Form 5472 & Foreign-Owned LLCs

DHL Express: Enter IRS Ogden Address Line-by-Line (Detail)

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Key Takeaways

  • The receiver block decides whether the IRS ever gets your filing — it deserves more care than any other booking screen, with $25,000 at stake under §6038A
  • Enter it exactly: Internal Revenue Service / Attn PIN Unit / 1973 Rulon White Blvd / M/S 6112 / Ogden / UT / 84201 / United States of America — not the general Form 1120 address
  • Copy and paste the address from the IRS Form 5472 instructions; typing it risks a transposition that silently misroutes the package
  • After any DHL auto-fill, re-check that Address Line 2 still reads 'M/S 6112' and was not expanded to 'Mail Stop 6112,' and that the PIN Unit line survived
  • Choose business contact and the full country name, leave the receiver tax ID and VAT blank, then save the contact and draft for next year

Why the Receiver Block Is the Screen That Matters Most

Of every screen in a DHL Express booking, the receiver address is the one worth slowing down for. As the video puts it, where the package goes to matters far more than where it comes from. The sender block only governs return-to-sender handling; the receiver block decides whether your Form 5472 and pro forma 1120 ever reach the IRS unit that processes them.

The destination here is narrow and specific. It is not the general Form 1120 mailing address from the 1120 instructions. Foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entities file to a dedicated unit inside the Ogden, Utah service center, and that address carries an internal mail stop and a unit name that ordinary parcels never need. Miss a line, mistype the mail stop, or let DHL's autocomplete rewrite a field, and the package can still ship — it just lands in the wrong place inside a very large building.

Because Form 5472 is an information return with a $25,000 penalty under IRC §6038A for a late or missing filing, an undelivered package is not a minor inconvenience. This walkthrough covers the exact line-by-line entries for the receiver, the M/S 6112 mail stop, the Attn: PIN Unit line, and the auto-format traps that quietly corrupt them. For the full filing context and the official IRS Form 5472 instruction link, pair this with /guides/mail-form-5472-to-irs.

The Exact IRS Ogden PIN Unit Address, Line by Line

For a foreign-owned single-member LLC mailing its Form 5472 plus pro forma 1120 by courier, the receiver address is:

Company Name: Internal Revenue Service Attn / Contact: PIN Unit Address Line 1: 1973 Rulon White Blvd Address Line 2: M/S 6112 City: Ogden State / Province: UT Postal Code: 84201 Country: United States of America

Map those onto DHL's fields one at a time. The IRS is not a company, but DHL forces a company name, so its full official name goes in that box. There is no named person to receive the package, so 'PIN Unit' serves as the contact or Attn line — it tells the Ogden mailroom which unit the envelope belongs to. Rulon White Blvd is an uncommon street name, so it is the field most likely to be mistyped or auto-suggested into something else.

The single most important pairing is M/S 6112. Those characters are the internal mail stop that routes your filing to the right desk. Treat the whole block as a unit you transfer intact, not a set of boxes you fill from memory.

Copy and Paste From the IRS Source — Never Type

The video's firmest instruction about this screen is also the simplest: copy and paste the address; do not type it. The current mailing address for foreign-owned disregarded entities is published in the IRS Instructions for Form 5472 on irs.gov. Pull it from that official page and paste it straight into DHL.

The reasoning is risk, not laziness. Type the address by hand and there is a real chance you get it wrong — a transposed digit in 84201, a dropped slash in M/S, 'Rulon' misspelled. Any one of those can send the package to the wrong unit while the tracking still shows 'delivered to Ogden.' Pasting from the source removes that entire category of error at zero cost.

The same discipline answers the question filers ask most about this address: what is the PIN Unit? It is simply the specific IRS unit that handles these filings. You are not meant to decode it, expand it, or improve on it — you copy it exactly as the IRS prints it. The video's wider philosophy applies throughout this screen: do precisely what the IRS instructs, to the letter, and nothing more. Following the published address verbatim is the most defensible posture if anything ever goes wrong in transit, because the fault then lies with the handling, not with your entry.

