Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
38th Edition
ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 6, Problem 16MCQ
Which of the following employees would not be exempt from Social Security and Medicare taxes on wages paid for household work?
- The taxpayer's 16 -year-old daughter
- The taxpayer's wife
- The taxpayer's 20 -year-old sister
- The 14 -year-old babysitter from down the street
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A taxpayer would be required to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for a domestic employee in all but one of the following situations. In which situation would this not be required?
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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