Be sure if you are importing a 1099(s), that you fill in all 1099 -DIV information under income for each 1099 received under the edit in step by step. Do the same for the foreign taxes paid under deductions in step by step, filling in the total income for each 1099. This will fill in the form 1116, consolidating multiple 1099s. When you've done that, go back to forms, and, under the form 1116 comp worksheet, check the box (if it's different) for income adjustment for qualified dividends. Put the total amount for qualified foreign dividends.
If you import the data then complete the information for foreign taxes paid on the form 1116 and it's worksheet you will have an error that's impossible to resolve, despite speaking to turbo tax. They haven't a clue on how to fix it. I ended up deleting the imported 1099s, saving the file, exiting turbo tax, restarting and re-importing the information in order in order to get rid of the error. After that, problems with foreign taxes went away,
