Sometimes when an aide fills in for a day or 2 it is sometimes a hassle because they do not want to wait for a check to arrive in the mail. ( it is often people we do not know and often never see again) I prefer to not keep blank checks in mom's house and bother the regular aide to write one to relief aide. I do not live there. So I am looking for something that is relatively safe. My reading has stated to ONLY use the phone apps with someone you know. Any suggestions? This is an ongoing headache and prevents me from being able to remove all blank checks from the house.
We are living in very dangerous times. Trust nobody.
It takes one to two days for delivery directly to their account.
It sounded to me like the query was for that very occasional, temp fill-in, not someone you might be paying regularly.
If you don’t pay any one person more than $600/year you don’t have to file anything or provide them a 1099. Just keep a journal as to their time, date and name.
As to paying in those situations, almost every bank in the country provides a Quick Pay service; most use Zelle as their software source, and the banks all interconnect via Zelle.
If you have a smart phone or mobile banking, you do it with that. The money is in their account, if they have a bank account somewhere, within minutes, not days. There is a small amount of set-up they do on their end for the first transfer but after that is it all quick and easy, and no cost at the majority of banks.
Some have mentioned Venmo and I think the younger crowd uses that a lot but I’m not a member of that club 😁
You can do most everything the bank does right from your phone. I love it