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Housewives who employ help around the house on a regular, basis have an important mailing j chore to perform before January 31, according to Mrs. Hazel F. ^ Crumpton, social security district, manager in Winchester. ‘ It is the late fall quarterly j report of wages and the social ^ security contributions paid on ( those wages, he said. The' payment-due by the end of { January for the months of October, November, and( December-covers all household ^ employees who are paid cash wages of $50 or more by one employer in a calendar quarter. )
Contributions are based only on cash wages. Cash or tokens . given to the worker for car fare count as wages. But the room and board allowance for a “live-in” domestic employee does not ( count. I
The worker and the employer each contribute 4.8 percent of the worker’s wages to social security. The tax rate beginning 1 January 1, 1971 is 5.2 percent. In some cases, the employer may choose to pay the entire 9.6 1 percent contribution himself. But ! it is the employer, Mrs. Crumpton 1 pointed out, who is responsible under the law for making the reports.
More than a million household workers-maids, cooks, cleaning women, gardeners, handymen, and babysitters-are earning social security protection through the wages reported for them, she said.
Information about social security for household workers is
87.4%