Guides

• Do I Owe Nanny Tax in 2026? The $3,000 and $1,000 Tests — Publication 926's thresholds for household employers: the $3,000 cash-wage test per employee, the $1,000-a-quarter FUTA test, and who is exempt.
• Filing a W-2 for Your Nanny: Boxes 1–6 and the February Deadline — How a household employer fills in Form W-2 boxes 1–6, when an employee share you paid yourself counts as wages, and the deadline for 2026 W-2s.
• Paying Nanny Tax Through Estimates or Withholding (Jan 15 Payment) — Schedule H tax is due with your Form 1040, but you can avoid an underpayment penalty by raising your own withholding or paying quarterly estimates.

Tools

• Nanny tax calculator for 2026
• Schedule H, filled in from your paychecks

Comparisons

• A do-it-yourself alternative to HomePay
• Nanny taxes without a monthly payroll plan