Delancy CPA · Houston-based international tax boutique

The cross-border tax firm for foreign-owned U.S. business.

Form 5472. CFCs and 5471. FIRPTA. Offshore catch-up. The filings where a single miss costs five or six figures — handled by a CPA who does this all day, for one fixed fee. Based in Houston; serving foreign-owned companies and their owners in all 50 states.

CPA since 2013 · national-firm + Fortune 500 international-tax background · IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent

What makes a file safe with us

  • The penalty forms are the whole job — 5472, 5471, 1120-F, FBAR — not an afterthought bolted onto a 1040.
  • Bookkeeping is produced in-house, so the numbers feeding your international filings are ones we stand behind.
  • Fixed fees, quoted in writing before work starts. No surprise hourly bills.
  • Spanish and Portuguese spoken — your foreign parent or family can follow along.
5472 $25,000 penalty per missed form 5471 CFC / NCTI reporting FIRPTA 15% withholding recovery · in-house CAA Streamlined offshore catch-up
Start with your situation

Find the page built for your exact problem.

Most firms list forms. We organize around the situation you're actually in — each links to a focused page with scope, fixed fees, and FAQs.

Domestic returns, expat filings, and prior-year cleanup are also available for existing cross-border clients — ask during your consultation.

Not sure which applies?

Cross-Border Orientation Session

60 minutes and a one-page written map: your realistic paths, your exact filing list and deadlines, and what it should cost.

$750 flat · credits toward any engagement within 60 days

Learn about the session
Need transfer pricing only?

Transfer-Pricing Method & Agreements

Right-sized §482 documentation for $1M–$25M companies: method memo, intercompany agreements, and the Services Cost Method safe harbor for routine services.

From $3,500 flat

See the tiers
Fixed monthly fees — our most common engagement

Foreign-owned U.S. company: what it costs.

The full inbound compliance package — federal international filings, in-house bookkeeping, and one state included. Bands are by your U.S. revenue; your exact quote comes from a free scoping call.

Launch

Just formed · pre-revenue, no U.S. payroll.
$1,550 /yr + $1,200 setup
  • Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120 — the $25K-penalty filing
  • Intercompany agreement + BE-13 Claim
  • Banking & W-8 readiness kit
  • Plus entity classification, EIN verification, chart-of-accounts & filing calendar — full list in your proposal
  • Graduates to Starter at $1M or first U.S. hire

Starter

Operating companies under $2M · getting it right from day one.
$1,250 /mo + $1,500 setup
  • Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120
  • Monthly bookkeeping (≤50 txns)
  • State franchise/annual filing — one state included
  • Annual federal return

Growth

$2M–$6M · multi-state, monthly close, transfer-pricing exposure.
$2,500 /mo + $3,500 setup
  • Everything in Starter
  • Bookkeeping (≤200 txns)
  • Transfer-pricing method & agreements
  • Multi-state filings

Strategic

$6M–$12M · sales tax, CFO-lite, parent-ready reporting.
from $4,500 /mo + $5,500 setup
  • Everything in Growth
  • Bookkeeping (≤750 txns)
  • Sales-tax registration & filing
  • Fractional CFO layer
$12M+ subsidiaries

Inbound Premium

Full in-house fractional-CFO support (12 hrs/mo), heavy multi-channel bookkeeping, sales tax in up to 15 states, quarterly planning, an annual treaty review, and on-call status with a 1-business-day response.
Scoped
individually
Ask about Premium

Outbound (CFC), FIRPTA, e-commerce, and SaaS each have their own fixed-fee schedules on their pages.

Why fixed, not hourly. You should know the number before the work starts — not get a meter running on a $25,000-penalty form. Every engagement is quoted in writing, with a 50% deposit to begin and a clear scope. Out-of-scope work is $295/hr, flagged before it's incurred.
Why Delancy CPA?

Fortune 500 international-tax depth, boutique attention.

You get the technical level usually locked inside large firms and corporate tax departments — without being account #4,000 in a national-firm queue.

2013
CPA-licensed since — over a decade in the profession.
7 yrs
National public-accounting firm, general business & international tax.
5 yrs
Fortune 500 multinational corporate tax department.
CAA
Active IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent — ITINs handled in-house.
Houston is our base, not our boundary. We sit in one of America's largest international business hubs — third-largest consular corps in the country — and serve foreign-owned companies in all 50 states. Federal international filings have no state line. English, Español & Português.
How working together starts

A simple, fixed-fee path in.

1

Free consultation

A short call to understand your structure and what you actually need — no obligation, no pressure.

2

Engagement letter

A written scope and a single fixed-fee quote. You know the number and the deliverables before anything begins.

3

We handle it

Onboarding through your secure portal, then the filings and books — on a clear calendar, with answers in writing.

Prefer to start smaller? A 60-minute Orientation Session ($750, credited toward any engagement) gives you the whole map first — your paths, your filing list, and what it should cost.

Cross-border shouldn't mean guessing.

Tell us your situation. We'll tell you exactly what your filings require, what the risks are, and what it costs — in writing, before you commit.

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