employee?
YES! Once you hire a nanny, housekeeper, or household manager, they become your employee. The IRS has recently enforced efforts to collect employment taxes. Paying your household employee "off the books" is considered a tax evasion by the IRS. Call the IRS directly for more information or call a CPA (tax accountant) for more information about employment taxes. If you sign up with Georgia's Dream Nannies, then we will provide you with informational tax brochures to use as a guide.
YES! Once you hire a nanny, housekeeper, or household manager, they become your employee. The IRS has recently enforced efforts to collect employment taxes. Paying your household employee "off the books" is considered a tax evasion by the IRS. Call the IRS directly for more information or call a CPA (tax accountant) for more information about employment taxes. If you sign up with Georgia's Dream Nannies, then we will provide you with informational tax brochures to use as a guide.
How Is Georgia's Dream Nannies Different From Other Nanny Agencies?
We handpick only the highest quality domestic professionals for your family based on your specific needs. We handle everything such as advertising, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, narrowing down selection of candidates for your position, exhaustive background checks, and so much more. Let our experience work for you!
Parents hire Georgia's Dream Nannies to eliminate the time and hassle involved in searching for a top-notch Nanny. Parents also want peace of mind knowing they did the best they could for their family.
Georgia's Dream Nannies pre-screens every applicant with thorough applications, phone interviews, and multiple in-person interviews. All of our domestic professionals undergo an extensive and complicated interviewing process before ever meeting with a family. Since we work in the industry on a day-to-day basis, we know what makes a good match!
Hiring A Household Manager In Georgia
Are you a busy parent?
Do you need help running your home while working?
Solution:
You can hire a housekeeper or Household Manager to help you! They can work either full or part-time, live-in or out. Household Managers typically have formal training. They household manager helps maintain the entire home and manage other staff within the home if necessary.
Household Managers provide a wide range of services for the family.
They can shop, book travel arrangements, manage special projects, hire and fire other staff within the home, manage household calendar events, run errands, plan events and or parties, create menus, cook, bake, wash and fold laundry, iron, care for the children, clean parts of the home, entertain, and payroll for other staff. Housekeepers typically clean the home and may do some light cooking.
Household Manager and Estate Manager hours: 30-55 hours per week (estimates only)
Hourly Rate $14 - $25 + per hour (Salary usually depends on job duties, hours, flexibility, experience, etc)
A Household Manager or Estate Manager can also be a personal assistant. She can help take care of private matters, such as organizing personal files, typing letters, answering phone calls, and so on.
How To Get The Most From Your Nanny In 2009
How To Get The Most From Your Nanny In 2009
1. Set realistic weekly goals for your nanny to accomplish with your children and the household. Make sure that you keep it to a minimum of 1-page or less.
2. Set up monthly meetings to discuss how things are going on both sides.
3. Ask your nanny for her input on the daily tasks or assignments. Does she feel that it's impossible or overwhelming to accomplish everything you are asking her to do each day.
4. Treat your nanny to an ice-cream or special treat every 3-months. Keep it small and inexpensive ($3.00 or less).
1. Set realistic weekly goals for your nanny to accomplish with your children and the household. Make sure that you keep it to a minimum of 1-page or less.
2. Set up monthly meetings to discuss how things are going on both sides.
3. Ask your nanny for her input on the daily tasks or assignments. Does she feel that it's impossible or overwhelming to accomplish everything you are asking her to do each day.
4. Treat your nanny to an ice-cream or special treat every 3-months. Keep it small and inexpensive ($3.00 or less).
Saying "Yes" To Your Nanny Or Did You Mean "No"?
Do you say " Yes" when you really mean "No" to your spouse, children, boss, co-workers, and even your nanny just so you can avoid confrontation with them.
Did your nanny just ask you for a raise? Did your nanny ask for more paid time-off on days that you need her to be working? Do you feel like no-one seems to respect or much less care about your precious time during the day?
The next time, you decide to say "Yes" remember to ask yourself these three simple questions:
What is in it for me?
Do I honestly have the time, money, and energy to do it?
Will I regret doing this later?
