On April 10, 2019, we posted US Taxpayers Are Receiving Automated Penalty Assessments For Late Filed Form 5471's & 5472's - We Can Help! where we discussed that we have been receiving a many calls from businesses who have received penalty notices regarding late filed or non-filed Form 5471 & 5472's and that we discussed ways to defend against these automatic assessments and request penalty abatement including the Reasonable Cause Defense and First-Time Offender Abatement (FTA) Defense.
On November 3, 2020 we posted, New $25, 000 Penalty for Not Reporting SMLLC with Foreign Owner Now Being Assessed by the IRS, we where we discussed that the IRS has now issued final regulations and they treat a domestic disregarded entity wholly owned by a foreign person as a domestic corporation separate from its owner, but only for the reporting, record maintenance and associated compliance requirements that apply to 25% foreign-owned domestic corporations under Code Sec. 6038A. and that for Tax Years beginning after December 31, 2017, the TCJA Act increased the late filed Form 5472 penalty to $25, 000 From $10, 000 for Each Return that must be filed.
We have had great success in requesting penalty abatements for these automatic late filed Form 5472 $25, 000 penalty assessments!
We Can Help You Eliminate Your $25, 000 Late Filed Form 5472 Penalties for $5, 000 Per Penalty!
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