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About Filing Hive
Filing Hive is an online platform for preparing and filing the IRS forms that foreign-owned U.S. companies deal with most — Forms 5472, 7004, SS-4, W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, 8832 and 2553. It is built for international founders of U.S. LLCs and corporations, and for the accountants and compliance teams who work with them.
Why we built it
Owning a U.S. company from abroad comes with IRS requirements most U.S. tax guidance barely mentions: a pro forma Form 1120 that can’t be e-filed, reporting every transaction with the owner, and a $25,000 penalty for a missed Form 5472. Filing Hive turns those requirements into a guided, step-by-step flow in plain English, so you can get them right without decoding IRS instructions.
What Filing Hive does
• Guides you through each form in short, plain-English steps, with checks built in
• Generates IRS-ready PDFs, and sends forms to the IRS by fax where that is the required method
• Manages several companies from one account — useful for founders with more than one LLC and for accountants
• Is free to start: you only pay when you download or file a form
What Filing Hive is not
Filing Hive is software, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and it doesn’t give tax or legal advice. For decisions that depend on your situation — choosing a tax classification, fixing missed years or answering an IRS notice — we recommend working with a qualified tax professional. Many of our users do exactly that, and can invite their accountant to complete or review forms with them.
How we write our guides
Our IRS form guides are written from the current IRS forms, instructions and regulations. Each guide starts with a short answer, then covers who must file, deadlines, penalties and the steps involved, and shows the date it was last reviewed. When the IRS changes a rule, an amount or a deadline, we update the guide and its date. Guides were last reviewed on October 27, 2026.