If you employ a household worker either full- or part-time in your home, you may be obligated to pay taxes on your employee's wages. The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS (I-R-S), considers a household employee to be someone you pay for household work such as nannies, babysitters, health-care workers, house cleaners, lawn workers, and anyone else who performs work around your house.

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