2020-05-12: Updated: 2020-05-12 18:41:53 IRS Tax Refund Delays for Foreign Investors Now Almost a Certainty as Many IRS Employees Decline “Order” to Return to Work by Michael Brooks
2020-04-26: Updated: 2020-04-26 20:08:30 DIRECTS’ FOLLOW-UP: IRS COMMISSIONER ORDERS NERVOUS IRS EMPLOYEES BACK INTO IRS OFFICES, BUT WILL THE EMPLOYEES GO? by Michael Brooks
2020-04-08: Updated: 2020-04-08 16:49:18 Virus Forces IRS to Slash Employee On-Site Workforce by 50%, Foreign Sellers Should Expect Longer Waits for Refunds in 2020 by Michael Brooks
2019-10-31: Updated: 2019-11-01 14:29:13 Foreign Sellers of US Real Estate Withholding Tax Issues and Trends in 2019 by Michael Brooks
2019-09-24: Updated: 2019-09-28 14:52:43 INTERNATIONAL PURCHASES OF US REAL ESTATE DECLINE CONSIDERABLY IN 2018-2019 by Michael Brooks
2019-04-29: Updated: 2019-04-29 20:25:15 The 2019 Shutdown Will Cause Delays for Foreign Person’s Withholding Tax (Part 2) by Michael Brooks
2019-03-10: Updated: 2019-03-10 22:44:13 SHUTDOWN OVER. HAS THE DAMAGE ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR REFUNDS DUE TO NON-US PERSONS WHO SOLD US REAL ESTATE? YES. by Michael Brooks
2018-12-16: Updated: 2018-12-16 19:21:56 中国售房者今天仍然可以拿回3年前出售房屋时被国税局扣押的30万美金预扣税吗？答案是可以!! （第一部分） by Michael Brooks
2018-11-17: Updated: 2018-11-18 16:56:29 I’M A BRITISH CITIZEN WHO SOLD MY LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE THREE YEARS AGO AND I NEVER RECEIVED A REFUND OF MY $300,000 WITHHOLDING TAX IMPOSED BY FIRPTA. CAN I STILL GET MY $300,000 REFUND? YES!!! by Michael Brooks
2018-10-17: Updated: 2018-10-22 20:47:21 IN JANUARY 2017, THE IRS (TEMPORARILY) SUSPENDED THE RIGHT OF PRIVATE TAX PROFESSIONALS (KNOWN AS “CERTIFYING ACCEPTANCE AGENTS”) TO CERTIFY THE PASSPORTS OF NON-US PERSONS SELLING US REAL ESTATE; THIS IRS RULE CHANGE RESULTED IN CHAOS FOR SOME FOREIGN SELLERS OF US REAL ESTATE IN 2017 HOPING TO OBTAIN QUICK REFUNDS OF THE FIRPTA REQUIRED 15% WITHHOLING TAX (PART I) by Michael Brooks
2018-09-23: Updated: 2018-09-23 20:48:09 外国人投资美国房地产税收法(FIRPTA)对税法1031相同或类似资产交换(LIKE-KIND EXCHANGE)的影响-第二部分 by Michael Brooks
2018-09-03: Updated: 2018-09-03 13:26:25 外国人投资美国房地产税收法(FIRPTA)对税法1031相同或类似资产交换(LIKE-KIND EXCHANGE)的影响-第一部分 by Michael Brooks
2018-06-03: Updated: 2018-06-03 04:47:21 Foreign Investors Entering Into Like-Kind Exchange Transactions- What About the 15% FIRPTA Withholding Tax (Part 2)? by Michael Brooks
2018-05-13: Updated: 2018-05-13 15:40:23 Can a Foreign Investor Enter Into a Like-Kind Exchange Transaction (a 1031 Transaction) and Avoid Paying Income Tax on the Sale (Part 1) by Michael Brooks
2017-05-01: Updated: 2018-04-27 07:59:25 Congress Makes Changes to Passport Certification Rules for ITIN’s Required of Foreign Sellers of US Real Estate by Michael Brooks
2016-06-05: Updated: 2018-04-27 07:59:28 What is the 8288-B/ Withholding Certificate Process? by Michael Brooks
2016-01-13: Updated: 2018-04-27 07:59:30 AN EXPLANATION OF 99.9% OF WHAT ANY ESCROW OFFICER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2016 CHANGE TO THE WITHHOLDING TAX LAW ON REAL ESTATE SALES BY NON-US PERSONS by Michael Brooks
2015-12-07: Updated: 2018-04-27 07:59:33 Careful Escrow Officers, your foreign seller’s ITIN may no longer be valid, and that could mean trouble for you. by Michael Brooks
2015-02-25: Updated: 2018-04-27 07:59:36 Important IRS Changes to the 2015/2016 ITIN Application Process by Michael Brooks
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