If you feel a true tug of emotions, then pull back and tell the person that you need more time to think about it. Let them know that you will get back to them within one day. This will give you plenty of "thinking" time to truly analyze why you might feel pressured to say "yes" when you really mean "no".
Did your nanny just ask you for a raise? Did your nanny ask for more paid time-off on days that you need her to be working? Do you feel like no-one seems to respect or much less care about your precious time during the day?
The next time, you decide to say "Yes" remember to ask yourself these three simple questions:
What is in it for me?
Do I honestly have the time, money, and energy to do it?
Will I regret doing this later?
If you feel a true tug of emotions, then pull back and tell the person that you need more time to think about it. Let them know that you will get back to them within one day. This will give you plenty of "thinking" time to truly analyze why you might feel pressured to say "yes" when you really mean "no".
Friday, December 5, 2008
How To Find A Nanny And What To Look For In One!
The child-care emergency Allyson faced a few weeks ago was a common one:
The mother of three children was desperate for child-care help after giving birth to number three. Allyson’s day was consumed of feeding the babies, changing diapers, changing baby outfits, cleaning up spills, folding laundry, running errands, returning phone calls, carrying the older two children to soccer and ballet practice, cooking meals and working on assignments from work while on maternity leave.
After an exhausting day, Allyson laid down to rest for a minute only to remember that she needed to start cleaning dinner dishes, start preparing lunches for the next school day and wash school uniforms. Does this scenario sound like your family? If you need an extra set of hands to help you, then a Nanny might be just what you are looking for to help your family. What is a Nanny? A professional caregiver that takes care of children, helps maintain the home and works part-time, full-time, or on a needed basis.
The mother of three children was desperate for child-care help after giving birth to number three. Allyson’s day was consumed of feeding the babies, changing diapers, changing baby outfits, cleaning up spills, folding laundry, running errands, returning phone calls, carrying the older two children to soccer and ballet practice, cooking meals and working on assignments from work while on maternity leave.
After an exhausting day, Allyson laid down to rest for a minute only to remember that she needed to start cleaning dinner dishes, start preparing lunches for the next school day and wash school uniforms. Does this scenario sound like your family? If you need an extra set of hands to help you, then a Nanny might be just what you are looking for to help your family. What is a Nanny? A professional caregiver that takes care of children, helps maintain the home and works part-time, full-time, or on a needed basis.
What to look for in a Nanny:
Passion for the Nanny Profession
Communication
Skills
Kind but firm temperament
Commitment Level to your family and the job.
Flexibility
Experience working with children
Creativity
Fun to be around
Emotional and Financial Stability
Great Attitude
Respectful to you and your family
Values
Morals
Great Character
Clean background check
Professionalism
Willingness to be trained
What to look for in a family:
Family with “realistic” expectations about your job duties
Treats you with respect
Reasonable with your hours and pay
Communicates well with you
How do I hire a Nanny?
I do not have time to advertise, pre-screen, check background checks, and interview candidates. The most efficient way to find a Nanny would be to hire a reputable Nanny agency with years of experience in placing Nannies. Nanny agencies know the pitfalls of the industry. In most cases, they are able to track a phony candidate through an application, phone interview or an in-person interview.
Families will pay a reasonable fee to use a Nanny Service, but you will have a better chance of a faster placement and successful placement.Why should I use a Nanny agency?Established reputation with long-term success based on previous Nanny/Family placements.No need to scroll through unqualified nanny classifiedsYears of experience finding out what works in advertising, recruiting, policies, trial-periods, guarantees, and placements.
Most Nanny Agencies will provide a thorough Nanny/Family Agreement that WORKS! Georgia’s Dream Nannies, Inc. offers its Nannies socials, Nanny Training Workshops, and orientations and even a Nanny Conference.
Most Nanny Agencies recognize a good match because they know the pitfalls of the business. All background checks completed by the agency.Please feel free to write in your questions. I will be more than happy to assist you and your family.
Article written by: Serra Deville, CEO of Georgia’s Dream Nannies, Inc.
Georgia’s Premier Domestic Placement Service.
http://www.gadreamnannies.com/
Office (770) 517 – 0443
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