Although the TurboTax program does provide “heads up” info on some unsupported forms (and even some “On-Demand Guidance” info about treaties), it cannot tell you about an 8833 requirement. Treaties are just a different animal than the basic reporting forms (with each being different, although common themes do run through them), and sorting out the possible tax positions for the form would not be practical for most users.
Resourcing income from your resident country to your non-resident country is unusual (as the TurboTax program will tell you on the “Income Category Type” screen). If you're sure about what you're doing with that, I’m in complete agreement with Thomas above, who noted that you don’t need to file the 8833 just to take a credit on tax paid to another country. But I also agree with his statement regarding more clarity being needed about all of this, and a lot of that clarity will come from the treaty itself.
@Inugasuki, our employee experts have to be a little restrained when straying out into unsupported and messy areas like tax treaties. But (unless you’re already sure about everything except the 8833 question) if you let us know what country it is (and other relevant specifics), hopefully someone can provide info which will help!
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