I paid my babysitter at least $5,000 for babysitting my children although i wrote checks to her I have no way of reporting this to the IRS so I could get a credit unless I provide them her social security # & unfortunaley she has moved out of state before providing me with her # for tax purposes.. I cant find her or anyone in her family.. Please help
2007-10-09 05:54:52 · 3 answers · asked by coco puff 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Mail her a W-9 (request for taxpayer identification) to her old address, it will get forwarded to her new address.
Did she babysit in your home, or hers? If in yours you are going to end up responsible for in home employment taxes. Watch this, it may be more expensive to claim it.
Go to www.irs.gov and search on dependent child care expenses, they will have a lot of info you need.
Good luck
last thought, for around $50 you can go to www.ussearch.com and you probably will be able to locate her and then you can send her the W-9 certified, return receipt requested.
2007-10-09 06:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See IRS Pub 503 for instructions on how to claim the credit if you don't have the provider's SSN. You must make a due dilligence effort to get the SSN and document what you did. The IRS will then allow you to take the credit without the provider's SSN.
2007-10-09 06:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is not clear what kind of credit you are expecting from the IRS. I would think you may in fact need to pay the SS tax as her employer.
If she was in fact an independent contractor then you really don't need to worry about her SS number.
2007-10-09 06:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