1.   And withholding of income taxes for household help is still voluntary.

2.   Bazillion-dollar movie contracts, attentive entourages, household help galore.

3.   Because the form is signed under penalty of perjury, people who employ household help must choose between declaring the taxes due and lying to the government.

4.   A tricky question is who qualifies as household help.

5.   Bush transition officials said that as part of the vetting process, they have asked cabinet designees whether they paid Social Security and other taxes for their household help.

6.   Bush transition officials said that as part of the vetting process, they have asked nominees whether they paid Social Security and other taxes for their household help.

7.   Demand for all household help is increasing, said Maurice Wingate, president of Best Domestic Services, a national employment agency.

8.   Even though federal taxes on household help can now be handled yearly, none of the states changed their programs, according to Nanny Tax.

9.   Laws passed by Congress this year increased the cost of household help and shut down a program that offered Europeans incentives to become U.S. baby sitters.

10.   Now, according to the census figures, fewer than one in a hundred working women is employed as private household help.