If you live outside the US and sell, invoice or get paid through a US company, we form the LLC, get its EIN, help with an ITIN where the IRS rules call for one, and keep the company's books every month. Every IRS rule on these pages links to the IRS page it comes from.
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Demo Northwind Studio LLC
Owner transactions, Jan – Sep 2026 (USD)
| Money in from owner (opening + top-ups) | $3,500 |
|---|---|
| Money out to owner (distributions) | $9,200 |
Logged for the yearly report
SAMPLE · NOT A CLIENT. A demo company showing how the dashboard reads; every figure is a demo figure.
Living in Pakistan? See the Pakistan page.
Importing stock to sell in the US? Work out your cost per unit with the landed cost calculator.
State fees are passed on at cost: we pass on exactly what the state charges, no markup, as its own line on your quote. Your written quote lists each service, its price and a date for each deliverable, and you pay by bank transfer after you accept it.
Your company formed in the state you choose, with its EIN applied for, so you can apply to US banks and payment providers.
The company's own federal tax number, applied for on Form SS-4 by the routes the IRS opens to owners abroad.
A US tax number for you as a person, for the cases where the IRS rules call for one. Your LLC itself uses its EIN.
Available now for applications under a Form W-7 exception. If your application must go with a US tax return, such as Form 1040-NR, your quote says how we handle it. A Certifying Acceptance Agent sets its own fee.
Do you need an ITIN? →Monthly books for your US company, kept so the owner transactions the yearly report asks for are already listed.
Form 5472 with its pro-forma 1120 each year, and the state annual report with the registered agent renewal when you add them.
Form 5472 is due every year your LLC has transactions with you, so we file it each year. The state annual report and registered agent renewal are an option: we pass on exactly what the state charges, no markup, as its own line on your quote. Our Form 5472 guide explains the filing in full.
Read the Form 5472 guide →Monthly books paid yearly and the Form 5472 filing together, from one team that sees the whole year.
Books + filing is $90 less than books ($790) and filing ($449) bought separately. Full service passes on the state fee at cost: we pass on exactly what the state charges, no markup, as its own line on your quote.
See the yearly calendar →Standard prices for founders outside the US. Your written quote confirms the price for your company.
Living in Pakistan? See prices for Pakistan residents.
Paying for books month by month? That is $79 a month plus $449 per tax year for the filing. Form 5472 is due every year your LLC has transactions with you, so we file it each year. New company? Formation is from $399 plus the state fee at cost, with the EIN included. State fees: we pass on exactly what the state charges, no markup, as its own line on your quote.
Books kept by you or elsewhere
$449 per tax year
You keep your own registered agent and state report
$1,149 a year (books all year + that year's filing)
Everything in one place
$1,249 a year + the state's own fee at cost
Read on the IRS and FinCEN pages listed under Sources on 14 October 2026. Each card links to the page on this site that explains it in full.
An LLC wholly owned by a foreign person is treated as a corporation for this one purpose. It files Form 5472 attached to a pro-forma Form 1120. Money you put in or take out counts as a reportable transaction.
Form 5472 guide →That is 15 April for a calendar year. Form 7004, filed by the same date, gives an automatic extension of generally 6 months. The form goes to the IRS by fax or mail.
Yearly calendar →The IRS instructions set $25,000 for a form not filed when due, or filed substantially incomplete, plus $25,000 for each 30 days a failure continues more than 90 days after an IRS notice.
How the penalty works →FinCEN's own page says US companies are exempt from beneficial ownership information reporting. Only certain foreign companies registered to do business in the US report.
What FinCEN says →Every engagement follows the same four steps, whichever country you live in.
Each service and its price in US dollars, state fees at cost, and a date for each deliverable.
Pay by bank transfer after you accept your written quote.
Send the passport copy and company documents your quote lists. We prepare each form and you review it.
Company papers, EIN letter and monthly books, kept in one folder for you.
Answered from the official pages listed under Sources, with the date we read them. Your written quote covers your own situation.
Yes. The IRS instructions for Form 5472 have a name for it: a foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entity, meaning a US LLC wholly owned by a foreign person. Its owner can live in any country; the company has its registered agent in the state where it is formed.
The IRS issues EINs to owners abroad without either. Its online tool needs a responsible party with an SSN, ITIN or EIN and a US principal place of business, so owners whose principal place of business is outside the US apply by phone, fax or mail. The Form SS-4 instructions say to write "foreign" or N/A where the responsible party has neither.
Only if you have a federal tax purpose, says the IRS: for example, a US tax return you must file, or a refund or treaty benefit you claim. Form 5472 asks for the owner's US identifying number "if any" and accepts a reference ID number in its place. ITIN sets out both cases.
US income tax applies to income effectively connected with a US trade or business. The IRS gives examples: selling inventory in the US, and personal services performed in the US. Where your work happens and where your goods are held are the facts that decide it, and the call is where we look at them.
Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 each year the LLC has a reportable transaction with you, due 15 April for a calendar year. The state where the company is formed sets its own yearly report or tax: Delaware, for example, charges LLCs a $400 annual tax for the prior year, due on or before 1 June. The yearly calendar lists them.
FinCEN's page says US companies are exempt from beneficial ownership information reporting. A US-formed LLC with a foreign owner is a US company for this rule.
Every price is in US dollars. Your written quote states the amount and the bank account to pay; you pay by bank transfer after you accept it.
Your quote gives a date for each deliverable we control. The IRS sets its own processing times for EINs and ITINs.
A 20-minute call or an email is enough to start: your country, your business, the US company you have or want, and any open years.
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