C26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13,1981 STATE COLLEGE Are you among the increasing number of working mothers who has small children? If so, you probably have been faced with hiring good child care. Dr. James Van Horn, Ex tension family sociologist-at Penn State, feels it is important to be aware of the laws that apply to the employment of child care-givers. How much are you willing to pay for quality child care? Our children are extremely important to us, says Van Horn, yet the wages paid to care-givers either in our home or in another’s home or center are often extremely low. If you hire a babysitter to care for your children in your home on a regular basis, you may be required to pay that person the minimum wage ($3.35/hour). If your babysitter works for you and other parents more than 20 hours per week, if income from babysitting is your sitter’s main source of sup port, or if the sitter spends more than 20 percent of her time in your home doing household chores as well as watching children, you are required by law to pay minimum wage. Short & Intermediate Term Farm Loans BROWNSTOWN AGRI LOAN CORP. ROBERT N. ZOOK President ★ All Steel Construction ★ 58'of feeding area ★ Equipped with: slide away hitch to prevent cattle from injury BARTVILLE WELDING SHOP > Rt. 1, Christiana, PA (at Bartville) 17509 This does not apply to teenagers working as sitters temporarily until they enter some other job, or to elderly persons who do not depend on sitting for their main income. But, Jf you employ someone who uses babysitting as a career, he or she is entitled to the minimum wage. The U.S. Department of Labor-publishes a booklet that explains these rules: Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standard Act (WH Publication 1282). If you pay more than $5O in 3 months to a sitter in your home you are considered an “employer”. Therefore, you must pay Social Security taxes for your sitter. The booklet, Child and Disabled Dependent Care (Publication No. 503) from the IRS explains how to do this. Both you and your sitter need to contribute 6.65 percent of the wages. You do not need to pay Social Security for teenage children who sit for you, or, in most cases, for your mother and father. Your IRS office can give you more information on how to do this. You may be entitled to a deduction on your federal income (Subsidiary of The Brownstown National Bank) Main & State Sts. Brownstown, Pa. 17508 717-656-2951 ★ Ideal for feeding steers, cows, heifers, etc. ic Ideal for feeding hay, silage, grain, etc. ★ Easy to tow behind tractor, pickup, etc. Child care deserves good pay Serving Lancaster And Lebanon Counties LEROY ZIMMERMAN Rd 2, Box 314 Ephrata, PA 17522 717-859-3118 tax for child care expenses. If you pay someone to care for your child under 15 in your own home, in the provider’s home, or in a day center or preschool, you may be able to deduct up to $4OO of these expenses ($BOO if you have more than one child under 15) from your income tax each year. You must be using child care in order to work or actively look for work. The IRS publication. Child and Disabled July milk price set at ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle Atlantic Order Market Ad ministrator Joseph D. Shine today announced a Class I milk price of $15.39 per hundredweight for July, 1981. This price is down three cents from the June price but is 95 cents above the July, 1980 price. Order No. 4 prices are announced for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat, f.o.b. plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia, and also within 75 miles from the nearer of LONG JOHN BALMER INSULATION MPmuiM I ManMm.PA ' (717)665-4132 TRACTION TORQUI *l70 95 Size 14 9x24,4 Ply Rating Plus $5 22 FET and reusable trade PRICES SHOWN ARE GOODYEAR SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICES SI ■ELOW FOR HIS PRICE AND Cl SEE YOUR INDEPENDENT DEALER FOR SERVICE BUCK Wenger Implement Co. Ph. 284-4141 LH. Brubaker, Inc, Shotzberger s Farm Machinery 397.5179 Ph. 665-2141 Goodyear Tiro* Distributed by P. Lebzeiter A Son Co., Lancaster Dependent Care (No. 503) explains who is eligible lor this deduction and how to claim it. If you suspect that you may have been entitled to a deduction on your federaWncome tax during the 1977,1978, or 1978 tax year you may file an amended tax return. Obtain more information on this from your IBS office or by calling their toll free number in your area: 800- Washington or Baltimore. There is also a 6-cent direct-delivery dif ferential applicable to producer milk received at plants located within SS miles of Philadelphia. Shine announced a Class II milk price of $12.51 per hundredweight for May, 1981 and a butterfat differential of 16.9 cents for the month. The Class II milk price is down six cents from the previous month-while the butterfat dif ferential is unchanged. These class prices are based on Insulation For Life Ot Structure • Fully Insured • free Estimates We Can Do The Job Now PIT On-The-Farm Tire Service Is Just A Phone Call Away... H»lps Reduce Downtime! 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Your standard liability insurance may not be adequate to cover such a person in case of injury or accident. $15.39 the May, 1981 Minnesota- Wisconsin manufacturing milk price of $12.61 per hundredweight adjusted to a 3.5 percent butterfat content. The USDA reported that the wholesale price of Grade A Butter at Chicago for May was $1.4731 per pound and the nonfat dry milk price was $.9362 per pound, f.o.b. plants in the Chicago area. C. M. HIGH CO. 320 King St •Motown, M 17067 Phon*. 717-666-7544 Grumeffi Farm Service Ph. 786-7318 R.S. Hoffinger 4 Son Ph, 285-4534 / II
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