I often hear from people who want to write a book but don’t know how or where to begin. Or from people who have already written a book that’s ready for publication but don’t know how to get it published. I recently began a new blog series, Writing and Publishing Tips From Authors Around the World, to help writers.

The twentieth contributor is U.K. author John Holt and he’s here to talk about getting a taxpayer ID when self-publishing.

TAX AFFAIRS NEED NOT BE TAXING by John Holt

The following article is really intended for non-United States residents. In particular the article is meant for the author in Britain. It is possible that similar arrangements would apply to other European countries, but I am not sure. So additional checking would be advisable.

Dealing with the United States Treasury Internal Revenue Service need not be taxing, but if you don’t want…