Description
Learn what you need to know about the Form 5472 including reporting guidelines and how to complete it properly.Many U.S. inbound investors are not aware of the complexity, documentation, and financial exposure associated with their requirement to report on Form 5472 inter and intracompany activities conducted with various related foreign persons and entities. This topic helps identify who has a Form 5472 filing requirement, which transactions should be reported and the filers supporting documentation requirements. The material also explains the expanded statute of limitations potentially applicable to all aspects of the U.S. filer’s tax return for failure to file a complete Form 5472 and the sizeable financial penalty and difficult penalty abatement procedures. Failure to properly complete a Form 5472 and maintain proper documentation is one of the most common areas of transfer pricing penalty concerns for U.S. inbound investors.
Date: 2020-08-20 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Form 5472 and Its Statutory Authority
• IRC §6038A
• IRC §6038C
Applicable Form 5472 Entities, Individuals, and Definitions
• Direct and Ultimate Indirect 25% Shareholders
• Rev. Proc. 91-55
• Key Terms
• Reporting Corporation
• Reportable Transaction
• Related Party
Latest Development: Reporting for Domestic Disregarded Entities Separate From Foreign Persons
• Treasury Decision 9796
• Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2
• Treasury Regulation Section 1.6038A-0
• Treasury Regulation Section 1.6038A-2
• Treas. Reg. §1.6038A-2(b)(9) e.g., 1 • Reporting for U.S. Disregarded Entity
• Treas. Reg. §1.6038A-2(b)(9) e.g., 2 • Reporting for Transactions Between U.S. Disregarded Entities
Transfer Pricing and Form 5472
• Transactions to Report
• Treas. Reg. §1.6038A-1(m)
• Irm §4.61.3.4.1
• Documentation Requirements
Completing Form 5472
Statute of Limitations, Penalties and Penalty Abatement
• IRC §6501(a)
• IRC §6501(c)
• IRC §6501(c)(8)
• IRC §6038A(d), 6038C(c)
Brian D. Dill, J.D., LL.M.-Cherry Bekaert, Kirk A. Hesser, MS – Cherry Bekaert, William Y. Hooker, CPA, J.D. – Cherry Bekaert