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
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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
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If you employ a person in your
home to give child pare regularly,'
you should consult your insurance
carrier. 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
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