Who needs an Apostille on IRS documents?
If you are employed with a company located in a foreign country, work online or from home for an overseas employer, an individual or company is a resident of more than one country, the problem of the dual taxation may occur. The said issue is regulated by U.S. Bilateral Tax Agreements based on conventions and guidelines approved by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international agency representing 35 countries. The said agreements address a number issues such as taxation of different categories of income (business profits, royalties, capital gains, employment income etc.), methods for eliminating double taxation, and, of course, the provisions such as mutual exchange of information and assistance in tax collection.
Types of IRS document require an apostille
To avoid a double taxation, individuals or business entities shall file properly and promptly one or more (depending of the requirements of destination country) document:
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Annual Apostille Tax Returns
To make the document eligible for an apostille on an Annual Tax Return, you or your business shall apply for and obtain a certified copy of your IRS tax documents. This is done by submitting the IRS form 4506 online.
If you are familiar with the procedure, you can easily submit the request yourself or, if you have doubts or concerns regarding how to do it, ask your accountant to file the request for the certified copy of your tax returns. After examining your request, the IRS shall mail you Form 2866, which certifies the accuracy of the tax forms.
Since the Form 2866 is a document issued by the Federal authorities, it shall be authenticated and apostilled in the U.S. Department of State. Most of the countries also require that the Form 2866 to be translated into a foreign language
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Apostille IRS Form 6166 (Apostille US Tax Residency Certificate)
If you or your company conducts business abroad, you might be requested to file a Certification of U.S. Tax Residency along with an apostille.
Form 6166 is a document printed on a special paper by the U.S Department of Treasury and is used as proof to foreign governments that U.S residents are eligible to receive tax treaty benefits covered by the Tax Treaty signed by the USA and another foreign country. To receive the Form 6166, you must submit with he IRS the Form 8802 with the correct personal information. Once the IRS has mailed you Form 6166, the document shall be authenticated to be valid in a foreign country.
IRS document certified translation
In addition to the IRS documents apostille, presently, many foreign countries require that the IRS documents to be translated from English language into the language of the destination country. The translation shall be certified, notarized, authenticated and legalized.
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