If for some reason the owner has not done so and the house has functional or structural problems or a poor hygienic environment, the owner should own and solve the problems. The taxes could have legal implications if you set up the business as a solo home cleaner and then hire people to work for you. Expectations placed on OSHA could include legal issues. As a boss, there are things you should know – should be the key word. However, if you hire employees, it « should » become mandatory training under the state`s « right to know » laws. Once you`ve been examined and punished, there`s a very good chance you`ll stay on the IRS radar in the future. This means that the decisions you make today in your cleaning business could be with you for the rest of your life. Read on to find out why revenue reporting is important and has benefits, and how you can be sure to start your business in the most legal way possible. So, before you make any progress in your business, do your homework. What legal questions do you have for the next step? Discover them and solve them.

I`m not trying to scare you, and I`m not trying to stop you from starting a cleaning business. If your housekeeper is self-employed, she is responsible for her own taxes and you don`t have to worry about withholding the payments you make to her. A housekeeper is self-employed if she works for more than one client, sets her own schedule, and provides her own supplies. She works alone – you might tell her you want her to clean the bathrooms, but you don`t tell her how to do the work. She could advertise her services to a number of clients, and she chooses what work she takes on and when to fit the work into her schedule. Many families try to classify their weekly housekeepers (biweekly, monthly) as independent contractors. In the vast majority of cases, this is a total legal fiction. The IRS and the Department of Labor will generally consider this misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor and collect both taxes and a penalty equal to the tax owing (lump sum damages). According to the Government, services provided by a person for remuneration are considered employment. unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the government that the individual is free from the essential direction and control of the employer unit. The independent contractor rubric generally only works if the worker is properly integrated into the trade, bound and authorized, and complies with the « business formalities ».

Your solo insurance includes your commitment and liability insurance. You may need to amend your policy if you hire additional cleaners to include some form of workers` compensation or disability insurance. Again, this depends on how you set up your cleaning service and the terms you agree to. Are your cleaners considered employees or independent contractors? « I spent a year cleaning a woman`s house. I worked Monday to Sunday from 10am to 9pm. She only paid me $100 a week. It is less than $2 an hour. I had recently arrived in this country and I needed work. Now that I know my rights, I know that such treatment is not fair. It is crucial that we respect the rights of all workers and ensure that everyone has a fair and dignified job.

A Form W-2 must be completed if employees are involved. This means that if you hire other people to help you in your cleaning business, you need to make sure you have a W-2 for every employee. Since they have a lot to lose financially, they will likely have all their financial ducks online when it comes to reporting their income. If they are personally audited by the IRS and the IRS discovers that you are cleaning for them, they will check if your reports match theirs. The good news is that the worst usually never happens – and it`s never as bad as you fear. Prepare for the worst before there are legal problems, and no one is wiser. Let`s say you`re being sued by the employee and you have to sue him and fight like animals? How are you going to pay for it? With your legal budget, of course. What? Don`t have a legal budget? Oh yes, a bad lawsuit could break the bank and bankrupt you.

Well, the tenant must do a thorough cleaning before leaving the apartment and return the property in the condition in which he originally received it. If we have to draw a line somewhere, then the tenant must leave the property in good condition, but it is the responsibility of the owner to ensure that the apartment is properly cleaned and fit to live. In addition to the legal or ethical debate, a clean apartment is what everyone expects when they first enter an apartment. Hygiene is in our nature and we cannot compromise here. Someone is your employee when you set their schedule, dictate their tasks, and provide the supplies they use. If your housekeeper has regular hours in your home, you provide the cleaning products and dictate her tasks and how to fulfill them, you are acting as the housekeeper`s employer. As an employer, you must deduct Social Security and Medicare tax from your employee`s salary. You may also have to pay unemployment insurance for them, and you have the option to withhold federal income tax from their cheques. Even if you pay them in cash rather than with a check, you will need to withhold taxes and deposit them with the IRS. You must also pay the employer`s share of Social Security and Medicare taxes. Why not plan it while you`re best friends? Agree kindly on what needs to happen in this scenario. That way, when your wedding ends (and hopefully not), you have a plan.

You have removed the emotional element that turns people into goblins. Instead of destroying your business with stress and emotional chaos, move on to plan B. You share your belongings, you sign the documents and you both separate. Business continues to run smoothly. Without a plan, your acidic relationship is detrimental to your emotional well-being. Your stress without a backup plan affects your eating habits and causes you to lose sleep. Now your relationship and health slip down the drain and take your business with you. I have prepared for you a list of 63 questions that clients will ask you when they call you to clean a house. If you have an answer to each of these questions, you undoubtedly know how you run your business. You won`t inspire it and you won`t get past the cut of your pants. These 63 questions will spark ideas you haven`t even thought of and help reduce legal problems.

Finally, it`s time to use this information to market to your ideal customer. It will be especially helpful if you plan to report all your earned income to the appropriate government agencies, as you have nothing to hide! If you`re only exchanging money for cash, you might feel less comfortable with large-scale marketing because you never know who might be watching.