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How is Form 1042 different from section 1446 partnership withholding and from the Form 5472 baseline?

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carlos_5b92new member
May 26, 2026 1,700 views 1 answer
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I'm getting these tangled. My foreign-owned LLC already deals with Form 5472, and I've read about section 1446 withholding for partnerships. Now there's Form 1042 and 1042-S on top. Are these all the same obligation under different names, or genuinely separate regimes? I want to know whether filing one of them covers the others.

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