April 18th, 2017 was the general deadline for taxpayers who are U.S. residents to file their 2016 U.S. tax returns. If you are a nonresident alien individual and if in 2016 you received wages as an employee subject to U.S. income tax withholding, you were required to file your 2016 U.S.
The IRS has just restored the IRS ITIN Certifying Acceptance Agent (CAA) Program outside the United States! CAAs now can again certify certain identification documents, such as passport, and apply for ITIN for taxpayers who reside outside the United States. The CAA Program outside the United States was terminated as of December 31, 2016.
The US tax filing deadline is closer than it seems with less than 60 days to go and according to the IRS, as many as 25% of Americans wait until the last 2 weeks before the deadline to start preparing their tax returns. This year’s deadline also applies to FBAR filers.Rushing around at the last minute to gather all required tax documents for US tax and cross-border tax filing can be stressful, but taxes do not need to be a headache as long as you are proactive, and well prepared.
The US tax filing deadline is closer than it seems with less than 60 days to go and according to the IRS, as many as 25% of Americans wait until the last 2 weeks before the deadline to start preparing their tax returns. This year’s deadline also applies to FBAR filers.Rushing around at the last minute to gather all required tax documents for US tax and cross-border tax filing can be stressful, but taxes do not need to be a headache as long as you are proactive, and well prepared.
When Do You Need To Speak to a U.S. Tax Advisor? Have you ever faced a client who may have a cross-border tax issue? If you have, you probably know that when you deal with clients domestically (say, within Canada), you may not necessarily guess that they may be citizens of another country or be…
