<prompt> Human: Hi all,I currently earn 45,000 per year, which after tax leaves me with about 30,000 net. I claim no govt benefits or disabilities. I have job security. The business I work for is growing strong. My wife is currently unemployed by choice.She claims no benefits or disabilities and has 0 income, doesnt sign on. She worked hard and put up with me while I went through college early in our relationship, working shitty jobs, and I would like to afford her the opportunity to figure out what she wants to do, if anything. Kids are on the cards in the next few years and she doesnt want to be stuck in another dead end job. Ideally she would like to start a business, but businesses dont start overnight. In the mean time, Im now supporting her financially, which Im more than happy to do. Financially, I wont run out of money, but obviously things are a bit more stretched than either of us would like them to be. I would like to hire my wife as my personal assistant. She would work from home on whatever tasks I give her, and in return I will forfeit 15000 from my salary to pay her salary of 15000. She could just get a job earning way more and wed be better off financially if she did anyway. Id be working her part time on some of the things I really dont have time for, and she has some spending money, plus free time to figure out what she wants to do. Between the two of us, net income will increase from 30,000 to 36,500 23500 for me, 13000 for her or 6500 better off in general. Now the question is... Assuming this is OK with my boss, are there any complications that could arise from this?  <response>: Youre missing the part of this that makes it more expensive for your employer. A single 45,000 a year employee is cheaper for an employer than a 30,000 and a 15,000 a year. Youre going to need to sacrifice more than 15,000 per year for this to be financially equal for your employer. Theres no complications if your boss agrees, but getting your boss to agree is the hard part, especially given the extra overhead involved with this beyond purely financial. Kids are on the cards in the next few years ... Ideally she would like to start a business, but businesses dont start overnight ... things are a bit more stretched than either of us would like them to be ... She would work from home on whatever tasks I give her ... free time to figure out what she wants to do.If someone pitched this to me I wouldnt be on board, it sounds very much like you just want to increase your take home pay and your wife isnt going to become a contributing member of the company. BTW your take home will increase by just under 3,500: not 6,000. Unless you have extra deductions at the moment for BIK or pension contributions: and if you do have pension contributions, this is going to affect those negatively too.This isnt much of a plan... why doesnt your wife get a simple part time job that allows her to earn 3,500 per year? That would require 10 hours of work per week and have the same financial impact on you, and it wouldnt involve getting some weird agreement with your current employer. 