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All employers of nannies - do you now or will you pay your nanny based on gross amount instead of fixing a net amount as it appears

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watchthisspace · 22/09/2009 12:32

taxes will almost certainly rise. I have always paid net mainly because all agencies and nannies (thus far) seem to demand it this way. But given the uncertainty surrounding the inevitable rises income taxes I would be interested in finding out if more employers will pay nannies on a gross basis..

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lobsters · 22/09/2009 13:27

I've just hired a nanny, her contract states gross, and I always discussed gross with agencies. I was just pig headed in all my conversations and every time they started talking about a net weekly rate, I asked them to convert it to a gross rate.

LadyMuck · 22/09/2009 13:04

Am in London and never had difficulty paying gross.

bertieboo · 22/09/2009 12:56

I currently pay my nanny net, but when she has been with us for a year I will ammend her contract so she is paid gross.
All the nannies I have interviewed expect to be paid net so they "know exactly how much they will be getting each week". (Yes I do also pay them weekly.....)

GreenBlack · 22/09/2009 12:39

Have paid gross for last 3 years. The only time I paid net, for a temp for 3 weeks, I ended up paying her student loan on top of her tax & NI (about which I didn't know until contacted by tax office) so I won't be doing that again.

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watchthisspace · 22/09/2009 12:38

totally agree but it London it appears net seems to be the norm for now. Even all the major agencies in London quote net and the nannies expect it too. I am in the process of hiring a new nanny and want to fix on gross but have already hit significant resistence.

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LadyMuck · 22/09/2009 12:35

Have always (so for the last 8 years) paid gross. Paying net is a pain in the bum.