Do any of you pay your teens to help in your daycare? I've been looking all over the internet for a student minimum wage, but all I can find is the one that says you can pay a youth employee under 20 years old $4.25/hour for 90 days, then it has to go up to the regular minimum wage. There are days that I don't even make minimum wage!! I can't afford to pay my kids that. I want to be able to claim those employee wages so it doesn't look like I'm making more than I am (and have higher taxes) but I would have to take taxes out of their pay also, and not sure if the IRS/DOL would do anything if I'm paying them less than min. wage. BTW, they are almost 16 and almost 14.

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