{"id":1922,"date":"2009-12-23T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/?page_id=1922"},"modified":"2016-05-30T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T18:22:12","slug":"irs-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/operating-llcs\/irs-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"LLC Related IRS Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IRS Forms Used by LLCs <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following forms used by limited liability companies are provided by the Internal Revenue Service on its website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/fss4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Application for a Federal Employer Identification Number:\u00a0 IRS Form SS-4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/iss4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Instructions for IRS Form SS-4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small\/article\/0,,id=102767,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">IRS&#8217; Online Application for a Federal Employer Identification Number<\/a> &#8211; This is the best and easiest way to obtain a federal EIN for your company.\u00a0 You go on the IRS&#8217; website and answer a series of questions and after a 5 &#8211; 10 minute data entry session the IRS will display your company&#8217;s new EIN on the screen.\u00a0 Be sure to print the screen or write down the federal employer id number and put it in a safe place before you exit the screen that displays the EIN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f8832.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Entity Classification Election: IRS Form 8832<\/a> (with instruction) &#8211; Complete and file this form with the IRS if your LLC&#8217;s tax advisor recommends that the LLC elect to be taxed as a C corporation under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f2553.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Election by a Small Business Corporation:\u00a0 IRS Form 2553<\/a> &#8211; Complete and file this form with the IRS if your LLC&#8217;s tax advisor recommends that the LLC elect to be taxed as an S corporation under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.\u00a0 All owners of the company and their spouses must sign the Form 2553.\u00a0 There is a time deadline by which the form must be filed and limits on the number and type of owners.\u00a0 If any owner is a company or a non-U.S. citizen, the company is not eligible to be taxed as an S corporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/i2553.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Instructions for IRS Form 2553<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p541.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IRS Publication 541<\/a> (Partnerships)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p542.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS Forms Used by LLCs The following forms used by limited liability companies are provided by the Internal Revenue Service on its website: Application for a Federal Employer Identification Number:\u00a0 IRS Form SS-4 Instructions for IRS Form SS-4 IRS&#8217; Online Application for a Federal Employer Identification Number &#8211; This is the best and easiest way to obtain a federal EIN for your company.\u00a0 You go on the IRS&#8217; website and answer a series of questions and after a 5 &#8211; 10 minute data entry session the IRS will display your company&#8217;s new EIN on the screen.\u00a0 Be sure to print the screen or write down the federal employer id number and put it in a safe place before you exit the screen that displays the EIN. Entity Classification Election: IRS Form 8832 (with instruction) &#8211; Complete and file this form with the IRS if your LLC&#8217;s tax advisor recommends that the LLC elect to be taxed as a C corporation under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code. Election by a Small Business Corporation:\u00a0 IRS Form 2553 &#8211; Complete and file this form with the IRS if your LLC&#8217;s tax advisor recommends that the LLC elect to be taxed as an S corporation under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.\u00a0 All owners of the company and their spouses must sign the Form 2553.\u00a0 There is a time deadline by which the form must be filed and limits on the number and type of owners.\u00a0 If any owner is a company or a non-U.S. citizen, the company is not eligible to be taxed as an S corporation. 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