Do you charge when the parents are on holidays?

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I charge same every week. Client pay for place not attendence. When I first opened, I did not charge but one Christmas lot of client have family stay and child home with family and I not get paid much that week. Learn hard way that this not the way to go.

I have 10 day personal too. I not call it vacation or sick because those are entitlement of employment and we not entitled to it being self-employed. If use those terms, can cause some issues with whether we employee or self-employed. I avoid using those term.

[kindertime]

I have 10 day personal too. I not call it vacation or sick because those are entitlement of employment and we not entitled to it being self-employed. If use those terms, can cause some issues with whether we employee or self-employed. I avoid using those term.

Not sure that's right, strictly speaking. Back to the CRA booklet, it states;

Generally, you are a self-employed individual if you control:

■ the number of hours you work;
■ the places and materials you use; and
■ the way you carry out your daycare duties.

You can claim daycare expenses on your income tax return if you report self-employment income earned from running a daycare.

Generally, you are an employee if the parent:

■ specifies the work to be done;
■ specifies the working hours; and
■ supervises your work.

I don't think it would matter what you call your days off (closed) if you are the one who is determining when they happen, you are in control, not the parent and still considered self-employed.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/p134/p134-14e.pdf