Children as employees or contractors?
My daughter is 14 and wants to help out in the family business. Should she be an hourly worker? I know kiddos can’t sign contracts under a certain age. Most of our people are contractors.
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*Not a cpa, and this is not tax advice But ask your cpa how to set this up. If you put her on as a w2 this may impact how much you can pay her per hour and max hours she can work. It could also impact your state unemployment rates. If she is hired as a model/marketing/photographer/influencer you may be able to write her a check outside of payroll, up to a certain limit tax free (I think its up to 15k in 2025) and can write a check 1x a year. How you structure it depends on your entity type (LLC, S-Corp, Schedule E etc). Best to run it by a CPA to get the best tax benefits.
Hope that helps!