Employee Tax

[adrianh]

Hi there,

I've recently hired a frail care nurse to look after my father and was wondering if anyone had any advice about what to do about tax. She lives with my dad and has food and board paid for and she earns R3500 per month with a discretionary R1500 bonus that is paid based on on any additional work done outside of her normal tasks.

Do I need to pay tax on her behalf? UIF I imagine is required but what about PAYE?

Kind regards,
Bernard

I am not knocking what you are doing - I am simply stating some facts.

My wife earns between 500 and 700 GBP per week doing the same in the UK. She says she clears R10K per week whilst working there. They earn 2x to work on bank holidays and 3 working over Christmas and New years. Of course working in the UK comes with its own issues.

The implication is that it costs much much to have an in-home carer in the UK - at least 2500 GBP