Cost-effective Form W-7 — ITIN application

Form W-7 — who files it, when it is due, what late filing costs, and what we charge to prepare it. United States (IRS). Cost-effective W-7 with a fixed fee agreed in writing before any work starts. Call the 24-hour helpline on +1 (416) 619-0068, or request a written quote today.

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In 60 words

Form W-7 is an identifier or registration: Applies for an individual taxpayer identification number for someone who needs a US tax number but is not eligible for a social security number. Non-resident filers, spouses and dependants who must file or be claimed on a US return, and non-resident sellers of US property.

Does this bind you?

Non-resident filers, spouses and dependants who must file or be claimed on a US return, and non-resident sellers of US property.

Here is the part that decides your answer. The number is the gate. Withholding refunds, treaty claims and property-sale certificates all stall without it, identity documents must be certified in a specific way, and the application usually travels with the return that needs it.

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Transparent, fixed pricing for form w-7 ITIN application

What decides the cost of a W-7 is how many applicants are on the file and how the identity documents will be certified. A single renewal is a short piece of work; a first application for a spouse and dependants, travelling with the return that needs the numbers, is a different engagement. Quoted in writing first.

1040-NR non-resident return — fixed-fee price

From $449

fixed, quoted before work starts

The non-resident US return, with income separated between the net-basis and gross-basis systems and any treaty position claimed and, where required, disclosed.
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US state nexus review — fixed-fee price

From $999

fixed, quoted before work starts

A state-by-state review of sales, transactions, employees and inventory against each state's own tests, with the registration and collection start dates identified.
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Non-resident & departure filings

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

The filings that follow a move: the departure year, the arrival year, and the income that keeps arriving from the country behind you.
See the fee schedule

Individual tax filing

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

Personal returns for individuals, expats and non-residents — foreign income, foreign property and treaty relief handled in one engagement.
See the fee schedule

Foreign asset & information reporting

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

The information returns that carry the heaviest penalties — foreign accounts, foreign property, foreign affiliates — prepared from one asset list.
See the fee schedule

Payroll & mobility setup

From $999

fixed, quoted before work starts

Payroll set up for a workforce split across countries, including the relief that stops the same salary being withheld on twice.
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Corporate cross-border filing

From $999

fixed, quoted before work starts

Corporate returns with foreign income, related-party reporting and cross-border structures, for companies of any size.
See the fee schedule

Catch-up & voluntary disclosure

From $349

fixed, quoted before work starts

Bringing an unfiled history current: which years are still open, which programme applies, and what the exposure is before you commit.
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All published fees on one page — one page, every published fee, nothing quoted as a vague bracket.

What the reporting test actually looks at

What decides whether Form W-7 applies
What the identifier unlocksDocuments required
The obligationApplies for an individual taxpayer identification number for someone who needs a US tax number but is not eligible for a social security number.
Who it bindsNon-resident filers, spouses and dependants who must file or be claimed on a US return, and non-resident sellers of US property.
Jurisdiction and authorityUnited States — IRS
Category of filingIdentifier or registration

When it is due

There is no annual deadline; there is a sequencing one. Everything downstream — filings, refunds, treaty claims, bank instructions — waits on the identifier, so it sits at the front of the project plan. We diarise it from your own year end rather than from a generic calendar, because the two rarely coincide in a cross-border group.

What late or missed filing costs

The cost of delay is not a penalty, it is a stalled file: a refund that cannot be claimed, a treaty rate that cannot be documented, a remittance a bank will not process. None of that is unusual, and none of it is unfixable. It is, however, cheaper to address before an authority raises it.

Worked through with figures

The same point, with figures rather than adjectives.

Credit relief on one stream of income

Take C$114,000 of income taxed in both countries. Assume the other country charged 22% on it and the home country would charge 36% on the same amount.

Credit relief on one stream of income
ItemAmount
Income taxed in both countriesC$114,000
Tax paid abroad (assumed 22%)C$25,080
Home tax on the same income (assumed 36%)C$41,040
Credit available (lesser of the two)C$25,080
Home tax still payableC$15,960

The credit absorbs C$25,080 and leaves C$15,960 payable at home, because the home rate on this income is the higher of the two. The balance is real cash and it is due on the home timetable, which is why instalments get raised in the first meeting. The interesting question is where your own figures fall relative to that, which is a computation rather than an opinion.

