Can any of my American friends explain to me why the tax system there seems so difficult to navigate? I've just finished a telephone conversation with the American Tax Office and am no closer a resolution than I was before. Just because she told me there would be a notary in every town doesn't mean there is. I've spent most of the year trying to sort this problem out. Result still trying to prove I'm not a U.S citizen and that I hail from a country with a valid tax treaty. I do. Now I must have made about ten telephone calls this afternoon and no one could understand why this I needed to apply for exemption as our business is not based in the U.S and no one outside the U.S has heard of an Apostille or The Head Convention, apart from the lady from my bank's head office who looked it up on Wikapadia.
Oh just to add insult to injury I received my notification two weeks ago, but the letter was dated August, can you guess what's coming next, yes, I now need to start again from the very beginning. Mark Coker from Smashwords has tried to sort this problem out for non U.S. residents, but he is still struggling. Oh well I have emails written to a number of people who may be able to help and if I do resolve this I'll let you know.
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