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If it’s tax free, they wouldn’t get Social Security in old age.[/quote]
by the time they are old, there would not be any Social Security.
I’m certainly not planning my retirement with Social Security in mind, I fully expect that to have imploded well before I retire.[/quote]
Similarly, if you hire a maid who sets her own schedule and uses her own supplies, that’s another case of independent contracting. But if you hire a housekeeper who provides cleaning services exclusively for you, using materials you provide at a time and in a manner you determine, says Cindy Hockenberry, enrolled agent and National Association of Tax Professionals Research Coordinator, you are in charge and must pay the taxes.
My housekeepers have always worked for many people and have been the one to determine which day of the week and which time they were available to come clean. They may use specific products that I want them to use for a specific purpose (e.g. use xyz for cleaning my hardwood floors) but other than that it’s pretty much up to them. I have brooms/mops that they can use but they are free to use their own and often do. I want the house clean…I don’t determine the manner in which they accomplish that goal.
