I missed Form 5472 for my foreign-owned LLC for years — can Streamlined fix that too?
My single-member US LLC is owned by me, a non-resident. I never filed Form 5472 with the pro forma 1120. I'm also behind on FBARs. Can I bundle the missing 5472s into a Streamlined submission, or is the LLC side a separate problem?
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