A more conservative approach by the Internal Revenue Service in issuing tax identification numbers to foreign investors threatens to slow U.S. real estate deals, tax attorneys and financial service professionals say.
Fraudulent tax returns involving identification numbers issued to foreign applicants plus a sevenfold spike in identity theft led the IRS to implement a more stringent process for issuing employer identification numbers and individual tax identification numbers.
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