Is it possible to die of bureaucracy?
Jul. 18th, 2008 12:18 pmI've just filled in (I think?) a one-page form to do with the tax regime of a Foreign Power. This form - which asks for nothing more than my name, address, nationality and tax details - comes with seven pages of notes.
Random para:
[do not use this form if] You are a disregarded entity with a single owner that is a US person and you are not a hybrid entity claiming treaty benefits.
Uh, okay, then...
Seven pages of that. Much of which I entirely do not understand, although I am not actually stupid.
It's like US immigration, I think: they make it deliberately mean, just to scare you.
That works.
Random para:
[do not use this form if] You are a disregarded entity with a single owner that is a US person and you are not a hybrid entity claiming treaty benefits.
Uh, okay, then...
Seven pages of that. Much of which I entirely do not understand, although I am not actually stupid.
It's like US immigration, I think: they make it deliberately mean, just to scare you.
That works.