Form 5472 Filing Price: $299 Flat for a Foreign-Owned LLC

There are two numbers that matter. The first is what the IRS charges to file Form 5472: nothing. The form is free to download and free to submit. The second is what a mistake costs: a flat $25,000 penalty per form, per year, with no cap and no statute of limitations. The gap between those two numbers is why a correctly prepared filing is worth paying for — and why overpaying for it makes no sense either.

form5472.tax prices the work at a flat $299. That single fee covers your Form 5472, the pro forma Form 1120 that must carry it, specialist review, filing the correct way for a disregarded entity, and written confirmation. There is no separate “IRS submission fee,” no “active entity” surcharge, and nothing added at checkout — three line items competitors commonly use to push the real total higher.

Every provider in the table below delivers the same end product to the IRS: a Form 5472 attached to a pro forma Form 1120. The difference is what they charge to prepare it. Formation services like doola and Firstbase are excellent at setting up companies but bundle the annual filing into expensive compliance plans. Dedicated filers like form5472.online charge a flat per-filing fee that is still nearly double ours.

The comparison is not about cutting corners. It is about not overpaying for a fixed-scope task. Filing one Form 5472 with a pro forma 1120 is the same amount of work whether you pay $299 or $1,999. See the side-by-side breakdown on our cost comparison page, or read why founders switch from doola or Firstbase.

Because a foreign-owned single-member LLC cannot e-file, the filing is submitted by fax to 855-887-7737 or by certified mail to P.O. Box 149342, Austin, TX 78714-9342. We keep dated proof and send you written confirmation — your evidence of timely filing if the IRS ever asks.

If you missed prior years, each year is a separate Form 5472 and a separate $299. The math still overwhelmingly favours filing: the penalty is $25,000per unfiled form, per year, with no statute of limitations, so an old year never “ages out.” The only way to cap the exposure is to file the missing returns.

See the full process on the catch-up filing page, or estimate your exposure with the penalty calculator.

Our flat $299 is built around the most common situation: a non-resident who owns 100% of a US single-member LLC, which the IRS treats as a disregarded entity that files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120. That is the entity behind the overwhelming majority of Form 5472 filings.

A foreign-owned C-corporation files a real Form 1120 with Form 5472 attached, and a multi-member LLCis usually taxed as a partnership filing Form 1065 with Schedule K-1s — both are more work than a single-member filing. Rather than publish a one-size price that doesn’t fit, we give a quick tailored quote. Message us on WhatsApp with your entity type and we’ll confirm the price and what’s included before you pay anything.

The danger with Form 5472 is not the fee — it is filing it wrong. Submitting only Form 5472 without the pro forma 1120, trying to e-file (impossible for a disregarded entity), missing the April 15 deadline, or using an outdated revision can each be treated as a failure to file and expose you to the full $25,000. The cheapest provider that still gets all of that right is the correct choice.

That is exactly how we price: $299 flat, with a specialist reviewing every return, the pro forma 1120 always included, and filing done the only two accepted ways for a disregarded entity. You are not trading accuracy for price — you are simply not overpaying for a fixed task. Ready to file? Start on the apply page, or confirm you even need to file with the 60-second qualifier.