Your Form 5472, prepared by a U.S. CPA
An LLC owned by non-residents must file an information return with the IRS every year, even with no income. The Accounting Pack hands that return to a specialized partner U.S. CPA.
A single-member LLC owned by a non-resident must file a Form 5472 together with a pro forma 1120 every year, including with no income and no activity; the deadline is April 15 and the IRS sets a penalty of up to $25,000 per missing or incomplete form. A multi-member LLC files a Form 1065 with its K-1 schedules instead, by March 15. Statecove does not prepare these returns itself: they are outsourced to a partner U.S. CPA specialized in non-residents, within the Accounting Pack, from €800 per year and on request.
In two sentences
What exactly is Form 5472?
Form 5472 reports to the IRS the transactions between your LLC and yourself, its foreign member: contributions, withdrawals, loans, invoicing. For a single-member LLC it is never filed alone — it goes with a pro forma 1120, a carrier form whose only job is to carry it.
It is an information return, not a tax assessment: it informs the U.S. authorities, it calculates no tax.
The Accounting / IRS Filing Pack
This service is not billed per act: the mandatory annual return is part of a yearly package, opened on request once your structure has been reviewed.
Accounting / IRS Filing Pack
Your mandatory annual tax filing, handled by a U.S. CPA.
The final amount depends on your structure (single-member or multi-member) and on the volume of transactions to report.
What's included
- Preparation and filing of the mandatory annual tax return
- Form 1065 + K-1 (multi-member LLC)
- Form 5472 + pro forma 1120 (single-member LLC)
- Outsourced to a partner U.S. CPA specialized in non-residents
Statecove is neither a law firm nor an accounting firm: preparation and filing are carried out by a partner U.S. CPA.
Which form, which deadline, which penalty
Obligations depend on how many members your LLC has. Here is what the IRS provides for in each case.
Filing is not paying
These forms are information returns: filing them means neither that you owe tax in the United States nor that you do not. What you actually pay depends on your tax residency and your situation — a matter for a licensed professional, never for a commercial page.
The partner U.S. CPA's role
The return is prepared and filed by a U.S. Certified Public Accountant specialized in structures owned by non-residents. They identify the forms that apply and put their professional signature on the filing.
On our side, we remain your point of contact: we coordinate the exchange, collect the required documents and track the deadlines so nothing slips through.
Four steps, once a year
What people ask us about Form 5472
Going further
Resources that round out this service
A return to catch up on, or to prepare?
Tell us about your company — number of members, tax year concerned, movements over the year — and we will tell you what has to be filed, before any commitment.
Statecove is an administrative support service for company formation. We facilitate your business formation and compliance steps. Statecove is not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not provide personalized legal or tax advice. Accounting and tax services are handled by licensed partner professionals (CPAs). For any binding legal or tax decision, we recommend consulting a qualified professional.