LinaJ2020
Expert Alumni

Deductions & credits

You will need to enter 1099-DIV first.  Then enter information under Foreign Tax Credit section. 

 

In TurboTax online,

  • Sign in to your account, select Pick up where you left off
  • At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in 1099div and Enter 
  • Select Jump to 1099div
  • Follow prompts

To file foreign tax credit on Form 1116, follow steps here:

  • At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in "foreign tax credit" and Enter
  • Select Jump to foreign tax credit
  • Follow prompts
  • Select the country where you received Dividend from. Make sure enter the Foreign-source income amount
  • Follow prompts

If you have paid taxes on foreign dividends to both foreign and the US tax authorities, the IRS allows you to claim a foreign tax credit on a Form 1116 along with your US tax return. The amount will show on Schedule 3 line 1 and line 20 on Form 1040.  

 

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