MtnBiker
Senior Member
No it isn't. The sitter as incured earned income, she performed a service to gain monies. A person wanting to give his own money to his heirs should not be interfered by the government. Would you support legislation that required everyone to pay a death tax regardless how large or how small the estate was?jillian said:Try another example.... I earn X dollars a week and pay 40% tax on it. I have a full time sitter who gets $300 a week. She's supposed to pay taxes on that $300 a week. The argument that it's double taxed is a fallacious one.
jillian said:Things are double taxed all the time (e.g., If I sell goods, I pay sales tax on them when I buy them for my store...then when you come into my shop, you pay sales tax again).
Not true, if you are conducting business in such a manner there is a better way, contact your state for a Tax ID number. I wholesale thousands of dollars of product everyday to businesses and collect no tax on them, however my customers do collect tax when they sell to the end user.