US tax forms for people outside the United States
If you are not a US citizen or resident but you own a US LLC, or a US company pays you, you will meet US tax forms whose instructions were not written with you in mind. These guides go through them step by step, including what to do when something went wrong. Every deadline, address, fax number and penalty amount links to the official line it comes from.
I own (or am starting) a US single-member LLC
- The yearly list for a foreign-owned LLC
Everything a non-US owner of a single-member LLC has to do, in order, with dates.
- Form 5472, step by step
Who files, what goes with it, the deadline, the extension, and how to fax or mail it.
- What counts as a reportable transaction
Money you put in or take out, and costs you paid for the LLC, with fictional examples.
- Late, missed or wrong Form 5472
How to file late or correct a return, and what to do if a penalty notice arrives.
- Form 5472 penalties
Each penalty, what triggers it, and the rule it comes from.
- Getting an EIN without an SSN
Form SS-4 by fax, mail or phone, and why the online application may not work for you.
- BOI report: not required for US LLCs
What FinCEN's current rule means for a US LLC with a non-US owner.
Comparing paid help: Form 5472 filing services ยท LLC formation and registered agent services.
A US platform or company pays me
- Form W-8BEN for individuals
What the form does, who gets it (not the IRS), and how to fill in each part.
- W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E?
Which form to use, including when you own a single-member LLC.
- When a W-8BEN expires
The three-calendar-year rule and the changes that make a form invalid sooner.
- W-8BEN on YouTube and AdSense
Where Google asks for your tax information and what it withholds without it.
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