Hi there,

I'm Alex, and I built NannyKeeper because I couldn't find a nanny payroll service that felt worth the price.

When my wife and I hired our first nanny, we discovered that doing it “the right way”—with proper tax withholding, pay stubs, and a W-2 at year end—meant paying $75/month to a payroll service. For one employee.

I'm a software engineer, so I understood what these services actually do under the hood: apply a few tax rates, subtract withholdings, generate a PDF. Important work, but not $900-a-year work. It felt like there should be a better option.

The interfaces didn't help either—most looked like they hadn't been updated in years. Clunky dashboards, confusing workflows, and support that took days to respond.

So I started building the tool I wished existed. Something modern, accurate, and priced fairly. I read IRS Publication 926 cover to cover. I learned what Schedule H was. I figured out all 50 states' tax rules. I built it, tested it, and started using it for my own family.

NannyKeeper is a small, independent product. I built it because I needed it, and I keep building it because other families need it too.

My nanny gets her pay stubs on time. Her W-2 was ready in January without me scrambling. And I pay a fraction of what those big services charge.

If you're a family who employs a nanny, a housekeeper, a senior caregiver—anyone who works in your home—NannyKeeper handles the tax stuff so you don't have to think about it. That's really all it is.

I answer every support email personally. If you have a question about nanny taxes, I probably know the answer—or I know exactly which IRS publication to point you to.

Thanks for considering NannyKeeper. I hope it saves you as much stress as it saved me.