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Foreign Corporations
The corporate forms businesses may use to operate outside the US and their tax characteristics.

Foreign Companies In The US - Partnerships
Foreign corporations that have effectively connected income must file a tax return.

Foreign Controlled Corporations
Each FCC, unless specifically exempt or dissolved, must file a tax return.

Controlled Foreign Corporation
A US person who is a shareholder of a CFC is potentially liable for US tax and required to keep records.

DISC
A corporation must elect IC-DISC status by filing Form 4876-A.

Controlled Foreign Corporation

A US person who is a shareholder of a CFC is potentially liable for US tax and required to keep records to establish the amount of gross income, credits, deductions, or other income tax matters relating to business transactions between the CFC and the US person and certain parties related to the US person.

Some of the filing requirements for such shareholders are as follows.

You must file Form 5471 if:

  • You are a U.S. person who owns more than 10% of a CFC;
  • You are an officer or director of a CFC and, since the last time a Form 5471 was filed, a US person has acquired 5% or more in value of CFC stock, or acquires an additional 5% or more in value of CFC stock.
  • You are a US person who acquires stock which, without regard to stock already owned on the date of acquisition, meets the 10% stock ownership requirement with respect to the foreign corporation, or dispose of sufficient stock in a CFC to reduce your personal interest below the stock ownership requirement.
  • You become a US person while owning 10% or more of the CFC stock.
  • You own (on the last day of the foreign corporation's tax year) from 10 to 50% of stock in a foreign corporation that is a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any tax year of the foreign corporation.
  • You own (on the last day of the foreign corporation's tax year) any stock in a CFC that is a Captive Insurance Company.

Form 926, Return by a US Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation, Foreign Estate or Trust, or Foreign Partnership if:

  • You transfer property to a CFC as paid-in surplus or contributions to capital. Form 926 is due on the day you make the transfer and should be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center where you are required to file your income tax return.
  • You transfer property to a CFC in an exchange described in section 367(a) or (d), or you elect to apply the principles similar to section 367 to the transfer.

Form 1042, Annual Withholding Tax Return for US Source Income of Foreign Persons, must be filed to report tax withheld on certain payments to the CFC or other foreign person.

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Foreign Corporations
The corporate forms businesses may use to operate outside the US and their tax characteristics.

Foreign Companies In The US - Partnerships
Foreign corporations that have effectively connected income must file a tax return.

Foreign Controlled Corporations
Each FCC, unless specifically exempt or dissolved, must file a tax return.

Controlled Foreign Corporation
A US person who is a shareholder of a CFC is potentially liable for US tax and required to keep records.

DISC
A corporation must elect IC-DISC status by filing Form 4876-A.

 

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