Find another caregiver . I get people who want Venmo when Housecleaning or massage therapists who Only want cash . Then there is pay pal and that gets hacked and No one you can talk to when the account is hacked .
I'd pay nothing. No cash, cash or anything. If she does nothing, she gets paid nothing. Tell her she's not needed. However, if you ever do find an aide that helps and is reliable, pay that caregiver by check. Make copies of all checks and try to keep good records. I kept an excel spreadsheet on all caregiver expenses. Then I'd put in the tax return under long term care expense deduction. Good luck with finding someone else. Sometimes it takes a while and you might have to do trial and error. You'll know after a couple days to a week if someone will work out. Good luck and hugs.
So you have a caregiver who's injured herself but "doesn't help" and you're looking for a way to avoid paying to help her get better, and now she wants to be paid in cash but you don't want to pay her in cash. Is that right?
How is this caregiver arrangement working out for you? It certainly doesn't sound like it's working out well at all.
Just hold up the white flag of surrender and let her go. Find someone who's agreeable to being paid properly so you don't get audited by the IRS. There's 80k more agents now, in case you haven't heard.
You actually should be deducting taxes from her check. Tell her no, thatvyou need a paper trail. If she does not like that, she can leave. Then hopfully you leave. A when hired help starts making demands like this, time to show thembthe door. If the live in is not doingbtheir job, then fire them. If not prior written agreement was signed, you may need to evict them.
The more I hear about live-ins the less I would want to go this way.
Momma's housekeeper wanted me to pay her cash but I did not like it. I also used her for a couple of extra hrs during the week to wash momma's clothes and make sure momma's bed was clean. I wrote her a check out of the trust. Housekeeper than told me that she wanted to be paid on day of service and if my check was late (I had to mail it) that she was going to charge a 10% fee. Also told me if it bounced she was going to charge me a $32.00 bounce fee. The bank only charged a $26.00 bounce fee? She was going to charge more than the bank? She only stayed a couple more months and then quit.
Why in the world are you employing someone who is not doing their job? Whether you paid in cash or not is not the point (although, I would NOT pay in cash--I'd set up a regular account that takes out taxes and SS)--but paying someone for doing nothing?
That's bonkers, and you know it!
You don't have to justify why you don't pay in cash.
How is this caregiver arrangement working out for you? It certainly doesn't sound like it's working out well at all.
Just hold up the white flag of surrender and let her go. Find someone who's agreeable to being paid properly so you don't get audited by the IRS. There's 80k more agents now, in case you haven't heard.
The more I hear about live-ins the less I would want to go this way.
They want cash so as to avoid a paper trail and the IRS.
Just say "no".
That's bonkers, and you know it!
You don't have to justify why you don't pay in cash.