Well, unlike Australia, the tax year in America is based on the calendar year. While our financial year runs from July to June, theirs runs from January to December. That means, some of these forms need to be in pretty shortly (April).
Anyway, there were a number of forms that needed to be sent to various bodies around the States - four envelopes are making their way around the world as we speak:
Envelope 1 contains:
Form 1065: US Return of Partnership Income
Form 8825: Rental Real Estate Income and Expenses of a Partnership or an S Corporation
Schedule B-1: Information on Partners Owning 50% or More of the Partnership
Schedule K-1: Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.
Form 4562: Depreciation and Amortization
Envelope 2 contains:
Form 8804: Tax Return for Partnership Withholding Tax (Section 1446)
Form 8805: Foreign Partner's Information Statement of Section 1446 Withholding Tax
Envelopes 3 & 4 each contain:
Form W-7: Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
Certified copy of passport
Form 1040NR: US Non-resident Alien Income Tax Return
Form 8805: Foreign Partner's Information Statement of Section 1446 Withholding Tax
The moral of this story: get yourself a decent tax agent in the US - it's way too complicated to try and figure out on your own.
