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Your US LLC operations, handled from Latin America.

Bookkeeping, taxes, ITIN and reseller certificate: all integrated, in your language, for non-residents.

100% remoteIn SpanishFor non-residents
Accounting ecosystem

Everything you need to stay tax compliant in the US.

These services are designed to work together: bookkeeping feeds your taxes, the ITIN enables your personal compliance and the certificate lowers your operating costs. Hire them individually or as a complete system.

How the services connect.

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Monthly bookkeeping

Recording and categorization of every transaction in your LLC. Reconciliation of bank accounts and payment processors. Monthly reports showing the real state of your finances in USD.

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Tax filing

Mandatory for every LLC with a non-resident owner, whether or not it had income. With your books up to date, the annual filing is ready without last-minute scrambling.

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ITIN Number

You need it to sign returns and meet the personal tax obligations tied to your LLC. Without it, your compliance is incomplete.

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Savings · $3,500–10,000

Reseller certificate

If your LLC buys inventory in the US for resale, this certificate can save you between $3,500 and $10,000 USD for every $100,000 in annual purchases.

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Bookkeeping

What is bookkeeping and why does your LLC need it?

Bookkeeping is the monthly record of every transaction in your LLC: income, expenses, payments and transfers between you and your company. It is the foundation for everything else: without organized books you cannot file taxes, back up an audit or make financial decisions with real information.

For an LLC with a non-resident owner, bookkeeping is especially critical. The IRS requires Form 5472 every year, reporting all transactions between you and your company.

Failure-to-file penalty Form 5472 · IRS
$25,000
USD per form · initial penalty

Failing to file Form 5472, even if your LLC had no income, triggers penalties starting at $25,000 per form. Proper bookkeeping is what lets you meet that requirement without errors or consequences.

Risks

What skipping bookkeeping can cost you.

Three concrete consequences, all avoidable with up-to-date books.

IRS · Form 5472
$25,000+

IRS penalties from $25,000

Form 5472 is mandatory for every foreign-owned LLC, even with no income. Failing to file triggers a $25,000 penalty per form, plus an additional $25,000 for every 30 days of delay.

Corporate veil
LLC ≠ shield

Loss of legal protection

Mixing personal and LLC finances without recording it properly erases the legal separation between you and your company, and with it, your limited liability protection.

Flying blind
0 visibility

Financial decisions in the dark

Without monthly financial statements you don’t know how much your LLC really makes or what it costs to run. Pricing, scaling and investment decisions require real data.

FAQ

About bookkeeping for US LLCs

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Do I need bookkeeping if my LLC had no income?

Yes. Your IRS reporting obligation does not depend on income. Forming the LLC creates reportable transactions from day one. Without accurate books you cannot file Form 5472, and you risk penalties starting at $25,000.

Does bookkeeping include tax filing?

They are complementary services. Bookkeeping is the monthly record: the foundation. Tax filing is the annual return built on those records. At Sell-U both are integrated, so when the deadline arrives your books are already done.

How often is bookkeeping done?

Monthly. Doing it only at tax time leads to piled-up clutter, categorization errors and extra cleanup costs before you can file.

Does it apply if I’m in Latin America and operate from my country?

Yes. The service is 100% remote, in Spanish, and built specifically around the tax rules for a foreign-owned US LLC.

What do I need to get started?

An active LLC with an EIN, access to bank statements and payment processor reports (Stripe, PayPal, Shopify, Amazon, as applicable). If you have years of books pending, Sell-U also offers catch-up bookkeeping to bring them current.

Start today

Start today, before the IRS notices.

Every month without bookkeeping is another month of undocumented transactions and another month of penalty risk. Sell-U manages your LLC’s entire accounting ecosystem: integrated, in your language, for non-residents in Latin America.

No commitment. In 30 minutes we assess the state of your LLC’s books.