Paying Social Security on Household
Workers Isn't as Bad as It Sounds!
By MAX HALL
Washington ? (AP) ? Some people are getting a bit
wild-eyed over paying Social Security taxes on household
workers next year. It's not so much the money they must
pay as the mathematics. and rej tape involved.
One housewife was heard to exclaim: "I know I'd
never be able to figure it out! I do beliave I'll have to
let my maid go !"
Now just relax, lady. A group of government offi
cials had a press conference re
cently and explained what has to
be done by all concerned. And it
really isn't so bad.
If you have in your regular em
ploy a household worker (maid,
laundress, housekeeper, cook,
nursemaid, gardener, furnace man,
valet, chauffeur, and the like) you
should do ccrtain things.
First, send your name now ? or
as soon as you can ? to the Collec
tor of Internal Revenue in your
district and tell him you employ
a household worker.
The easiest way to do this is to
visit a post office and pick up a
small blue booklet entitled "Do
you have a maid?" It contains a
postcard that you can fill out and
mail. This puts you on the mailing
list.
In the case of married couples it
makes no difference whether the
husband or wife signs up as the
employer.
After you get on the mailing list,
you will receive a larger pamphlet
giving details of the program.
Next year, at three-month inter
vals, you must send to the Collec
tor an amount equal to 3 per cent
of the cash wages you have paid
the worker during the preceding
qOarter.
$Half of this payment is obtained
by deducting 1 1/2 per cent from
the Wages every payday, starting
in January. You provide the other
half yourself. Or. if you want to,
the law says you may provide the
whole 3 per cent out of your poc
ket.
An example: Suppose you have
a part-time maid and pay her $15
a week. You deduct 11/2 per cent
each week, or 22 1/2 cents. (To
take 1 1/2 per cent of an amount,
multiply it by .015. You add 22 1/2
cents to this. That makes 45 cents
a week you must pay the govern
ment. But you don't pay it until
the end of the quarter.
Since there are 13 weeks in a
quarter, your quarterly payment
will be $5.85.
Your first payment must be
mada April 30. for the January
February-March quarter.
Now,' as for filling out forms.
That will be easy.
If you ? or your husband or wife
? hdve any business employees on
| whom you are already filing Soeial
Security tax reports, the household
! worker may be simply added to
I those reports.
i Otherwise, you will use a special
I household report form.
| When you send your postcard to
I net on the mailing list, you should '
' indicate which method you prefer
; to use.
The household report form is a
! dandy. It's in the form of an on
i velope. There are only a few
| blank spaces to fill out ? mainly
the worker's name and Social Se
jcurity number, the cash wages paid
I in the quarter, and the amount of
iax inclosed.
When you get it filled out, you
put the money in the envelope, seal
it. mail it.
Not all household workers will
be covemi by Social Security. You
send no tax on a worker unless you
have paid the worker at least $50
in the quarter, and unless she (or
he) has worked for you on some
portion of at least 24 different
days in that same quarter, or 24
days in the quarter just before it.
That means about two days a week.
If you are a household worker. I
| your only task is to get a Social |
I Security card.
| Chances are you already have
; one, because of previous jobs in
industry. If so, all you do is give
your employer your Social Secur
ity number. If you have no card,
I you must go personally to a Social
| Security field office and net one.
If your town has no field office,
you may apply for a card by mail.
You get an application blank at
your local post office.
Being covered by Social Security
means that you will get a monthly
pension when you retire, after
reaching age 65. It also means that ;
if you die, your family will get
money from the government.
Film Income Checked
Rome ? (APf*? A movie in Italy
can yield anything from $100,000
to $400,000 in the first year it is
stiowq in Italy, an analysis by the
authors' society of Italy disclosed.
American movies, the report said,
had a longer average life than
those from other nations.
HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD ? Spencer Tracy
says the best actor in the would is
Britain's Sir Laurence Oliver.
"There isn't anyone In this coun
try who remotely approaches him."
declared the graying Hollywood
star, himself frequently called "an
actor's actor."
"And there's been no one since
John Barryraore died. Of course
there's Lionel, a great actor. And
Ethel. But they are 70 years old.
J The records say 72 and 71, re
spectively.)
"We have no one that compares
with Olivier. He works. He could
have signed up with a studio for
millions ol dollars and bee:i a mo
vie actor like the rest of us. And
1 don't mean that in a derogatory
way."
Tracy said some people, he didn't
specify who, "would like to kick us
Three More Firms Join
Christinas Promotion Event
Three more firms have been added
to those which are taking part in |
the Morehead City Christmas pro
motion program. They are Free
man & Nelson grocery, City Bak
ery, both of Morehead City, and
Johnson - Saunders Dry cleaning.
Beaufort.
