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Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@Dennis8 , I have  downloaded / CD version of  TurboTax Home & Business --- thus I can create your scenario of  US stocks sold in the USA for capital gain ( long-term ) and taxed in Mexico  at 15%.  It works  but  you have to be careful because  it does not ask for the foreign tax percentage etc --- you kind  of have to work out the gross  income ( Capital Gain )  from the Mexico Tax filings ( or your own records ), multiply by the factors called out by IRS and then enter this as your gross  subject to foreign taxation for this category --- then tell  TurboTax the actual taxes paid and go on from there.  In my case because of the software on my machine , I could go back to forms mode and confirm that the form 1116 was properly filled out.

 

Hope this helps

If you need more help on this  -- let me know.

 

Note :  here we are actually resourcing the US capital gains to MX so that the  foreign tax credit could be applied to avoid/mitigate double taxation