Hiring an assistant

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My daughter is a music therapist and works the same as secondtimearound mentioned. She bills the client for her time at an hourly or program rate whether it is a facility like a nursing home, a private client who is using special services funds to pay her or whatever. They simply pay the bill and get a receipt for what they paid. She is considered a self-employed person by revenue Canada and pays her taxes and does expenses just like I do. Many people work on a contract basis such as OT, PT, Speech therapists, etc. I have a contract with my daughter to come and do two half hour sessions of music a week with my group (the two days she is in Orleans anyways and was usually just hanging out here - so now I put her to work and I am free to go do something like a tub of laundry). She bills me and I pay her - all legit. If you are hiring the person for a service then that is what you are paying her for.

If she was coming all day every day that would put it into the employee category and for sure the different rules would apply.