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Holiday nannies?

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quaranta · 17/06/2008 21:45

I am going away for a week without my DH. Not very good but the ways things are due to his working away a lot. I want to take someone to help me with DS1 and 2 ( 3 and 1) .. anyone do this or done it ? Where do I look?

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FourArms · 24/06/2008 21:55

Emailed you

algieash · 24/06/2008 21:32

please email alice dot grattan at gmail dot com

FourArms · 24/06/2008 21:11

Do you have a contact email, or shall I CAT you?

algieash · 24/06/2008 21:10

FourArms (and anyone else interested!) I'm going to Dartington Summer School (near Totnes) and will have space for live-in, but equally happy if local for live-out. Would need 7 days a week for 2.5 weeks in August, with a lot of flex on hours as schedule may vary over the Course.

FourArms · 24/06/2008 21:03

Algieash - can you be more specific about where in South Devon? Anywhere near Plymouth? Live in or out? Monday-Friday?

algieash · 24/06/2008 20:40

I'm also looking for someone to look after my DS (3) and DD (1.5) while I attend a summer course in beautiful South Devon for the last two weeks of August.. might anybody (frannikin, juneybean) who expressed interest in going to france be interested in South Devon instead?!

nannyL · 21/06/2008 09:01

I have done a few holidays with people who i used to babysit for

(the past for years i have usedup 2 weeks of my choice holiday to go away with them on cruises .... and LOVED every minute!)

frannikin · 20/06/2008 22:40

I think I just told them that I was a student and temped for different families in my school holidays. They asked me if I could choose whether I worked or not, which I can, as long as it's agreed in advance.

AtheneNoctua · 19/06/2008 13:19

But, don't you think it's a bit much to hire someone to go on holiday with you for a week? And I'm not condoning it.

I'm not talking about people who have long term nannies.

catepilarr · 19/06/2008 12:10

athene, people find it easier because most of these dont know anything about how the taxing is done and dont want to know. plus they feel they dont want to pay money to inland revenue or who ever on top of their nanny wages.. or some people just like to cheat out of principle.

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frannikin · 18/06/2008 14:55

Jura - what's the IR35 loophole?

I just told the tax office I was self-employed and they sent me a letter saying I was. I did it because I don't work permanently (can't, I'm a student!)

AtheneNoctua · 18/06/2008 14:40

Yeah, I've already confessed the error of my way in the nannytax quote.

But, that's okay because I think EVERYONE should have the pleasure of employing domestic help.

I wonder why people find it easier to pay cash in hand... I mean I really just can't figure it out.

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poshtottie · 18/06/2008 14:23

I have done temp work as a nanny and am self-employed though do mostly maternity posts. I only work occassionally, approx 4 months of the year.

AtheneNoctua · 18/06/2008 14:20

According to nannytax, even a temp nanny has to have tax paid for her. I though establishing the job as permanent was one of the criteria for classing you as an employee. But, it appears not according to nannytax.

I might learn something new here today.

Temporary:
You must pay your nanny's tax and NIC even if she is only employed by you on a temporary basis. Generally speaking a nanny does not fit HMRC criteria for self-employment status and so it is your responsibility as her employer to ensure that tax and NICs are deducted from her salary. In some cases nanny agencies put temporary nannies through their own payroll, but you need to find this out. If nanny claims to be self-employed make sure to get written confirmation from her tax office.

Anyway, as Imananny has already pointed out. If she get on a plane to France for a week and you give her some cash, no one is ever going to know.

frannikin · 18/06/2008 14:09

I'm a uni student so I don't do it full-time, although I'm graduating this year and going back to being an employed nanny. The way things are it's highly unlikely I'll hit the £5k in a year. I'm only SE because my mother's a tax commissioner and she said I had to. Plus I can deduct insurance etc from it apparently - but I have to work out how to do that.

imananny · 18/06/2008 13:54

frannikin, if you are a temp nanny, therefore se how on earth do you survive on 300 a week (if you then pay tax out of that)

as i said a one off pay cash and if IR enquire, you didnt work that week and you went on holiday (to france)

frannikin · 18/06/2008 13:54

Catepilarr - you are correct if the contract is subject to the laws of the UK (like mine is).

Technically you could employ them under the conditions of the country you're going to but I wouldn't recommend that for France as it gets VERY complicated.

orangina · 18/06/2008 13:50

gumtree.com

AtheneNoctua · 18/06/2008 13:50

But that assumes that she is "hired", and hence an employee.

catepilarr · 18/06/2008 13:40

not arguing but think if a uk citizen hires someone and travels abroad with him/her uk law still applies

AtheneNoctua · 18/06/2008 13:36

Fannikin sound like a very good candidate to me. :-)