How to get an ITIN number for a home sale in the US

Case Study: US Holiday Home Sale – FIRPTA withholding Just Breve assists many clients who have sold US properties including US timeshare sales, US land sales and US holiday home sales. Here is a good case study example of how we have assisted one of our clients. A son contacted us on behalf of his mother (retired and a UK tax payer) who had sold her second home in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The home in the USA was bought about five years ago with her late husband and was used as a

IRS rejection notice for ITIN – my ITIN application was rejected – what now? We’ve assisted many people who have tried and failed to obtain an ITIN number from the IRS. Most have multiple applications that have been rejected and still no number. Here are some examples of where an ITIN application was rejected. Example 1 One of our clients was an elderly couple in their 70’s and 80’s who had sold a Maui based timeshare in the US. They wanted to claim the tax back held under FI

Selling US property as a non resident When selling a US property as a non resident there are multiple parties involved in the transaction. These can include: - Attorney - prepares the sale paperwork - Title Agent - prepares the sale paperwork (if an attorney is not involved) - Realtor - on the buyers side - CPA - prepares the 8288 withholding forms (for foreign sellers disposing of US property) - Certified Acceptance Agent (if requiring an ITIN) Where the seller is not Americ