Nanny taxes, from the pay log you already keep
Drop a year of paychecks to your nanny, housekeeper or sitter. Nannytally works out social security, Medicare and FUTA, fills in the Schedule H lines and each employee's W-2 boxes, and flags what needs a look — before the February 1, 2027 W-2 deadline. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
How it works
- Drop your pay log (CSV or Excel, one row per paycheck) — or try the sample, or download the template.
- Pick the tax year and whether you withheld the employee's 7.65% or paid it yourself.
- Read the checks, then copy the numbers into Schedule H and each W-2. With Pro, get every employee's W-2 boxes, the paycheck ledger and the Excel workbook.
Why Nannytally
For families who pay a nanny, housekeeper, babysitter or caregiver themselves and want the year-end nanny tax numbers without a $50–$75/month payroll service.
From the log you already keep
One row per paycheck — a spreadsheet, a Venmo or bank export, a notes app copied into Excel. Columns are matched automatically; several files and sheets are combined.
Schedule H, line by line
Social security and Medicare wages and tax, Additional Medicare, federal income tax withheld and FUTA — the numbers for Schedule H (Form 1040).
W-2 boxes 1–6 per employee
Ready to type into the SSA's free Business Services Online W-2 form, with noncash wages and an employee share you paid yourself handled the way Publication 926 says.
The thresholds, applied
The $3,000 cash-wage test per employee (2026), the $1,000-a-quarter FUTA test, the $184,500 wage base, and exemptions for a spouse, parent, your child under 21 or a worker under 18.
Checks before you file
Someone close to the threshold, duplicate paychecks, negative corrections, rows from another year, the W-2 and Schedule H deadlines and the January 15 estimated payment.
Print or export
Print the Schedule H and W-2 worksheet, or with Pro export the W-2 boxes CSV, a paycheck ledger with withholding and net pay, and an Excel workbook.
Simple pricing
Free for the Schedule H totals, every check and one employee's W-2. Pro for every employee, the paycheck ledger and the workbook.
Free
- Any number of paychecks and employees
- Schedule H totals and every check
- W-2 boxes for 1 employee, with a footer
- No signup, nothing uploaded
7-day pass
- 7 days of Pro, no subscription
- W-2 boxes for every employee, no footer
- W-2 CSV, paycheck ledger, Excel workbook
- For W-2 and tax-filing season
Pro Monthly
- Every employee, every household
- Check the numbers each quarter
- All exports
- Cancel anytime
Pro Yearly Best value
- Everything in Pro
- Quarterly estimates and year-end, all year
- Costs less than 6 months of monthly
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Tools & guides
- Nanny tax calculator for 2026
- Schedule H, filled in from your paychecks
- Do I Owe Nanny Tax in 2026? The $3,000 and $1,000 Tests
- Filing a W-2 for Your Nanny: Boxes 1–6 and the February Deadline
- Paying Nanny Tax Through Estimates or Withholding (Jan 15 Payment)
- A do-it-yourself alternative to HomePay
- Nanny taxes without a monthly payroll plan
FAQ
What does Nannytally do?
It reads a year of paychecks to household employees and works out the federal nanny tax numbers: social security and Medicare (FICA), Additional Medicare, federal income tax withheld and FUTA for Schedule H (Form 1040), and boxes 1–6 of each employee's Form W-2. It doesn't run payroll, pay anyone or file anything.
Is my data uploaded?
No. Your file is read by JavaScript in your browser tab and never sent to us or anyone else. Names and pay aren't stored, so closing the tab clears them. Settings can be saved in this browser.
Do I owe nanny taxes?
For 2026, if you pay one household employee $3,000 or more in cash wages, social security and Medicare are due on all of that person's cash wages (it was $2,800 for 2025). If you pay $1,000 or more in cash wages to household employees in any calendar quarter of 2025 or 2026, you also owe FUTA. Wages to your spouse, your parent, your child under 21 or an employee under 18 (unless household work is their main job) are exempt from social security and Medicare.
What are the rates?
Social security is 6.2% from the employee and 6.2% from you on wages up to $184,500 in 2026; Medicare is 1.45% each with no limit, plus 0.9% Additional Medicare withheld from the employee on wages over $200,000. FUTA is 0.6% of the first $7,000 per employee if you paid your state unemployment tax on time and your state has no credit reduction.
Which files can I use?
CSV, tab-separated or Excel with one row per paycheck: employee, pay date and gross cash pay. Noncash wages, federal income tax withheld and an exempt column are optional. Download the template to see the layout.
What's free?
Importing any number of paychecks, the Schedule H totals, the quarter totals and every check, plus W-2 boxes for one employee on screen and in print (with a footer). Pro shows and prints every employee's W-2 boxes without the footer and exports the W-2 CSV, the paycheck ledger and the Excel workbook.
What isn't covered?
State income tax withholding, state unemployment tax and state new-hire reporting, getting an EIN, filing W-2s or Schedule H for you, and business employers (who use Form 941 and 940 instead). Names, SSNs and addresses go on the real forms — Nannytally never asks for an SSN.
Is this tax advice?
No. Nannytally applies IRS Publication 926 and the Schedule H instructions to the data you provide. Ask your tax adviser what applies to your household.