The Auto-Format Trap: M/S 6112 Becomes 'Mail Stop 6112'

DHL's address form is helpful in a way that can hurt you. After you type or paste an address, it often shows a validation dropdown of suggested matches pulled from postal data, and selecting one auto-fills city, state, and ZIP. The convenience is real, but it has a habit of rewriting Address Line 2.

Watch M/S 6112 specifically. Courier and postal autocomplete routinely expands 'M/S' into 'Mail Stop,' so the line you carefully pasted reappears as 'Mail Stop 6112.' It looks tidier, but it is no longer the string the Ogden mailroom keys on, and a substituted format can cause internal routing delays. Auto-format can also strip the slash, collapse the line into Address Line 1, or quietly drop the 'Attn: PIN Unit' contact line entirely.

The fix is a deliberate re-check. After you accept any DHL suggestion, scroll back up and read every receiver line against the block above. Confirm Address Line 2 still reads exactly 'M/S 6112' — not 'Mail Stop 6112' — and that 'PIN Unit' is still present as the Attn or contact name. If the dropdown altered anything, overwrite it and, where DHL allows, decline the suggestion and keep your pasted version. Five seconds of verification here protects the one field most likely to be silently corrupted on the most error-prone screen in the booking.

Finish the Receiver Fields, Then Save It

A few DHL fields simply do not map onto a government office, and knowing how to dispatch them keeps the screen moving. Select business contact rather than residential — submitting a required filing is a business-related activity, and an IRS processing address is plainly not a home. For country, choose the full name, United States of America, never an acronym like 'USA,' so it matches the published address exactly.

The receiver tax ID and VAT fields trip people up because DHL assumes every shipment is import/export cargo that needs tax identifiers. This is paper forms to a government agency, not commercial goods. There is no IRS tax ID for you to enter, so leave both blank; your own EIN belongs to the sender side, not the receiver. Blank fields do not stop you — DHL still advances to the next step. Because customs rules vary by country, confirm any specifics with DHL for your route rather than relying on a blanket answer.

When the block is correct, save it. DHL lets you store the receiver in your address book and save the draft for later. Do both: connections drop and sessions time out, and you will file this every year your LLC exists, so a verified 'IRS Ogden — PIN Unit' contact saves you from re-pasting and re-verifying the whole address next time. Members can rewatch this exact screen in the booking walkthrough at /unlock-videos.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly goes on each line of the IRS receiver address in DHL?

Company Name: Internal Revenue Service. Contact / Attn: PIN Unit. Address Line 1: 1973 Rulon White Blvd. Address Line 2: M/S 6112. City: Ogden. State: UT. Postal Code: 84201. Country: United States of America. This is the dedicated unit for foreign-owned disregarded entities — not the general Form 1120 mailing address.

DHL changed 'M/S 6112' to 'Mail Stop 6112' after I picked a suggestion. Does it matter?

Yes — fix it back to 'M/S 6112.' Auto-format commonly expands the mail stop, but 'M/S 6112' is the exact internal routing string the Ogden mailroom uses, and a substituted format can cause delays. After accepting any DHL dropdown, re-read Address Line 2 and overwrite it if it changed.

Why copy and paste the address instead of typing it?

Because a single typo — a wrong digit, a dropped slash, a misspelled 'Rulon' — can misroute the package while tracking still shows delivery to Ogden. Pasting directly from the official IRS Form 5472 instructions removes transcription error entirely and is the most defensible entry if handling ever goes wrong.

Does using DHL Express even count as filing on time?

Only if you use a qualifying DHL Express service tier. Under IRC §7502, a return sent through an IRS-approved Private Delivery Service is treated as filed on the date the courier records it, but only specific DHL Express tiers are on the approved list. Confirm your tier qualifies before you book.

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