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Also I believe you need special paper to print out the W2 or something bizarre like that. And of course I never remembered it a and would forget to call for several days. That took about an hour every year because the password resets every three months and you have to CALL between 9-5 to reset the password if you can’t remember it. I registered with social security as an employer and generated the W2 based on data from the accountant. Then in April, I told my accountant her take home pay and he calculated what her gross salary would have been with all the withholdings. That takes about 20-40 minutes each quarter. That times 2.7 percent is what we had to send quarterly. We had to file an online return of sorts stating what she had been paid for unemployment insurance. I googled unemployment insurance and found a link to create an account as a household employer. Registered with the state for unemployment insurance. 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