IRS Form 5472 — The Importance of Reporting Foreign Ownership of US Companies

From Budweiser to 7-Eleven and American Apparel, many of the names consumers love, trust, and consistently engage with are foreign-owned. In fact, foreign-owned companies employed over 7 million American workers and generated a massive 16% of all business investments in 2019, so it’s safe to say that foreign-owned businesses help drive a significant chunk of the American economy. With Globalization …