News

Workers in your home and Social Security taxes

Lisa Kohout, Social Security Acting District Manager in Lincoln Do you plan to pay a cleaning person, cook, gardener, babysitter, or other household worker at least $2,400 in 2022? If you will pay at least $2,400 to one person during the year, which may include transportation, meals, and housing, you have additional financial responsibilities to consider. When you pay at least $2,400 in wages to a household worker, you must do all of the following: Deduct Social Security and Medicare taxes from those wages.

Read MoreWorkers in your home and Social Security taxes