RobertG
Expert Alumni

Deductions & credits

You can only get a foreign tax credit for taxes paid on income that is taxable on your return, and only in the year you paid the taxes.

 

So, you can't get a foreign tax credit for taxes paid on foreign stock dividends in an IRA.

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