US LLC Annual Compliance for Turkish Founders
GİB Yıllık Gelir Vergisi Beyannamesi annual return captures worldwide income for Turkish-tax-resident individuals under the Income Tax Law (Gelir Vergisi Kanunu) — LLC distributions are reportable. Decree No. 32 outbound capital movement filings attach when funding routed through Turkish AD banks. Turkey-US Tax Treaty (1996, in force 1998) Article 25 plus FATCA IGA (2014) close the cross-border visibility gap.
A US LLC owned by a non-US resident sits in two compliance regimes simultaneously: the US federal + state filings (Form 5472, BOI, annual report, registered agent renewal) and the home-country reporting layer (FEMA Form A2, SAFE registration, FBAR if a US person, etc.). The compliance calendar and the registered-agent options below cover the US side; the cross-border layer below covers what the home country sees.
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Turkey cross-border compliance layer
US-side annual compliance for a Turkish-resident-owned US LLC follows the standard non-US-owner five-touchpoint framework: Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120 by April 15 (June 15 extension where applicable), state annual report / franchise tax per state, FinCEN BOI report (subject to the March 2025 interim final rule pause for affected entities), and annual registered-agent renewal. Form 5472 USD 25,000 per-failure penalty under IRC Section 6038A applies as standard.
The Turkey-side compliance layer attaches through Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı (GİB / Revenue Administration). The Yıllık Gelir Vergisi Beyannamesi (annual personal income tax return) under the Income Tax Law (Gelir Vergisi Kanunu) captures worldwide income for Turkish-tax-resident individuals — LLC distributions and attributed profits are reportable. The standard filing window opens in March covering the prior calendar year. Decree No. 32 outbound capital movement filings attach where the US LLC was funded directly through Turkish Authorized Dealer (Yetkili Müesseseler) channels; offshore-funded LLCs bypass this trigger but the underlying overseas-investment disclosure expectation remains. MASAK (Mali Suçları Araştırma Kurulu, Financial Crimes Investigation Board) anti-money-laundering reporting applies to cross-border transfers above the regulatory threshold and to entities subject to Turkey's beneficial-ownership transparency rules under Law 5549.
Turkey-US double taxation is governed by the Turkey-US Income Tax Treaty (1996, in force 1998). Article 24 Mutual Agreement Procedure provides treaty-interpretation channel; Article 25 Exchange of Information covers automatic and on-request data sharing. FATCA reporting under the US-Turkey IGA (Model 1, signed 2014) closes most US-side visibility gaps.
Penalty rates for GİB late filing and undeclared foreign-source income are graduated under Vergi Usul Kanunu (Tax Procedure Law); enforcement intensity tracks Turkey's broader regulatory cycle, which has been actively tightening since 2023.
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