{"id":139815,"date":"2025-02-28t11:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-28t16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=139815"},"modified":"2025-03-27t11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27t15:32:26","slug":"why-itin-applications-get-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2025\/02\/28\/why-itin-applications-get-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"why itin applications get delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"
… and why they don’t have to.<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n every year, more than a million taxpayers apply for an individual taxpayer identification number. these are people who, for various reasons, can\u2019t get a social security number. these include<\/p>\n delays and disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n the itin application process is an invitation for fraud, so the irs is very careful in receiving and approving applications. current policies for this procedure are a formula for delays and disasters.<\/p>\n that\u2019s what the itin processing unit in austin, texas, has to deal with each year. agents have to process the applications quickly not only so taxpayers can receive their refunds but so that applicants can get their important documents back.<\/p>\n the agents have no computer databases that detect forged documents or track applications and documents. the most modern tools the agents have are, according to the nta\u2019s annual report to congress, \u201ca magnifying glass, a black light, a commercially available guidebook on world identification documents that fraudsters can also access, construction paper, carts, folders and rubber bands.\u201d<\/p>\n (unless doge has arrived with its budget-cutting scythe, they probably get an allotment of paper clips, too.)<\/p>\n actually, the austin agents do a pretty good job. if there are no problems, they can process an application in 7 to 11 weeks.<\/p>\n but inevitably there are problems.<\/p>\n imagine the stress on resident aliens, legally in the country, legally working and trying to legally pay their taxes \u2013 and their passports and visas disappear into the country\u2019s largest bureaucracy.<\/p>\n or the stress on american workers mailing applications from, say, nigeria, laos or kazakhstan because their spouse isn\u2019t an american citizen.<\/p>\n it was only in july of 2024 that the irs found a way to return documents before the application process is completed. by making photocopies (not digital copies) they could return documents within 10 days.<\/p>\n taxpayers have an option to send certified documents rather than originals, but this requires physical presence at a taxpayer assistance center \u2013 often hours away from home \u2013 or with a certified acceptance agent, who are present in only nine foreign countries, none of them in africa, south america or most of asia.<\/p>\n just to make the whole thing more painful for millions of taxpayers, if an itin isn\u2019t used for three years, the taxpayer has to apply again.<\/p>\n the national taxpayer advocate says this has to stop.<\/p>\n some of her recommendations to the irs:<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nmaybe too careful.<\/p>\n\n
concerned about the problem, national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins asks us to imagine a stack of paper 3,300 feet tall, 11 times taller than the statue of liberty.<\/p>\n
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