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American living abroad in the EU here. I've spent over 6 hours over multiple attempts to try and sign up for the IRS online through ID.me. I did the whole faci
by AndyMcConachie 5y ago
American living abroad in the EU here.
I've spent over 6 hours over multiple attempts to try and sign up for the IRS online through ID.me. I did the whole facial scan nonsense and sent pictures of all the IDs it asked. I'm stuck on the verification of my home address. I've sent them at least 4 different documents, one of which I even provided a translation for, but so far I've only failed.
They only seem to accept American documents, and they don't accept anything not in English. It's fecking stupid and aggravating. Especially since the IRS already knows where I live and regularly sends me letters in the mail.
How am I supposed to produce an American, or even English language, document showing my home address? I don't have any American utilities because I don't live in the USA!
But I want to sign up for the IRS online because the US Postal system is so fecked it takes 5 weeks to receive anything from the IRS. A recent letter I got from them letting me know that I had a payment to make arrived after the deadline for payment. I then had to mail a check to them, likely to take another 5 weeks. I haven't received their notice informing me of my penalty for late payment. It's likely in transit. I'm sure I'll be late paying that as well. But WTF am I supposed to do?
I listen to Americans living in the USA complain about the IRS and just laugh. You guys have it easy.