DaveF1006
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

You will need to review your 2019 return to find out what the foreign tax carryover was. Once you find out, you will enter it in the following manner.

  1. Click on Federal Taxes > Deductions & Credits [In TT Home & Biz:  Personal > Deductions & Credits > I'll choose what I work on].
  2. Scroll down to the Estimates and Other Taxes Paid section.
  3. Click on the box next to Foreign Taxes
  4. On the Foreign Tax Credit screen, click on the Yes box.
  5. Continue through the interview, entering the requested information. 
  6. You will come to the Carryovers screen.  Click the Yes box.  
  7. Enter your carryover amounts on the next screen -- Foreign Tax Credit Carryovers
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