check_5472_obligation
Check Form 5472 obligation
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Use to screen common Form 5472 triggers for a foreign-owned US disregarded entity or corporation. The result is a general filing screen and does not prepare or file the form.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| entity_type | string | yes | The US entity. single_member_llc = a US LLC with ONE owner (a disregarded entity); multi_member_llc = a US LLC with two or more owners (a partnership by default); us_corporation = a US C-corporation; not_sure = you do not know. Form 5472 is filed by foreign-owned disregarded entities and by corporations with 25%+ foreign owners, but NOT by a default partnership. |
| foreign_owned | boolean | yes | Whether 25% or more of the entity is owned, directly or indirectly, by a non-US person or foreign company. Form 5472 is triggered by 25% foreign ownership. |
| had_reportable_transaction | string | no | Whether there was a reportable transaction with the foreign owner during the year. Reportable transactions include forming or funding the company, capital contributions, distributions, loans in either direction, and sales or payments between you and the company. Defaults to not_sure. |
| formed_in_us | boolean | no | Whether the entity was formed in the US (a Wyoming or Delaware LLC is US-formed). Relevant only to the separate BOI report, from which US-formed companies are now exempt. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"entity_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"single_member_llc",
"multi_member_llc",
"us_corporation",
"not_sure"
],
"description": "The US entity. single_member_llc = a US LLC with ONE owner (a disregarded entity); multi_member_llc = a US LLC with two or more owners (a partnership by default); us_corporation = a US C-corporation; not_sure = you do not know. Form 5472 is filed by foreign-owned disregarded entities and by corporations with 25%+ foreign owners, but NOT by a default partnership."
},
"foreign_owned": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether 25% or more of the entity is owned, directly or indirectly, by a non-US person or foreign company. Form 5472 is triggered by 25% foreign ownership."
},
"had_reportable_transaction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"yes",
"no",
"not_sure"
],
"description": "Whether there was a reportable transaction with the foreign owner during the year. Reportable transactions include forming or funding the company, capital contributions, distributions, loans in either direction, and sales or payments between you and the company. Defaults to not_sure."
},
"formed_in_us": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the entity was formed in the US (a Wyoming or Delaware LLC is US-formed). Relevant only to the separate BOI report, from which US-formed companies are now exempt."
}
},
"required": [
"entity_type",
"foreign_owned"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}