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Originally Posted by sportourer1
Does anyone have experience of this issue, obtaining an ITIN and filling in the forms to prevent tax deduction by the IRS? As a UK resident I can do this but it seems so complex I may need an accountant!
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Call the Foreign Office or visit your local passport office and get a certified copy of your passport. Cost here in Sweden was about 300 kr, or, say, £25. Send that with the form W7 you can download from
the IRS site to the address in Austin, TX, and wait. They say it takes 8 weeks. On the same site you can find copies of the Tax Treaties applicable, and you have to cite treaty and paragraph in the application.
Unfortunately I only applied four weeks ago, so I can't yet say how accurate the 8 week estimate is. When you get your ITIN you can send a copy of it to Smashwords, Kobo, B&N, Amazon, Old Uncle Tom Cobbley and all.