What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
Brother-in-law and sister "hired" my mother to take care of my niece. They never filled any paperwork or paid her taxes. They only wrote "baby sitting" on the checks they gave her. When we moved to a new apartment, we had to fill an affidavit of support because the landlord did not consider those "baby sitting" checks as coming from an employer. Henceforth, the checks had the memo "support" on them. That affidavit of support was sent to the social security office as proof that my mother was not actually working--my sister was not paying her social, taxes, etc.
Now that my brother-in-law is filling out the taxes, he wants to report the money he "paid" my mom (those checks that read "baby sitting"). Will there be a problem here? S.S. has been notified that all the money is "support." The income-subsidized apartments have my mother as receiving support.
The problem I see is that there is no formal documentation that my mother was "employed" by my sister. She was not an independent contractor, they never paid her taxes like I stated. What should we do?
Brother-in-law and sister "hired" my mother to take care of my niece. They never filled any paperwork or paid her taxes. They only wrote "baby sitting" on the checks they gave her. When we moved to a new apartment, we had to fill an affidavit of support because the landlord did not consider those "baby sitting" checks as coming from an employer. Henceforth, the checks had the memo "support" on them. That affidavit of support was sent to the social security office as proof that my mother was not actually working--my sister was not paying her social, taxes, etc.
Now that my brother-in-law is filling out the taxes, he wants to report the money he "paid" my mom (those checks that read "baby sitting"). Will there be a problem here? S.S. has been notified that all the money is "support." The income-subsidized apartments have my mother as receiving support.
The problem I see is that there is no formal documentation that my mother was "employed" by my sister. She was not an independent contractor, they never paid her taxes like I stated. What should we do?