The Social Security Administration has announced that, for 2019, cash remuneration paid by an employer for domestic service in the employer’s private home is not FICA wages if the amount paid during the year is less than $2,100 (same as for 2018).
See employment coverage thresholds at:
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/CovThresh.html.
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