The most significant change is that new ITINs will now expire after five years .
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"They know that people that are using ITINs are in the country illegally, " Dinerstein says.
Over the weekend, the IRS announced important changes to the way it issues ITINs.
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The U.S. Treasury created ITINs 11 years ago, to help people working here without Social Security numbers comply with U.S. tax laws.
ITINs are basically the equivalent of Social Security numbers for those taxpayers who are not eligible for a Social Security number.
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The IRS won't comment on this, although in congressional hearings, IRS officials have acknowledged concern that the ITINs may be used for non-tax purposes.
Recently, however, ITINs have been getting a bit of bad publicity.
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The new rules do not apply to spouses and dependents of U.S. military personnel who need ITINs or to nonresident aliens applying for ITINs for claiming tax treaty benefits.
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The IRS reported it has issued 10.8 million ITINs (Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers), with a very few being used by celebrities for book signing, foreign investors and whatever other reason?
And by getting a bit of bad publicity, I mean it has come to the attention of those in charge that ITINs are increasingly involved in instances of tax fraud.
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Effectively immediately (read that bit with lots and lots of appropriate drama), the IRS will only issue ITINs to those taxpayers who include original documentation (meaning passports, birth certificates or certified copies of these documents from the issuing agency) with their federal form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
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