Treat these numbers as a worked example rather than advice — they exist to make the mechanics visible, and the rates and thresholds are assumed for the illustration. For a real filing, we verify each figure with the authority that publishes it, for your year.

How we prepare and file it, and what it costs

You get the number for Form W-7 up front, as part of one fee for the whole set rather than as a separate charge that appears at the end. See the foreign seller: capital gains and the clearance certificate for comparable engagements.

The four steps

  1. 1A call to our 24-hour helpline to establish the facts and the dates that matter
  2. 2A written scope and a fixed fee before any work starts
  3. 3Preparation, then a named reviewer's sign-off before anything is filed
  4. 4Filing, then payment — after you have seen and approved the result
  • A 24-hour helpline, +1 (416) 619-0068, before you commit to anything.
  • Your existing accountant keeps the domestic file; we take the cross-border piece, with the boundary in writing.
  • Fixed fees agreed before any work starts, so the number in the quote is the number on the invoice.

Bring last year's returns and we will tell you what is missing.

Reviewed for accuracy for the 2025 and 2026 filing seasons by Udit Gupta, Cross-Border Tax Expert, Legal Quotient Consultants. Published as general information. For a position on your own file, call the 24-hour helpline.

Foreign account reporting, in practice

The subject here is W-7, which is what people mean when they search for foreign account reporting. This page covers who it applies to, the filings it produces, and the fixed fee agreed before work begins.

The number is the gate.

From first contact to filed return

  1. Send the documents as they are

    No tidying required — forward what you have and we tell you what is missing.

  2. Get a fixed quote in writing

    Priced from your actual documents before any work begins, not estimated after.

  3. Both countries prepared together

    One team builds the filings against each other so the relief lands exactly once.

  4. Review, then file

    You approve the finished work before we file it.

What you are actually buying with form w-7 ITIN application

Factor Legal Quotient Hourly billing model
Pricing A fixed fee, agreed in writing before work starts Hourly, billed as incurred
Experience 15+ years of cross-border work, 18,000+ clients Varies by file
Both sides of the border Prepared together by one team, so relief is claimed exactly once One country at a time, reconciled later
Who reviews it A named practitioner, published on the page Whoever the queue reaches
Where the work happens Our offices in India, the USA, Canada and the UAE Whichever single office you can travel to

The vocabulary this page leans on

Departure tax
The tax on the deemed disposition triggered when residency ends. Which assets are inside it, and which keep their domestic tax hooks instead, is the whole planning question.
GILTI
Global intangible low-taxed income — a current US inclusion of a controlled foreign corporation's active earnings above a routine return on tangible assets.
FEMA
India's exchange-control law, which defines residence differently from tax law and governs which accounts may be held and how funds may move.
Advance pricing arrangement
An agreement with one or both tax authorities fixing the transfer-pricing method for future years, and in some countries for past ones by rollback.
form w-7 ITIN application: Our analysis

The number is the gate.

The engagement terms hold no matter what the analysis finds — fee and scope agreed in writing up front, a named reviewer on the output, your approval before the finished work is filed.

Fixed fees around form w-7 ITIN application

The reason the number is needed matters too. An ITIN sought to release withholding on a property sale arrives with the certificate application and its supporting schedule; one sought so that a dependant can be claimed does not. The package around the application, rather than the application itself, is what the price reflects.

Individual tax filing

$349fixed, before work starts

Covers: A personal filing built from your own documents — employment, investment and rental income across borders, with the treaty position set out.

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Foreign asset & information reporting

$349fixed, before work starts

Covers: Disclosure of assets and interests held abroad, built once from a single asset list and filed on every side that asks for it.

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Why clients bring form w-7 ITIN application to us

The quote comes from your documents

Nothing is priced from a phone call. We read what you have first, then the fee is set — so the scope and the number are agreed on the same evidence.

4 global offices

Meet us in person in India, the USA, Canada and the UAE, or send everything through the secure portal — the same process either way.

You deal with the person who did the work

The practitioner who prepared and reviewed your file is the one who answers the question about it.