This brings the total to 42 bus
iness concerns which are handling
tickets for the Saturday give-away
events this month in Morehead
City. Other merchants wishing
to take part may obtain tickets
at the chamber of commerce of
fice, Morehead City.
1,500 Attend Hamilton
Furniture Co. Opening
William Roy Hamilton of Hamil
ton Furniture co. termed his grand
opening Wednesday a tremendous
success. Approximately 1,500 per
sons attended.
Winners of the prizes were War
ren Grant, Hancock Park, chrome
dinette set; Mrs. James Biggs,
Beaufort, pair of table lamps; Miss
Huth Gibbs, Beaufort RFI), Gold
Seal linoleum rug; Mrs. V. J. Lin
berg, Beaufort, toaster; Mrs. T. H.
Potter. Beaufort, doll; Mrs. Ralph
Pake, 'Jeaufort. pair of vanity
lamps; William Willis, Morehead
City, ottoman.
The National Geographic Society
says many stories of sea monsters
have been traced to floating drift
i wood or masses of sea weed.
-
out," meaning screen veterans like
himself. "But there are not too
many to replace us."
He described himself modestly
as "a personality who gets over
pictures. There's a technique that
some kr.ow better than others."
What is the secret of good act
ing? Spencer said it's nothing
you can define. "Some like this
actor some like that one. But
it's like Edwin Booth said: 'I've
been an actor 40 years. If I
could relive those 40 years and
add another 40 to them. I strll
couldn't tell you what acting is."
In "Fathers Little Dividend."
sequel to "Father of the Bride,"
Tracy becomes a grandfather. How
lHoes he feel about reaching this'
career milestone? He replied
cheerfully, "It doesn't affect me
a lot one way or another."
Thoughts while sitting through
a dull preview: Bill Demarest do
ing his own fall in "Excuse My
Dust"? but insisting that a stand
by stunt man gets the $75 fee for
it . . . Joseph Cotten's look of
sweet yet manly suffering . . .
Jeanie Crain, now acting in "Take
Care of My Little Girl," saying
she'd like a little girl of her own
to take care of. She has three |
sons, wants six children all told. 1
She thinks that's "a nice, round
number." and that kids are cheap
er by the half-dozen. As sly a way
of working in a picture plug as
( 1 ever heard.
Htlp Fight TB
Buy Christmas Seals
Confusion Over Meaning
Of Werd Nay Cause Fires
Chicago ? (AP) ? Confusion
over what the word "inflammable"
means may be an indirect cause of
fires, says Dean Keefer. director
of safety engineering for Lumber
men's Mutual Casaulty co. He
points out that "inflammable"
means easily ignited and not fire
proof as many people believe.
Because Uiey are misled by the
word. Keefer says, many persons
are not careful in handling certain
canned or bottled fluids which are
easily ignited.
As a result, some national groups
working on fire prevention stan
dards have eliminated the word
from their language. Instead, they
use "flammable" to describe easily
ignited materials and "nonflam
mable" to label anything that is
fireproof.
Lignite, sometimes called brown
coal, resembles decayed wood.
i NO DEFROSTING
Never Again Any Work, Werry, Mess Fer Me
again any defrosting for me!
frost-Free d<** it aii. i
just plug it in, uae it and
kijoyit.
again any clock or dials to
eet . . . there's absolutely
nothing to touch or do!
again any frost to scrape . . ;
water to carry . . . trays, jars
or pans to empty!
?gain any defrosting worries
. . . FROST-FREE de'rosta
when -and ONLY WHEN
? defrosting is peeded!
again any food to remove!
Frozen foods- even ice cream
and frozen fruits ? stay
frozen ALL THE TIME!
refrigerator can match
Westing ho use FROST-FREE on
these five big point*. Check . . . com
pare . . . and you, too, will want to be
nee with Westinghouae FROST
FREE! Why not come in for a
demonstration today ?
?TradaMtrk
No other
you can be sure ..if it's Westin^house .
t. N. JONES
WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE
I1MT ST. - Ptaaa 24(51 K1BTMT. I C.
What's the hurry ?
Pont wont fo miss
the NEW 1951 Chevrolet!
SOUND CHETBOLET CO.. he.
ISM Anatoli at. Pboae Mt71
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
bailor! Ratariaas Hear
Talk sa Life an Boat
Mr. and Mrs. Anity Lapplc of
Englishtoun. N. J.. spoke to Beau
fort Ratarians Tuesday night on
the advantages of living on a >>nat.
The I.applos. who left Morchead
City Wedneeday morning o* thefr
yacht, ware cn rente from English
town to Florida.
They compared living expenses
aboard a boat with the cost of liv
ing in a city, and especially com
mented oa the hospitality of people
I living (long the North Cwoluw
| coaat.
I The Lapples were the guests tA
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