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After quitting my UPS job when my grandmother was diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer’s, I threw myself into taking care of her and her son full-time. They both have special needs. This caused me to financially depend on their income seeing how I provide around the clock services, transportation, and everything else. I was hoping somebody knew how to convert income to wages that would allow me to have provable income?

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To those attempting answer to Jackson:
Please see his other post today.

@Jackson,
When writing us a question please make ONE post and include all information. As you can imagine, anyone attempting to answer THIS question-- when your other one involves your grandmother being removed from your care and your retrieving her, and your wish to make lawsuits against those who placed her in care--would have a hard time getting together any answer.

Please see an attorney.
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You file your tax return and list what she has paid you and pay your taxes on it, that's how you show it as provable payments. Easy peasy!
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An important piece of helpful info from you is whether you are the PoA for either of your relatives? It is tricky for family caregivers to be paid and NOT have it appear as "gifting" in the eyes of Medicaid, which your Grandma has a high probability of needing. If/when she needs LTC, and her assets are paid down so that she meets the financial qualification, then Medicaid will cover the cost of her LTC (medical portion) and her SS income would cover the cost of her custodial care (room and board portion). After that, Medicare covers hospice. So, if all your income is comig from these 2 elders, this may put you in a tricky situation -- including and assuming you live in her house. If you are not her FPoA then IDK how you are paying yourself right now, legally. With advanced ALZ she will not be able to legally assign you or anyone to this responsibility. This means you'd need to pursue guardianship for her through the courts, and this can cost a few thousand dollars (which can come out of her funds, if she has it and you win guardianship or conservatorship). If you achieve this then you'd need to consult with an elder law attorney to see if you can legally pay yourself for her care. If the care of 2 needy elders overwhelms you (which is extremely common and why caregivers come to this forum) then you'll need to hire aids, which is costly. Or, if you wish to transition her to MC then this is also very expensive and you may need to sell her house to pay for it. And then there's her son... same issue if he is not able to assign a PoA. If you aren't their PoA and you can't afford/don't wish to pursue guardianship then it's very possible they will get court-assigned 3rd party legal guardians who will then take over all their care, decisions and management and you will be out of the loop, and may be out of a home. I'm giving you a worst-case scenario so that you see the entire picture. But maybe you are their PoA and this would make things so much easier. For your actual question, you will need to do your own paycheck withhold that complies with your state's rules, as well as year end tax filing, which can be found online, or you can consult with a bookkeeper. You need to make sure you put into your own SS and Medicare for you own future. This is how all contract workers do it. If you pay yourself in cash, then you will be shorting your future self. Please go into this with your eyes fully open so that you don't shoot yourself and your relatives in the foot.
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