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Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@sweerkaul , without trying out the scenario  on my copy of TurboTax ( desktop ),  I wnet back and looked at the form 1116, made a dummy version fillout  completely by hand and then  searched / inspected the instructions for the form 1116 for the use of the word "basis" or "adjusted basis".   My conclusion is that  somehow we are misusing the word basis in this context  ( probably TurboTax error but I have yet to verify that ).  

If you look at the form 1116, it deals  ONLY with  "foreign sourced income",  "Total Income from all sources", "deductions" ( standard and/or itemized),  Adjusted Gross Income, foreign taxes  paid/accrued,  Taxable Income,  Total Tax on Taxable  income.  That is it .  There is no place for basis or cost of your investment generating the foreign income(s).   Are you using On-Line version or desktop version of TurboTax ?

 

I would use your  foreign dividend income; foreign taxes paid  date ( 12/31/2020 is usually what  I use ); amount of foreign taxes paid, country where the income came from;

Ditto for  Interest income.

 

This should all TurboTax  to fill out the form 1116 with the requisite numbers.

Leave all the  adjustment s alone -- it is not applicable for Israel or India and not for the passive incomes that you have.

 

That should work-- let me know if you need more help  --- if the  post becomes NOT of general interest then you can PM me with details  and we can go on from there

 

Stay safe