Pathway
Set up and keep compliant the U.S. companies foreign founders own.
19 hr 9 min · 3 courses · 0 live classes · 1 optional extra
Thousands of founders outside the United States open a U.S. LLC every year to sell on U.S. marketplaces, take payments through U.S. processors or sign U.S. clients. Most of them need help, and much of that help goes wrong after the company exists: the EIN application stalls, nobody files the annual Form 5472, and a $25,000 penalty notice arrives two years later.
This pathway trains you to run the whole engagement properly. You start with how the IRS classifies an entity owned by a non-resident and how to get an EIN when the owner has no SSN or ITIN. You then work through forming the LLC itself: choosing a state, the formation documents, registered agents, beneficial ownership reporting and the banking questions founders always ask. Finally you learn the annual reporting a foreign-owned single-member LLC owes the IRS, and how to prepare Form 5472 with its pro forma Form 1120.
Each course combines recorded lessons with reading notes and a live class where you work through real fact patterns with a practitioner. You finish able to scope, price and deliver a compliant formation-and-reporting service.
Accountants, corporate-service providers and advisers whose clients are non-U.S. founders forming U.S. LLCs, typically for e-commerce, SaaS or consulting businesses.
Basic understanding of company structures. No prior U.S. tax experience required.
Complete the required courses and classes to earn the XCAPE Certificate in U.S. Business Formation for Non-Residents.
Every step of this pathway in order, from your first call to your certificate.
Step 01
A group call for this pathway. We walk through the curriculum, payments and live classes, and answer your questions.
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Send a short application. When we approve it, your prices are locked in.
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5 hr 33 min in
Step 03 Recorded course· Required· 5 hr 33 min
$450
How U.S. entity classification works for foreign owners, the default rules and elections, and obtaining an EIN with Form SS-4.
Step 04
12 hr 6 min in
Step 04 Recorded course· Required· 6 hr 33 min
$550
Choosing a state, filing formation documents, registered agent duties, operating agreements and annual state obligations.
Step 05
19 hr 9 min in
Step 05 Recorded course· Required· 7 hr 3 min
$600
The reporting rules for foreign-owned single-member LLCs: reportable transactions, completing Form 5472 and the pro forma 1120, deadlines and penalties.
Step 06
From here you have the skills for supervised paid work, while you finish the rest of the pathway.
Step 07
Step 07 Live class· Optional
$300
A practical workshop working through 5472 filings for typical client scenarios with your instructor.
Step 08
Issued automatically when you finish the required items, with a public verification link.
Start with a free group call: we walk you through the pathway, how payments and classes work, and answer your questions.
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