About Nest Payroll
Refreshingly easy household payroll, whether it’s for your nanny, caregiver, housekeeper or others who work in your home.
Pay your nanny on the books instantly and anytime, right from your phone with the only full-service household payroll app! It’s surprisingly easy to get into nanny tax trouble without any warning. Nest Payroll makes complying with and paying nanny taxes easy, convenient and affordable. Simply priced with no hidden fees.
Get started in under 5 minutes, and create your first pay stub and pay your nanny in seconds! Perfect for nanny shares and rated 5-Stars on the App Store!
Why do this: Most families are unaware how easy they can get blindsided. But if something happens to your nanny--you part ways, they leave, or are unable to work--they could file an unemployment insurance claim. Or, if they are injured on the job, they could file a workers compensation claim. In doing either, they will be required to identify their employer and wages. This can happen without any warning, and if you’ve been paying your nanny in cash, those wages will come under scrutiny.
Regardless of what you may have heard, if you employ a nanny (or other domestic worker like a housekeeper) and pay them over $2,200 in a 12-month period, you’re required to withhold, report and pay payroll taxes, track hours and file reports with the state and IRS. This is the legal standard regardless of how you pay them (cash, check, bitcoin…). Further, if your employee is undocumented, they’re still protected under labor laws for wage theft, and you’re still required to track hours, and withhold, report and pay payroll taxes. Nothing changes. Without this documentation, you can quickly find yourself in a pickle with tax and labor authorities.
Nest Payroll simplifies this complex process into the easiest and most affordable full-service solution available. Besides protecting your family from fines, penalties, embarrassment and reputation risk (particularly important for licensed professionals and people in leadership positions), it's great to have your household employees on the books so they have access to financial products, qualify for income-based benefits or programs (housing, college tuition), and build their safety nets (unemployment, disability, Social Security and Medicare).
Most families are surprised to learn how significantly the payroll and income taxes can be offset using the dependent care tax credit or a dependent care flexible savings account, or paying your nanny’s health insurance (or portion thereof). Feel free to hit us up to learn more or if you have any household payroll related questions.