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Cross-Border U.S. Tax

The filings that catch out foreign-owned U.S. entities, and the ones that carry the largest penalties for being late. This is the practice's specialism, not a service line added for completeness.

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$300 per foreign party
Turnaround
Filed with your annual return
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Who this is for

You are in the right place if any of these describe you.

  • Foreign-owned single-member LLCs
  • U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries
  • Owners with foreign bank accounts crossing the FBAR threshold

What you get

  • Form 5472 and pro forma Form 1120 for foreign-owned entities
  • Form 5471 for controlled foreign corporations
  • FBAR (FinCEN 114) and FATCA (Form 8938) reporting
  • Treaty position analysis and disclosure
  • Withholding review on payments to non-residents

How it runs

What actually happens, in order.

  1. 01

    Map the ownership

    We chart who owns what, in which country, and derive the filing set from that rather than from a checklist.

  2. 02

    Reportable transactions

    Every transaction between the entity and its foreign owner has to be reported, including capital contributions and loans that people routinely forget.

  3. 03

    File and document

    Filed with the return, with a written record of the positions taken in case anyone asks later.

Pricing

Plans under Taxes.

The cross-border forms are priced per form, listed in the Enterprise plan below: Form 5472 with a pro forma 1120 at $300 per foreign party, Form 5471 from $500, FBAR and FATCA at $200 a report. The Basic and Pro plans are the returns they attach to.

All five categories

Basic

LLC tax filing

$599

per year

  • Free extension filing
  • Federal Tax Return
  • State tax Return
  • Annual LLC Report

Pro

C corp tax filings

$1200

per year

  • Free extension filing
  • Federal Tax Return
  • State tax Return
  • Annual Franchise Tax Report

Enterprise

Additional filings

Tailored Pricing

as per requirements

  • Additional State: $300/state
  • Form 1099: $60/form
  • Form 5471: $500-1500/subsidiary
  • Form 5472 & Pro Forma 1120: $300/foreign party
  • FBAR & FATCA Report: $200/report
  • Foreign-Owned Single Member LLC: $300
  • IRS Notice & Audit Representation: starts at $550

Questions

What people ask about Cross-Border U.S. Tax.

Ask yours

It reports transactions between a foreign-owned U.S. entity and its foreign related parties. A 25% foreign-owned U.S. corporation, and since 2017 a foreign-owned single-member LLC, has to file it. The penalty for failing to file starts at $25,000 per year, which is why it is the single most common expensive mistake we clean up.

Yes, if there were any reportable transactions, and forming and funding the entity is itself reportable. Dormant is not the same as exempt.

If your foreign financial accounts together exceeded $10,000 at any point in the year, yes. It is an aggregate test across all accounts, not per account, which is where people slip.

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