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Foreign-owned US LLCs · Instant PDF

Learn how to file Form 5472 and the pro forma 1120 and avoid the $25,000 penalty

Bonus: Form BE-13 — the BEA filing due when a foreign owner sets up or expands a U.S. LLC.

For non-resident owners who need the federal forms done correctly.

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You keep hearing about these forms. You still don’t know how to file them.

  • Your formation service set up the LLC. 5472 and 1120 showed up later — with no walkthrough.
  • “Disregarded” and no U.S. income made it sound like you were done. These are information forms, not a tax bill.
  • 5472 doesn’t go out alone. It rides on a mostly blank 1120. That’s the part nobody explains.
  • Then BE-13 appears as a different office, after you form the company. Same confusion, second form.

The usual path

This is how it usually goes

You form the LLC. You get the EIN. It feels done. Then 5472, 1120, and BE-13 keep coming up — and nobody shows you how to file them.

This guide is that sequence. Short on purpose. So you can finish it and run it the same week — not “someday.”

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What’s inside

A line-by-line walkthrough of 1120, 5472, and BE-13.

22 pages. A pass through the walkthrough.
  1. 01

    The exact 1120 header the IRS expects

    What to type at the top, which boxes get the LLC name, EIN, formation date, and assets — and which income lines stay empty.

  2. 02

    Form 5472, line by line — every part

    Each box from Part I through Part IX: what to write, what to skip, and which Yes/No boxes to check.

  3. 03

    The dollar lines for money in and money out

    Where capital contributions go, where owner draws go, what to put if the amount is $0, and the one-page statement that has to travel with the form.

  4. 04

    The BE-13 exemption check for a small LLC

    Which boxes to mark, plus formation date, starting capital, home country, and the Member signature.

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What readers say

★★★★★

I kept seeing Form 5472 everywhere and still didn’t know which lines were mine. This walked the form in order. I finally knew what to type and what to leave empty.

Amira K. · UAE

★★★★★

Nobody told me the 1120 for a foreign-owned LLC is mostly a cover sheet. The header, the blank income lines, the Member signature — that part alone saved me a lot of second-guessing.

Diego M. · Mexico

★★★★★

I had never heard of BE-13 until after I formed the LLC. The guide treated it as its own filing, not an IRS form, which is what I needed.

Priya S. · India

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Short, specific, and it matches the actual boxes on the page. I used it as a checklist while I filled 5472, not as another article to save and ignore.

Tomas R. · Poland

How the manual works

Each form is split into parts as a visual walkthrough in the PDF

You look at that section of the form on the page, then you see what belongs in those boxes.

  • Form 1120, in parts

    First the identification header, then the income lines you leave blank, then the Member signature at the bottom.

  • Form 5472, part by part

    Parts I through IX in order. Each section sits next to the boxes it belongs to, so you know what to write and what to skip.

  • Form BE-13, the same way

    The header, the Claim for Exemption, then the remaining fields.

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Do I need to already be “good” at this?

No. It’s written for owners who have never filed these forms. You look at each section of the form, then you see what belongs in those boxes. If you can follow a checklist, you can run it.

How long is it?

Short by design. Built to finish, not to impress a bookshelf. It is 22 pages long.

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  • Form 1120, in parts
  • Form 5472, line by line
  • Form BE-13 walkthrough
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