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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

8288

OMB No. 1545-0902

U.S. Withholding Tax Return for Dispositions by
Foreign Persons of U.S. Real Property Interests

1. Name of transferor (seller)██████████████████
2. Foreign address of transferor████████████████████████
3. Country of incorporationBrazil
4a. Amount realized on transfer$312,000.00
5. Amount withheld (15%)$46,800.00
6. ITIN / EIN / SSNW-7 Application Pending

WITHHELD

Clients from 30+ countries

Barb recovered $38,000 of our withholding after we sold our vacation home in Orlando. No one else could help us.

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Maria S.

Brazil

Incredible service. She handled everything — the ITIN, the 8288, the refund. We got our money back in under 6 months.

J

James W.

United Kingdom

I was told I'd lose 15% forever. Barb said no. One year later, I had a check for $41,200. Absolutely worth every penny.

C

Carlos M.

Colombia

Without proper filing, the IRS keeps

$0

of your money.

REFUND PROCESSED

$0

returned to the client.

One phone call. One professional. Done.

Barbtaxx Consulting

Your taxes.
Her expertise.

IRS Certified Acceptance Agent · FIRPTA · ITIN · Since 2006

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Taxes start here.

FIRPTA

Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act

Withholding

15% of gross sale price — held by the IRS

W-8BEN

Certificate of foreign status

ITIN

Individual Taxpayer Identification Number

Penalties

Late filing can cost thousands

Deadlines

20 days from closing. No extensions.

$47,000

Average withholding on a Florida property sale

...take a breath.

BARBTAXX

CONSULTING

And they end here.

20 years. Thousands of clients. One woman.

Trusted worldwide

Clients from 30+ countries trust Barbara.

Barbara saved us over $30,000 on our Orlando property sale. No one else even knew what FIRPTA was.

MS

Maria Santos

São Paulo, Brazil

We almost lost our closing date. Barb got our ITIN processed in half the time anyone said was possible.

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James & Claire Thornton

London, UK

My title company had no idea what to do. One call with Barbara and everything was handled.

CM

Carlos Medina

Bogotá, Colombia

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