When you hire an in-home aide directly, the IRS treats it as household employment — with real taxes, forms, and deadlines. Kin handles payroll and the paperwork, sets it up correctly for your parent as the employer, and finds you the medical-expense deduction most families never claim.
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You arrange and pay for care, but legally your parent is usually the employer. We set it up correctly so the EIN, W-2, and Schedule H land where they belong.
Social Security, Medicare, FUTA, state unemployment, quarterly deadlines. Miss one and the penalties stack up. We calculate and remind so nothing slips.
Caregiver wages can be deductible as a medical expense — often thousands back. Most families never claim it because no one told them.
See your employer taxes and the medical-expense deduction you may qualify for. Two minutes, no account.
Rough numbers are fine. Nothing is saved.
Caregiver wages: $52,000/yr
Your yearly employer cost
Plus $3,978 withheld from the caregiver's pay, and state unemployment tax (varies by state).
The deduction most families miss
You may deduct about $43,000 as a medical expense — an estimated
$9,460
back in your pocket this year.
Estimates only, not tax advice. The medical-expense deduction requires itemizing and meeting IRS conditions. Confirm your situation with a tax professional.
Your parent is the employer; you manage everything on their behalf. We get the entity right from day one.
Log hours, we calculate every withholding, and generate a clean pay stub each pay period.
We track deductible care costs all year and hand you a year-end packet for the medical-expense deduction.
W-2s, Schedule H, and deadline reminders — handled, so you can focus on your family.
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