Method of paying your therapists

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Hi everyone,

Hope you all can shed some light on this one. We are in the process

of forming our first therapy team in order to kick off our in-home

ABA/VB program.

I spoke to my accountant today to ensure I do everything

appropriately for tax purposes (for me and for the therapists). Here

is what he told me: he said that the legitimate way to handle this

is to consider myself an employer and the therapists employees. In

other words, I need to pay employer payroll taxes and have W2's

issued at year-end. He indicated that once we show our ABA expenses

as a medical deduction on our taxes, it will most likely result in an

audit of these expenses since they will be so large in comparison to

our income. We could then be penalized for not paying employer taxes.

I don't intend to start a small panic here, but I've never heard any

other parent mention that they are following a process like this to

pay their therapists. I would appreciate any input on this from

those of you who are funding your own ABA program.

Thanks!!