Turns out, my cousin had to get an IRS tax number too. I had just talked to my cousin about it a few weeks earlier. A few weeks back I got a letter from the IRS saying they had rejected my application and giving no specific information as to why:īut I knew why. But I didn’t know whether or not I would be traveling before it was sent back to me, so I sent a certified copy from a notary instead.īut the notarized copy was not good enough. My passport proves my identity – through my picture and my biographical information – and my nationality.
#Does phoenix allow notarized copy of passport license
I could have submitted other IDs, but I would have had to send multiple IDs – such as a driver’s license and birth certificate.
In order to qualify, I had to fill out a form, which I stupidly sent during the 2013 US federal government shutdown. The IRS would then give me a “tax number” and I would be exempt from most US income tax on my book sales.
As long as my publisher is American, it’s on me to prove that I am (mostly) exempt from American taxation: Canada and the US have a deal which lets Canadians pay 0% tax on some earnings and 5% on other earnings, provided I can prove I’m Canadian. It doesn’t matter that I am writing Canadian books for a Canadian audience. Otherwise I get taxed by the IRS on my earnings to the tune of 30% or more. To publish through an American company and get paid, a Canadian like me needs to prove that I am not an American. Also, you actually get money from the sales of your books – all good things.īut most of the big name e-book distributors, with the furthest reach, are American companies. It’s easier to get published – you can publish yourself – and you don’t have to worry about literary agents and endless rejection letters. I am an aspiring author and these days, if you want to publish, you usually have to get into e-books. So what do you do if some government agency wants to see your passport? Here’s what happened to me. But sometimes it’s the only acceptable form of ID that both proves your identity and your nationality, two different things in the minds of bureaucrats. Your Canadian passport is your most important ID, and you don’t want to mail it anywhere if you don’t have to.
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