Household Employment Taxes
SCHEDULE H
OMB No. 1545-1971
(Form 1040)
2012
(For Social Security, Medicare, Withheld Income, and Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Taxes)
Attach to Form 1040, 1040NR, 1040-SS, or 1041.
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Department of the Treasury
Attachment
See separate instructions.
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Internal Revenue Service (99)
Sequence No.
Name of employer
Social security number
Employer identification number
A Did you pay any one household employee cash wages of $1,800 or more in 2012? (If any household employee was your
spouse, your child under age 21, your parent, or anyone under age 18, see the line A instructions before you answer this
question.)
Yes. Skip lines B and C and go to line 1.
No. Go to line B.
B Did you withhold federal income tax during 2012 for any household employee?
Yes. Skip line C and go to line 5.
No. Go to line C.
C Did you pay total cash wages of $1,000 or more in any calendar quarter of 2011 or 2012 to all household employees?
(Do not count cash wages paid in 2011 or 2012 to your spouse, your child under age 21, or your parent.)
No. Stop. Do not file this schedule.
Yes. Skip lines 1-7 and go to line 8. (Calendar year taxpayers having no household employees in 2012 do not have
to complete this form for 2012.)
Part I
Social Security, Medicare, and Federal Income Taxes
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1 Total cash wages subject to social security taxes
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2 Social security taxes. Multiply line 1 by 10.4% (.104) .
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3 Total cash wages subject to Medicare taxes .
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4 Medicare taxes. Multiply line 3 by 2.9% (.029)
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5 Federal income tax withheld, if any .
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6 Total social security, Medicare, and federal income taxes. Add lines 2, 4, and 5 .
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7 Did you pay total cash wages of $1,000 or more in any calendar quarter of 2011 or 2012 to all household employees?
(Do not count cash wages paid in 2011 or 2012 to your spouse, your child under age 21, or your parent.)
No. Stop. Include the amount from line 6 above on Form 1040, line 59a. If you are not required to file Form 1040, see the
line 7 instructions.
Yes. Go to line 8.
For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the instructions.
Cat. No. 12187K
Schedule H (Form 1040) 2012