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中国售房者今天仍然可以拿回3年前出售房屋时被国税局扣押的30万美金预扣税吗?答案是可以!! (第一部分)

我是一名中国公民,3年前出售了我在尓湾的房子但是一直没有拿回之前售房时被国税局根据美国房地产税收法(FIRPTA)所扣押的30万美金预扣税。现在我还有机会拿回这30万美金预扣税吗?当然可以!!   作者:Michael W. Brooks (税务律师/DIRECTS 董事长) Angela Li (DIRECTS 国际税务部经理)   DIRECTS(国内,国际房地产交易税务服务公司)每天都在为外国客户办理美国房地产税收法(FIRPTA)方面的税务业务。我们为来自全球的在美国投资房地产的外国投资者服务,但是我们大部分的客户是在加州拥有房地产的外国投资者,其中一些客户在几年前售出房屋后却一直没能从国税局拿回售房预扣税。   例如一名中国房地产投资者在2010年花费250万美金购买了位于洛杉矶的一栋房屋,2015年11月于200万美金出售了这个房屋 (不是一个好的投资…因为亏损了50万美金)。依照美国房地产税收法(FIRPTA),房屋售价的15%必须做为预扣税在2015年11月 (房屋交易结束时) 交到国税局即使中国投资者是亏损卖房,办理交易的加州产权过户公证公司必须在房屋结束交易时上缴30万美金到国税局(200万美金的15%)。由于这名中国投资者是亏损卖房,因此他应该被退还全部的预扣税。但是正如在我们公司网站和博客上所说-从国税局拿回售房预扣税很不容易。由于外国售房者面临各种障碍来获得预扣税,我们公司每天接到很多来自全球的房地产投资者关于售房预扣税如何拿回的电话和邮件。DIRECTS公司可以帮助外国售房者成功拿回几年前售房时被国税局扣押的预扣税。   DIRECTS怎样帮助客户获得前几年的售房预扣税/投资者可以拿回最晚几年前的预扣税?   从国税局获得几年前售房的预扣税如同把一副拼图拼好并完美的展现给国税局。这些拼图块包括售房者有效的税号和其它各种相关证据来证明国税局确实在2015年有收到售房者的30万美金预扣税。这个流程很不容易;证明国税局系统内有这个中国投资者的档案并应该获得全部30万美金的预扣税到中国投资者最终从国税局那里收到支票!这需要给国税局提交各种税务申报表,打很多电话以及后续文书回应等,但是我们可以帮助外国投资者成功获得几年前售房的预扣税。   在DIRECTS(国内,国际房地产交易税务服务公司),我们可以帮助外国投资者从国税局成功追回几年前根据美国房地产税收法 (FIRPTA) 所扣押的预扣税,即使您认为这些钱已经没希望拿回来。我们会在博客的第二部分进一步讨论。  

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I’M A BRITISH CITIZEN WHO SOLD MY LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE THREE YEARS AGO AND I NEVER RECEIVED A REFUND OF MY $300,000 WITHHOLDING TAX IMPOSED BY FIRPTA. CAN I STILL GET MY $300,000 REFUND? YES!!!

By Michael W. Brooks, Esq. President DIRECTS At DIRECTS (Domestic and International Real Estate Closing Tax Services, Inc.), all day, every day, we work on tax matters relating to FIRPTA (the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act). We work for clients from throughout the world who invest in real…

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IN JANUARY 2017, THE IRS (TEMPORARILY) SUSPENDED THE RIGHT OF PRIVATE TAX PROFESSIONALS (KNOWN AS “CERTIFYING ACCEPTANCE AGENTS”) TO CERTIFY THE PASSPORTS OF NON-US PERSONS SELLING US REAL ESTATE; THIS IRS RULE CHANGE RESULTED IN CHAOS FOR SOME FOREIGN SELLERS OF US REAL ESTATE IN 2017 HOPING TO OBTAIN QUICK REFUNDS OF THE FIRPTA REQUIRED 15% WITHHOLING TAX (PART I)

By Michael W. Brooks, Esq. (President DIRECTS) In January 2017, the IRS suspended the right of privately licensed tax professionals and companies (such as my firm- DIRECTS) to certify non-US passports, which slowed down significantly the time it took for a non-US person who sold US real estate to obtain…

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Foreign Investors Entering Into Like-Kind Exchange Transactions- What About the 15% FIRPTA Withholding Tax (Part 2)?

By Michael W. Brooks, Esq. As discussed in Part 1, we know Foreign Investors are permitted to enter IRC Section 1031 (like-kind exchange) transactions provided certain conditions are met.  The Foreign Investor can avoid (really delay) paying tax on the sale of the first property (the relinquished property), provided the…

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Can a Foreign Investor Enter Into a Like-Kind Exchange Transaction (a 1031 Transaction) and Avoid Paying Income Tax on the Sale (Part 1)

 By Michael W. Brooks, Esq.   As with US persons, non-US persons and parties (“Foreign Investors”) are allowed to enter into Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 (like-kind exchange) transactions. Foreign Investor exchanges allow owners of investment and business real estate to delay paying income tax on the appreciation of the…

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Careful Escrow Officers, your foreign seller’s ITIN may no longer be valid, and that could mean trouble for you.

Starting in 2016, US individual taxpayer ID numbers (“ITINs”) not used in the prior 5 years on a US tax return will be deactivated by the IRS.  So, staring in 2016, if a foreign person hasn’t sold US real estate since (at the latest) 2010 (which should have led to…

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Important IRS Changes to the 2015/2016 ITIN Application Process

As you know, procuring ITIN’s for non-US citizen/residents is essential when these individuals sell (or rent) US/California real estate.  Starting in 2015, the IRS has made an already challenging process even more cumbersome.  In 2016, the IRS plans to add yet another layer of complexity. 2015 Change- Form 8288’s Now Really Must…

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