Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing
by taway_6PplYu5 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:31PM
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>the IRS doesn't really want you on their sites if you don't have a US address. ... This is a reasonable thing for the IRS to implement given the significant interest in fraud from their systems from people overseas.
Except that US tax law also requires that all US persons, worldwide, to file US tax returns (note: this is a superset of US citizens).
So if the law applies to expats and to anyone who has ever applied for a green card even if denied or not used or not revoked, then the system needs to support worldwide access.
Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing
by kylehotchkiss on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:55PM
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For returns, you can send in a paper copy. That happens to serve as nice proof that you aren’t a resident of specific state for tax purposes
Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing
by jkaplowitz on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:04PM
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The current IRS online account system with ID.me does allow signing up with foreign addresses, and then you can download transcripts there.
Your struggles were probably with the previous system, which only allowed creating an account with a US address. It did however allow placing an online request without an account for a transcript to be mailed to a foreign address. I did this successfully myself and received the mail in Canada.
That said, the IRS doesn't really want you on their sites if you don't have a US address. I struggled to get transcripts on the site (but they allow you to submit written requests for them). This is a reasonable thing for the IRS to implement given the significant interest in fraud from their systems from people overseas.