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Form 8865 is a counterpart to Form 5471. While Form 5471 is used to report foreign corporations, Form 8865 is used to report foreign partnerships.
What is the difference between Form 5471 and Form 5472? While Form 5471 is filed by a US taxpayer, Form 5472 is filed by any foreign corporation engaged in US trade, business, or corporation that is 25% foreign owned.
Schedule I-1 (Form 5471), Information for Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income. Foreign corporations that file Form 5471 use this schedule to report information determined at the CFC level with respect to amounts used in the determination of income inclusions by U.S. shareholders.
Reasonable Cause for Form 5472 In general, when a taxpayer is able to show that they acted with reasonable cause and not willful neglect in failing to meet one of the reporting requirements, they can avoid penalties and if penalties were already issued, to have those penalties abated.
Exceptions: Category 5 filers dont need to file Form 5471 if: They dont directly own the foreign corporation and only need to provide information because of ownership through another U.S. person, who files Form 5471 with all the necessary information.

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Schedule O (Form 5471), Organization or Reorganization of Foreign Corporation, and Acquisitions and Dispositions of its Stock. Foreign corporations that file Form 5471 use this schedule to report the organization or reorganization of a foreign corporation and the acquisition or disposition of its stock.
Form 5472, Information Return of a 25% Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporation or a Foreign Corporation Engaged in a U.S. Trade or Business, is an IRS form that aims to keep an eye on U.S. corporations with docHub foreign ownership, as well as foreign companies doing business in the United States.
Any U.S. citizen, resident, trust, partnership, corporation, or estate that owns at least 10% of a foreign corporation must file Form 5471. (For the sake of simplicity, well refer to all of the above as a U.S. person throughout this article.) This form is filed alongside your annual tax return.

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