Hire Someone to File Form 5472 for Your Foreign-Owned LLC

The questionnaire asks for facts, not forms. Have these ready:

• The LLC: legal name, EIN, US address, state of formation and the date it was formed
• You, as owner: name, home address, country of residence and your foreign tax ID if you have one
• Money between you and the LLC: what you put in, what you took out, any loans, and LLC bills you paid from a personal account
• What the LLC owned at year end: its total assets on the last day of the tax year

Not sure whether a payment counts? The reportable transactions checker answers that for common cases before you start.

1. Build the package. After payment, your answers become a cover letter, the pro forma Form 1120, Form 5472 and a Part V statement.
2. Check it. A qualified accountant compares the package with your answers and asks on your filing page if anything is unclear.
3. Send it for signature. Signing opens only after the review is approved.
4. Fax it. We send the signed package to the IRS Ogden PIN Unit at +1-855-887-7737.
5. Hand you the proof. The timestamped fax receipt is saved on your filing page.

• Your time: about 15 minutes of questions, then a few minutes to review and sign.
• Standard: $149, package ready in 5-7 business days.
• Express: $199, package ready within 3 business days.
• Missed earlier years: +$99 per extra year on either plan, each with its own reasonable-cause statement.

For a calendar-year LLC the filing is due April 15. Full details are on the pricing page.

Your part does not disappear entirely:

• Check your answers. You know the LLC's money movements; we work only from what you tell us.
• Review the finished package. You see the completed forms before anything is sent.
• Sign it. The return is the LLC's own, so you or another person authorized for the LLC signs it online. Our staff never sign for you.
• Keep the record. Save the package and the fax receipt with the LLC's records.

• No tax advice. We prepare forms from your information; we do not plan your tax position.
• No other returns. Form 1065, a full Form 1120 for an LLC taxed as a corporation, Form 1040-NR, state returns, Form 7004 and bookkeeping are outside the service.
• No promised outcome. The fax receipt proves what was sent and when, not that the IRS has processed it. For late years, nobody can promise the IRS will not assess the $25,000 penalty under IRC §6038A(d).