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Complete your first filing

Follow this guided walkthrough to create your first Form 5472 and 1120 filing — from account setup through PDF generation and optional IRS fax delivery.

Complete your first filing

Create your first Form 5472 and Form 1120 filing by moving through Nomadfiling's guided 8-step wizard, paying for your plan, and downloading a ZIP bundle of ready-to-file PDFs.

You can start from the main filing flow at app.nomadfiling.com or use the guided quiz flow at app.nomadfiling.com/quiz if you want more help while entering information.

Before you start

Gather the details below before you open the wizard. Having them ready makes the filing flow much faster.

  • LLC details — legal LLC name, business address, EIN, incorporation date, tax year dates, total assets, business activity, and NAICS code
  • Foreign owner details — full name, address, tax residency, and foreign tax identification number
  • Related party details — each related party's name, address, relationship to the LLC or owner, and tax residency information
  • Transaction amounts — amounts received from and paid to each related party for the reporting year
  • Signature details — signer title, signature image if you plan to upload one, and signature date

If you have multiple related parties, prepare each party's transaction amounts separately. Nomadfiling generates one Form 5472 per related party.

Follow the full workflow

Create your account

Go to app.nomadfiling.com/register and create your account.

After you sign up, you can return to the filing flow anytime from your account dashboard. When registration succeeds, you are ready to start a new filing.

Start a new filing

Open the filing wizard from app.nomadfiling.com or the guided quiz at app.nomadfiling.com/quiz.

Use the main flow if you already know the information you need to enter. Use the quiz flow if you want more guidance before filling out the form.

Enter entity information

Add the reporting corporation details for your foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entity.

Include your LLC name, street address, EIN, total assets, business activity, NAICS code, incorporation date, country of incorporation, and tax year. You will also enter business country and tax residency details where requested.

A successful step leaves you with a complete entity profile and tax year range that carries into the generated forms.

Add foreign owner information

Enter the foreign owner's identifying details exactly as you want them to appear on the filing.

Provide the owner's name, address, tax residency country, and foreign tax identification number. If you have a U.S. ID or reference ID for the owner, add those details as well.

When this step is complete, the owner section of Form 5472 has the information needed for Part II.

Add related parties

Add each related party connected to the filing.

For every related party, enter the name, address, foreign or domestic status, relationship type, business activity, business code, business countries, and tax resident country. Nomadfiling supports multiple related parties, so repeat this step until every party is listed.

When you finish, the filing contains the parties needed to generate separate Form 5472 documents.

Enter transaction amounts

Record the reportable transactions for each related party.

Enter amounts for the Form 5472 Part IV lines that apply to your filing, including amounts the LLC received and amounts the LLC paid. Keep your books or accounting records nearby so the values match your records for the tax year.

Review the totals before moving on. This is the step most likely to cause downstream filing errors if values are incomplete or assigned to the wrong party.

Add your signature

Sign the filing by drawing a signature or uploading a signature image.

Add the signature date and signer title on the same step. Nomadfiling places this information on Form 1120, which is included in the final ZIP bundle.

You are done with this step when the preview shows your signature clearly and the signer title is correct.

Prepare supporting statements

Add any supporting statement text needed for Part V or Part VI and choose optional filing documents.

You can enter custom statement text, include capital contribution or distribution details where relevant, and decide whether to generate supporting statements. Optional documents may also be available depending on your filing needs.

If you do not need extra statements, continue after confirming the step reflects your filing accurately.

Review everything before payment

Check the read-only review step carefully before you pay.

Confirm names, addresses, EIN, transaction amounts, related party relationships, and signature details. This is your last full review point before PDF generation and checkout.

When the review looks correct, continue to the PDF and checkout step.

Choose a plan and pay

Select the pricing plan that matches how many filings you need, then complete payment with Stripe.

PlanIncludes
$1471 filing
$1972 filings
$2975 filings
$497Unlimited filings

After payment succeeds, Nomadfiling saves the filing to the database and redirects you to your filing page at app.nomadfiling.com/filing/:id.

Preview and download your PDFs

Open the saved filing page to preview and download the generated documents.

Nomadfiling creates a ZIP bundle that can include:

  • Form 5472 for each related party
  • Form 1120
  • Fax cover sheet if you chose to generate one
  • Supporting statements if you added them

A successful download gives you a ZIP file containing the PDFs for that filing. Keep the ZIP in a secure location so you can return to it later.

Run optional checks and delivery steps

Use the AI compliance scanner if you want another pass over the generated PDFs before sending them to the IRS.

If you plan to fax the filing, you can also use Nomadfiling's fax service to send the PDF package to the IRS. This is optional, but it can simplify delivery if you do not want to handle faxing yourself.

What you receive after checkout

Your completed filing is saved, and you are redirected to a dedicated filing page where you can preview and download the documents again later.

The final ZIP bundle can include the core forms plus optional extras:

  • One Form 5472 per related party
  • One Form 1120
  • Optional fax cover sheet
  • Optional supporting statements

If the redirect succeeds, your filing has been saved. You can return to it later from the dashboard at app.nomadfiling.com/dashboard.

Common questions

Use the main flow at app.nomadfiling.com/ if you already know what information belongs on the filing.

Use the quiz flow at app.nomadfiling.com/quiz if you want more guidance before filling out the forms. Both paths lead into the filing workflow.