To get the ITIN you need to make an application to the United
States Internal Revenue Service (IRS). With your application, you need a letter explaining why
you need the ITIN.
If you publish your book with Smashword they will supply
you with such a letter once you’ve got $10 in your account.
So this is what I did.
1. Published my book, ‘1,000+ Answers to Your WeddingQuestions’ with Smashwords.
2. Once I had the $10 in my account I asked Smashwords for
a letter to submit with my application to the IRS.
3. This has to be an original letter - not an email - so
it was posted to me.
4. Since the IRS requires photo ID I took my passport to
the Department of Foreign Affairs in Brisbane, together with my letter from
Smashwords, and had them copy my passport which they then authenticated with their
seal. Before they did this, they asked me to fill a form to say why I required
an ITIN.
5.I then went to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
website and downloaded Form W-7, which is the application for ITIN. There is also Intructions on how to complete the form.
I completed Form W-7 on the computer and then printed it out. It has to be sent by post to the IRS department.
6. Together with a short letter explaining why I was
asking for an ITIN, I sent the completed Form W-7, the letter I had received from
Smashwords, and my passport authentication from the Department of Foreign
Affairs.
7. I posted it all to
Internal Revenue Service ITIN OperationPO Box 149342 Austin.
USA
8. A month or six weeks later I received my ITIN
number. They even returned the authenticated copy of my passport.
Very useful information.
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