Welcome to the complicated world of household employment.  If you are a first-time household employer, you will quickly learn that dependable employees are not only expensive but hard to find.

Finding a trustworthy, competent household employee should be your first priority.  But families who choose to hire their own household employee will also need to wrestle with "nanny tax" provisions, Social Security regulations and sometimes even immigration laws.

NannyPay software is designed to make compliance with tax laws easier.  NannyPay will automatically calculate federal, state, and local withholding taxes; enable you to print pay stubs, withholding and employer liability reports, Schedule H and federal Forms W-2 and W-3.  See Using NannyPay Software for a detailed description of the program's features.

NannyPay's detailed and easy to understand "Employer's Guide" -- prepared by people with first hand experience grappling with the nuances of the "nanny tax" laws -- provides insightful tips and guidance for "paying by the rules."  To make life even easier, the NannyPay software package includes many necessary Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms, as well as phone numbers of state revenue departments and  unemployment compensation agencies.

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