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The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
800-555-4477 number above or 800-733-4829. To pay the de- If a worker is your employee, it doesn't matter whether the
ferred amount using EFTPS, select Payment due on an IRS no- work is full or part time or that you hired the worker through
tice. an agency or from a list provided by an agency or association.
To pay by credit or debit card, go to IRS.gov/PayByCard. If Also, it doesn't matter if the wages paid are for work done
you pay by check or money order, make it payable to “United hourly, daily, weekly, or by the job.
States Treasury.” Enter your EIN, “Schedule H,” and the calen- If you’re a home care service recipient receiving home care
dar year in which you originally deferred the payment (for ex- services through a program administered by a federal, state, or
ample, “2020”). Payment of the deferral isn't reported on local government agency, and the person who provides your
Schedule H (Form 1040). care is your household employee, you can ask the IRS to au-
Bicycle commuting reimbursements. The Tax Cuts and Jobs thorize an agent under section 3504 to report, file, and pay all
Act suspends the exclusion of qualified bicycle commuting re- federal employment taxes, including FUTA taxes, on your be-
imbursements from your employee's income for tax years be- half. See Form 2678, Employer/Payer Appointment of Agent,
ginning after 2017 and before 2026. for more information.
Outsourcing payroll duties. You’re responsible to ensure that If a government agency or third-party agent reports
tax returns are filed and deposits and payments are made, even TIP and pays the employment taxes on wages paid to your
if you contract with a third party to perform these acts. You re- household employee on your behalf, you don't need to
main responsible if the third party fails to perform any required file Schedule H to report those taxes.
action. Before you choose to outsource any of your payroll and
related tax duties (that is, withholding, reporting, and paying Workers who aren't your employees. Workers you get from
over social security, Medicare, FUTA, and income taxes) to a an agency aren't your employees if the agency is responsible
third-party payer, such as a payroll service provider or report- for who does the work and how it is done. Self-employed
ing agent, go to IRS.gov/OutsourcingPayrollDuties for helpful workers are also not your employees. A worker is self-em-
information on this topic. For more information on the different ployed if only the worker can control how the work is done. A
types of third-party payer arrangements, see section 16 of Pub. self-employed worker usually provides their own tools and of-
15. fers services to the general public in an independent business.
Paid preparers. If you use a paid preparer to complete Example. You made an agreement with a worker to care
Schedule H, the paid preparer must complete and sign the paid for your lawn. The worker runs a lawn care business and offers
preparer’s section of the Schedule H unless you’re attaching their services to the general public. The worker hires their own
Schedule H to Form 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, 1040-SS, or helpers, provides their own tools and supplies, and instructs the
1041. A paid preparer must sign Schedule H and provide the helpers how to do their jobs. Neither the worker nor their help-
information requested in the Paid Preparer Use Only section ers are your employees.
only if the preparer was paid to prepare Schedule H and isn't For more information, see Pub. 926.
your employee. The preparer must give you a copy of the re- Who Needs To File Form W-2 and
turn in addition to the copy to be filed with the IRS.
Who Needs To File Schedule H? Form W-3?
You must file Form W-2 for each household employee to
You must file Schedule H if you answer “Yes” to any of the whom you paid $2,400 or more of cash wages in 2022 that are
questions on lines A, B, and C of Schedule H. subject to social security and Medicare taxes. To find out if the
Did you have a household employee? If you hired someone wages are subject to these taxes, see the instructions for Sched-
to do household work and you could control what work they ule H, line 1a, line 3, and line 5, later. Even if the wages aren't
did and how they did it, you had a household employee. This is subject to these taxes, if you withheld federal income tax from
true even if you gave the employee freedom of action. What the wages of any household employee, you must file Form W-2
matters is that you had the right to control the details of how for that employee. However, when not subject to social securi-
the work was done. ty and Medicare taxes, leave boxes 3, 4, 5, and 6 blank on
Example. You paid Betty Oak to babysit your child and do Form W-2; only complete boxes 1 and 2. If the wages are be-
light housework 4 days a week in your home. Betty followed low $2,400 for 2022 and you complete boxes 3, 4, 5, and 6 on
your specific instructions about household and childcare duties. Form W-2, the SSA will reject your Form W-2.
You provided the household equipment and supplies Betty nee- If you're required to file a 2022 Form W-2 for any house-
ded to do the work. Betty is your household employee. hold employee, you must also send Form W-3 with Copy A of
Household work is work done in or around your home. Form(s) W-2 to the SSA. You're encouraged to file your Forms
Some examples of workers who do household work are: W-2 and W-3 electronically. If filing electronically via the
SSA's Form W-2 Online service, the SSA generates Form W-3
Babysitters Cooks Maids data from the electronic submission of Form(s) W-2. For more
Butlers Drivers Nannies information on electronic filing, go to the SSA's Employer W-2
Caretakers Health aides Private nurses Filing Instructions & Information website at SSA.gov/employer.
Cleaning people Housekeepers Yard workers

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