US·UK Accountants

Glossary · Reporting

Form 8865

Form 8865 reports interests in foreign partnerships. Americans in the UK meet it through UK LLPs, Scottish partnerships, and some jointly-owned ventures that the US treats as partnerships.

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By Sam H., Founder & Lead Advisor

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Return of US Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships

In more detail

Form 8865 is the partnership counterpart to Form 5471. A US person who controls a foreign partnership, or holds a 10%-or-greater interest in a US-controlled one, generally files it — reporting the income of the partnership, the share of each partner, and certain contributions or transfers. UK LLPs and other jointly-run structures are frequent triggers. Penalties are assessed on the information failure itself, independent of whether any US tax is owed.

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