I'm an Australian author and this info is priceless!
That’s what this whole
tax-withholding-for-non-US-residents makes me want to scream. Out loud,
and repeatedly. But as I’ve said before, self-publishing your e-book on
the biggest online retailer in the world is so easy, there had to be something like this to balance it out.
If you haven’t been keeping up with this ongoing saga, here’s a quick recap. I spent eight months, give or take, trying to get my own Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN). I relied on the experiences of two other self-publishers, Sally Clements and Roz Morris,
to help me out; the information the IRS provides wouldn’t help you find
your way out of a small paper bag, let alone anywhere near an ITIN.
Luckily once I had the damn thing, getting my full royalty payments and the money withheld from me in the year to date was easy and quick.
But then, in the last few weeks, people started telling me that I
didn’t need an ITIN at all—an Employee Identification Number (EIN)
would’ve done the job, and an EIN was much easier to get. I posted about this possibility, and fellow Irish self-publisher David Gaughran volunteered to be the guinea pig—and got his EIN within minutes, and
over the phone. This was extremely useful information, especially since
another commenter (thanks, Janet!) told us that new IRS rules mean that
starting this year, monies withheld will only be available for refund
through the IRS—and not refunded automatically by KDP and CreateSpace,
as they have been up until now.
I feared that most people wouldn’t read
through all the comments on the original post, so I asked David to write
a guest post for us here about how he got his EIN. Take it away, David… More HERE
Books By Catherine:
Books By Catherine:
Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida
Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America
Self-Printed: The Sane Person’s Guide to Self-Publishing
More Mousetrapped: A Little Bit More From That Year and A Bit
The Best of Catherine, Caffeinated: Caffeine-Infused Self-Publishing Advice
Results Not Typical: A Novel
Coming soon:
Travelled: 10 Tales About Not Staying at Home
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