Form 5471 Overview: Who is a Form 5471 Filer?

Are you required to file Form 5471? This session is an overview of the rules that determine whether you are required to file Form 5471 and for which category. We cover what it means to be a United States shareholder when a corporation is a controlled foreign corporation and how you compute how much stock you own in a foreign corporation. Finally, we review situations where you might have a filing requirement, but an exemption exists to excuse you from filing Form 5471.