The reporting penalties get named early

The heaviest exposure on a cross-border file is usually a disclosure form, not the tax. We identify which ones apply before a deadline turns into a penalty.

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Form w-7 ITIN application — the four phases

Step 1

The opening call

A first call to map the obligations across every country involved

Step 2

Scope in writing

A single fixed fee covering the whole set, agreed before we begin

Step 3

Prepared and checked

Preparation in the order that makes the relief usable, with a reviewer's sign-off

Step 4

Filed, then supported

You approve the finished work, and we file it

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A fixed quote first, in writing

  • Step 1: Hand over the paperwork in any state – Sorting it is our job. Send what exists and we identify what is missing from it.
  • Step 2: Priced before a single form is opened – The fee comes from the documents, agreed in writing, and stays where it was agreed.
  • Step 3: One position across every return – The same facts, filed consistently on each side, so nothing contradicts anything else.
  • Step 4: Filed after you have read it – The completed work reaches you before it reaches an authority.

Quoted up front, in writing.

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The people on your file

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Udit Gupta

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Cross-Border Tax Expert

CA (ICAI), In-Depth Tax Trained

Reviews and signs off the practice's cross-border positions, and carries final responsibility for the treaty analysis on every file that leaves the office.

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Canada Tax, International Tax, Cross-Border Tax, Transfer Pricing

Canadian returns with foreign income, non-resident filings, and the transfer-pricing documentation that runs alongside intercompany work.

Raghav Gupta

Raghav Gupta

International Tax

International Tax, Transfer Pricing Specialist

Benchmarking, method selection and the local-file and master-file sets that support a group's pricing policy under examination.

Anmol Mittal

Anmol Mittal

Canada and US tax

CPA Canada, CPA USA, CA (ICAI)

Files that have to be right on both sides of the border at once — dual filings, streamlined catch-ups, and the foreign tax credit reconciliation between them.

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One coordinating team: filings on every side of the border are sequenced so treaty relief and foreign tax credits are claimed once — and in the right country.

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Default withholding is 25% of gross: elective returns routinely turn over-withheld rent and pensions into refunds.

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Form W-7 — questions we are asked

Do I file Form W-7 even if no tax is owed?

Identifier or registration obligations of this kind are generally required on the facts rather than on the tax result, so a nil position does not remove one. Non-resident filers, spouses and dependants who must file or be claimed on a US return, and non-resident sellers of US property.

What happens if I have missed Form W-7 for several years?

Missed years are dealt with as a package rather than one at a time, because the route chosen for the first year affects the relief available for the rest. We map the years and the obligations before anything is filed.

Is Form W-7 the same as the other reports I already file?

No. Applies for an individual taxpayer identification number for someone who needs a US tax number but is not eligible for a social security number. Satisfying a different obligation, even one covering the same accounts or entity, does nothing for this one.

How do I get back tax withheld in another country?

By the route that country provides, and it is rarely automatic. Where an elective return is available — on rent or pension income, for instance — filing it recomputes the tax on net income and refunds the difference. Where it is not, you file a refund claim with the withholding authority, supported by evidence of your residence and entitlement to the treaty rate. Both take time, which is why fixing the rate before payment is worth more. See withholding refund and recovery.

What is Form 1042-S and what do I do with it?

The statement a US payer issues to a non-resident showing US-source income paid and tax withheld — the non-resident counterpart to a 1099. Use it two ways. In your own country it evidences the US tax paid for credit purposes. And where the rate withheld was higher than your treaty entitlement, or the income was not taxable at all, the way back to the money is a US non-resident return claiming the refund. Check the income and exemption codes before assuming the rate was right. See Form 1042-S.

How does a non-resident file a tax return?

On the non-resident form for that country, reporting only the income that country may tax. In the US that is the 1040-NR; in Canada it is a T1 restricted to Canadian-source amounts, plus the elective returns under sections 216 and 217 where withholding on rent or pension income exceeded the real tax. The commonest error is filing the resident form by default and reporting worldwide income to a country with no right to it. See Form 1040-NR.

Fixed fee agreed before we start

Form W-7, quoted before we start

We scope it on a call, quote it in writing, and you see the result before anything is filed.

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  • A named reviewer signs off every filing

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