do au pairs pay income tax?

Au Pair Confused: How much income to report for taxes?

by cv harquail March 11, 2013

Dear Au Pair Mom– I’m confused about Income Taxes. I am a second year Au pair who extended with a new family. Last year (2012) I worked 51 weeks and my host mom paid me $200 every week instead of $195.75. She declared $200 on her tax files. What number am I supposed to declare? I […]

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Au Pairs and Income Tax

by cv harquail March 9, 2013

Every year around this time I feel a creeping dread. Anytime now, my DH is going to ask me for receipts from my charitable contributions, any random pay stubs from freelance work, and those so called ‘records’ that I keep of medical copayments ‘n stuff. Because it’s time to file our income tax statement. Uck. […]

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Do Au Pairs have to pay income tax?

by cv harquail February 22, 2010
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I never really thought much about whether Au Pairs have to pay US income taxes. I always thought that one of the benefits of using an Au Pair Agency was that the agency somehow dealt with that? Or maybe they don’t make enough money really to have anything to pay? I honestly don’t know what […]

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