A Line-by-Line Review of the IRS Form 5471 Schedule M
By Anthony Diosdi Schedule M is designed to measure Controlled Foreign Corporation (“CFC”) intercompany payments. Schedule M requires the majority U.S. owner to provide information on transactions between the CFC and its shareholders or other related persons. This article is designed to provide a basic overview of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5471, Schedule M. Who Must Complete Schedule MForm 5471 and its accompanying schedules must be completed and filed by the following categories of persons:Category 1 FilerU.S. persons who are officers, directors or ten percent or greater shareholders in a CFC. Category 1 includes U.S. shareholders of a Section 965 “specified foreign corporation” at any tax year of the foreign corporation, and who owned that stock on the last day in that year. A SFC includes 1) a…