Editorial Policy: How We Check What We Publish

Who writes and reviews this content

Guidance on this site is written and reviewed by Ashfaq Khattak, a US tax consultant who works on non-resident formation and federal filings full time. Pages that describe a filing obligation carry his name and the date of the last review, at the top, where you can see it before reading.

We are not a law firm and not a CPA firm. We say so on every page that describes a rule, because the difference matters: we can tell you accurately what Form 5472 requires and file it correctly, and we cannot tell you whether a particular structure is right for your tax position in your country of residence.

How a page gets published

1. The question comes from a real client conversation. We write pages to answer questions people actually asked us, which is why the FAQs on this site are phrased the way clients phrase them rather than the way a keyword tool would.
2. Every rule is traced to its primary source. An IRS form instruction, a FinCEN page, or the relevant Secretary of State. If we cannot find the rule at its source, we do not state it.
3. Figures are dated and linked. Government fees change. Any fee we quote names the agency and the date we checked it, and links to the page where you can confirm today’s number.
4. Review before publication. A second read specifically for claims that are stated more confidently than the source supports.
5. Re-checked on a schedule. Pages describing deadlines and fees are reviewed at least annually, and immediately when an agency announces a change.

What we will not publish

• Guaranteed outcomes. No page here promises that the IRS will issue an EIN or that a state will approve a name, because that is not ours to promise.
• Ratings we cannot source. This site previously displayed a star rating with no review platform behind it. It is gone, and it will not return without a link to the platform the reviews are on.
• Questions nobody asked. We do not manufacture FAQ blocks to fill a schema slot. Every question in an FAQ on this site is one a client has asked.
• Near-identical pages. One page per state only where we have something genuinely different to say about that state. A template with the state name swapped helps nobody and Google treats it as what it is.

Corrections

If something on this site is wrong, tell us: [email protected], ideally with the page URL and the source that contradicts us. We fix errors of fact promptly and update the review date on the page when we do. A correction that changes the meaning of a page is noted on the page rather than made silently.