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ritadarlenern Asked December 2019

What does a family member need to do tax wise when getting paid from their mother's savings while caring for her due to her dementia?

This is in Missouri, and family member is temporarily living with the mother.

needtowashhair Dec 2019
Depends. In many cases the only tax requirement is mom will need to provide a 1099-misc to the family member and that family member will need to pay income tax on it.

A family member being paid to caregiver isn't even necessarily an employee. Unless they provide that service to others, they aren't required to pay self employment(social security) tax.

Here is the IRS guidance with examples. Q1 seems most apropos to this situation.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/family-caregivers-and-self-employment-tax

Katiekate Dec 2019
The federal IRS requires tax withholding...and social security/Medicare withholding. Probably need to do the state taxes too

the easiest thing is to look up a small payroll company (dozens on the internet). They will process the payroll cheaply. Since there is only one employee it is pretty cheap and solves the whole issue painlessly
needtowashhair Dec 2019
A paid family caregiver is not necessarily an employee let alone subject to withholding of income or SS taxes.

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