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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
If you are looking to claim the income, it could go on sch 1, line.8. You are stating form 1116. credit for taxes paid. Here is a link to all treaties.
For the 1116:
1. Log into your return
2. select Pick Up Where I Left Off
3. In the top right corner, locate the Magnifying glass/search
4. enter the exact words foreign tax paid
5. Enter
6. Select the first entry Jump to foreign tax paid
7. Tell us about your foreign taxes, select None of these apply
8. Foreign taxes, you may want to read the "category of foreign income" box, click CONTINUE.
9. Do you want deduction or credit? Let's pick TAKE A CREDIT, if you are itemizing, you may want to try it both ways.
10. Continue
11. No Other Income or Expenses, choose NO
12. Continue
13. Continue
14. Choose the income type, Income re-sourced by treaty
15. Country Summary, click on Add a Country
16. Select the Country,
17. Enter description and Amount for each, then Continue
18. Related Expenses, if applicable, enter description, amount, country, and deduction type then Continue
19. Foreign Losses, enter loss as a positive amount, if any, then Continue
20. Foreign Taxes Paid- country, enter the taxes paid into the Foreign Taxes on Other Income box and the date paid box has a default for the last day of the year that you can change.
21. Alternative Minimum Tax - country, if you did not itemize, the program will answer for you. then Continue
Congratulations, you have finished.
Please be sure to preview your return and compare it your prior year return. See How do I preview my TurboTax Online return before filing?.
Although, you may prefer working in the desktop version as it has more forms and abilities than the online version. The desktop version must be paid for before using. You can try the online version first. If you like it - great. You can switch to desktop and download all your information easily. The online is no charge until you file. You want to start there as you may decide the support you need is not available.
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