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If I applied for ITIN, will I need to pay taxes?

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PayPal requires ssn or ITIN for US business account for an LLC. I've seen an advertisement that offer obtaining ITIN for around $499 to open PayPal, bank account and others. I'm not interested in opening a bank account right now as I do have mercury already and it's great so far.

I'm interested in having a US PayPal account.

My question is, will I be responsible for paying taxes for the irs even if I'm not in the US? I have an Asian nationality and lives in Asia.

Thank you

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I've read somewhere that I can apply apply for ITIN myself without the hefty fees they're asking for. But I'm concerned about having to pay taxes of I got one.
 
#3
Sols said:
Having a tax ID does by itself not make you liable for tax. Tax liability is determined based on other factors (location of operations and customers, for example).
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Wonderful

Location of operations and customers are almost 100% non-us

Do you think the offered service for obtaining an ITIN worth the $499 fees they're asking for?

https://einexpress.com/itin-offer
I've read that I can apply for ITIN myself, is that true?
 
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kurwo2f9hofak said:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf
The form literally has just 1 page ... so if you're providing honest information, why pay $499 for someone else to do it?
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I think the biggest issue is sending IRS the passport through mail. They wanted the actual passport. High risk of being lost in mail.
With CAA, I think they can verify on behalf, set up a Skype call like that to review the passport.

I'm thinking of doing the same because I wanted to build a US credit history since I'm aiming for those US travel miles credit card. Any good idea of getting a Chase Preferred without ITIN/ 1 year waiting etc, let me know.
 
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Capa said:
I think the biggest issue is sending IRS the passport through mail. They wanted the actual passport. High risk of being lost in mail.
With CAA, I think they can verify on behalf, set up a Skype call like that to review the passport.

I'm thinking of doing the same because I wanted to build a US credit history since I'm aiming for those US travel miles credit card. Any good idea of getting a Chase Preferred without ITIN/ 1 year waiting etc, let me know.
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A friend of mine used one of the credit repair agencies and they obtained a tax number for him,over 6 months he managed to get basic credit history and couple of secured cards. Then eventually he got the mileage cards
 
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SaintVince said:
A friend of mine used one of the credit repair agencies and they obtained a tax number for him,over 6 months he managed to get basic credit history and couple of secured cards. Then eventually he got the mileage cards
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Does your friend need to go to US to use the credit repair agency? What's the difference with the DIY approach, and how much does it cost?
 
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Novice said:
PayPal requires ssn or ITIN for US business account for an LLC. I've seen an advertisement that offer obtaining ITIN for around $499 to open PayPal, bank account and others. I'm not interested in opening a bank account right now as I do have mercury already and it's great so far.

I'm interested in having a US PayPal account.

My question is, will I be responsible for paying taxes for the irs even if I'm not in the US? I have an Asian nationality and lives in Asia.

Thank you

P.s
I've read somewhere that I can apply apply for ITIN myself without the hefty fees they're asking for. But I'm concerned about having to pay taxes of I got one.
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Have you managed to get that ITIN? Did you go $499 or DIY route? How long did it take?
 
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