Paying your parent's caregiver,set up the right way.
Hiring an in-home aide for an aging parent usually makes your family a household employer — typically with your parent as the employer and you managing it for them. KinPayroll gets that structure right and handles the taxes, the W-2 and Schedule H, and the year-end medical-expense packet. Estimates only — confirm your situation with a tax advisor.
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The nanny-tax tools weren't built for an aging parent.
Paying an in-home caregiver directly makes your family a household employer — but senior care has its own wrinkles most payroll tools ignore.
Your parent is usually the employer
When you arrange care for a parent, they're typically the legal household employer — even though you handle everything. That decides whose EIN, W-2, and Schedule H are used. Confirm your case with a tax advisor.
The forms land on someone
An EIN, a W-2 for the caregiver, a Schedule H at tax time — the household-employer paperwork has to go under the right person's name to hold up.
There's a deduction many families miss
When care is medically necessary, part of what you pay may count toward the medical-expense deduction — with clean records and if you qualify. Confirm with a tax advisor.
Cash can complicate Medicaid later
Undocumented cash leaving a parent's account can look like gifting during a Medicaid look-back. On-the-books payroll is the paper trail that helps protect their eligibility.
Not sure what you'll owe — or save?
Estimate the employer taxes and the medical-expense deduction you may qualify for — about two minutes, no account.
Estimates only — confirm with your tax advisor.
It's not just senior care.
Anyone you pay to work in your parent's home is a household employee — and the tax rules are the same. Pick yours and we'll walk you through it.
Senior caregiver
Paying an in-home aide for your aging parent — the case KinPayroll is built around, start to finish.
Family member
A relative you pay to provide care. Some family wages are treated differently — the calculator helps you see your situation.
Learn moreNot sure? The tax calculator works no matter who you employ.
Common questions
Usually your parent, even though you arrange and pay for the care. Legally your parent is typically the household employer, so the EIN, W-2, and Schedule H generally go under their name. KinPayroll sets this up for you. Situations vary — confirm yours with a tax advisor.
Set your parent's caregiver up right — in about the time it takes to write one cash check.
Start free, see exactly where you stand, and capture the deduction you may have been missing.
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Advisors — elder-law attorneys, care managers, planners: get in touch.